Paul Fleetford Sise

{{Short description|Canadian businessman}}{{Infobox person

| image = Paul Fleetford Sise.png

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1879|11|10|df=y}}

| birth_place = Boston, Massachusetts

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1951|8|1|1879|11|10|df=y}}

| education = McGill University (BSc 1901)

| spouse = {{marriage|Phyllis Emily Augusta Porteous|1905}}

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Paul Fleetford Sise (November 10, 1879 – August 1, 1951) was a Canadian businessman, President of Northern Electric (Nortel 1919 - 1948),

{{cite book

| title = The Invisible Empire: A History of the Telecommunications Industry in Canada

| first1 = Jean-Guy

| last1 = Rens

| first2 = Käthe

| last2 = Roth

| publisher = McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP

| year = 2001

| isbn = 9780773520523

| pages = 125, 126

}} graduated from McGill University in 1901 and was an adjutant to the 148th Battalion, CEF, from Montreal.{{cite book

| title = Who's who in Canada

| first1 = Charles Whately

| last1 = Parker

| first2 = Barnet M.

| last2 = Greene

| publisher = International Press Limited.

| year = 1922

}} Major Sise also served in the 259th Battalion, Canadian Rifles, CEF (Siberia) as part of the Canadian Siberian Expeditionary Force, where he was one of the three panel members for the court martial of nine soldiers charged with mutiny (despite the fact he had no legal training.)Benjamin Isitt, “Court Martial at Vladivostok: Mutiny and Military Justice during the First World War”, in Canadian State Trials, Volume IV: Security, Dissent, and the Limits of Toleration in War and Peace, 1914-1939, University of Toronto Press, 2015, page 195

Paul's son, Hazen Edward Sise, became a prominent architect.

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