John Anthony Copland
With great sadness the family of John Copland announces his passing at the age of 83 years. John was born in Toronto, Ontario, but within a few short years moved overseas to China with his missionary parents. The family would spend time in Toronto, Montreal and Sainte-Anne-des-Lacs, Quebec between and after missions to Szechuan province (Kiating and Chengdu) and Shanghai. John spent his teenage years in Montclair, New Jersey, and attended Cornell University in Ithaca New York, graduating in 1959. He followed this up with a degree in management and business administration in 1962 and a Masters of economics in 1970 from McGill University in Montreal Quebec.
