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Death Notices
2774 Lieutenant-Colonel (Hon.) (Ret) Bert A.B.R. Lawrence MC, QC (RMC 1940)
Bert Lawrence died on March 28, 2007, in Gatineau, Quebec. He will be greatly missed by Lois (nee Davidson)
his beloved wife of 57 years, and by his 4 children and nine grandchildren. Bert was born in Calgary, Alberta, on March 31,
1923, grew up in Ottawa and was educated at Ashbury College and at Royal Military College. Bert was a Lieutenant in the 8th
Reconnaissance Regiment (8th Recce) when they landed in Normandy in the first week of July 1944. He was decorated
with the Military Cross by King George VI for engineering a bridge in an advance action at the Risle River near Brionne, France.
In October 1944, he was injured in a V2 rocket attack near Antwerp, but in
February 1945 he returned to his regiment and saw action in Germany to the last day of the war. At the end of the war he
was promoted to the rank of Captain. After graduating from Osgoode Hall Law School in 1948, Bert joined the
Ottawa firm of Honeywell Baker Gibson and Wotherspoon, and was appointed Queen's Counsel in 1959. Bert
Lawrence was first elected to the Ontario Legislature in September 1963, as a
Progressive Conservative for Russell. He was appointed to the Ontario Cabinet by Premier John Robarts,
as Minister of Financial and Corporate Affairs, and served in the Cabinet of Premier William Davis
as Minister of Health and Provincial Secretary for Resources Development. After retiring frompolitics, Bert served as Chairman of
the Ontario Heritage Foundation. He was appointed to the Veterans Appeal Board, on which he served for five years. He was also
Lieutenant-Colonel (Hon.) 28th (Ottawa) Service Battalion. Over the years, Bert also served on the boards of Carleton
University, the Ottawa General Hospital, and the Canadian Corps of Commissionaires (National Capital Division).
Bert was President of the Canadian Club of Ottawa, and served on the National Executive.
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6041
RONALD VEILLEUX (CMR RMC ’64)
Peacefully at the CHUS-Hotel Dieu in
Sherbrooke on April 8, 2007 in his sixty-sixth year. Beloved
husband of the late Claudette
Bolduc, son of the late Odilon Veilleux and the late
Alexandra Garon, loving father of
Ronald Paul (Margaret Nakitto), Eric (Rossy Sabatucci),
cherished grandfather of Vanessa,
Olivia and Elizabeth. Also left to mourn is his friend
Francine Roy, many brothers and sisters,
brothers-in-law, sisters-in-law, many nephews and nieces,
friends and relatives. Resting at
Steve Elkas Funeral Home, 601 Conseil St., Sherbrooke, Qc
J1G 1K4, phone (819) 565-1155, f
ax (819) 820-8872, website
www.steveelkas.com . Visitation on Friday, April 13,
2007
from 2 to 4 and from 7 to 9 p.m. and Saturday from 10 a.m.
to 12:15 p.m. Funeral service
will be held at St. Camille Church in Cookshire on Saturday,
April 14, 2007 at 1 p.m. As a
memorial tribute, the family requests that donations be made
to the Maison Aube-Lumiere, 2
20 Kennedy N. St., Sherbrooke, Qc J1E 2E7 and also to the
Canadian Cancer Society,
3330 King W. St., Office 130, Sherbrooke, Qc, J1L 1C9.
Published in the Montreal Gazette on
4/12/2007. |
La nécrologie de Ronald Veilleux est disponible par le lien
ci-dessous, de la Presse de Montréal.
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take out an annual or life membership. 1-888 386- 3762
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Top Headlines
The “Major” Talking to Her Majesty…S109
Danny McLeod returned home
this past weekend from a grueling 14 day bus tour which he
was the
“head organizer” - that traveled with veterans,
relatives and friends visiting
various WW I and WW II battlefield
sites/memorials/cemeteries in Belgium,
the Netherlands and northern France.
One of the many highlights of the tour was when the group
attended the
large-scale Rededication Ceremony of Vimy Ridge on the 90th anniversary
of the successful battle that effectively forged Canada as a
nation.
A number of
international and national media outlets captured the photo
of Queen Elizabeth II stopping to chat with our own “Major”
Danny McLeod. One Ex Cadet, 8074 Doug Smith (RMC ’69)
summed it up best …”How's
this to make you feel proud.” |
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What's Happening
Around the College?
Corey Shelson in the
middle) and Nick Deloyer (on the right)
being congratulated by Wahab Almuhtadi, the Chair of the
IEEE
Ottawa Section.
Officer Cadets Nick Deloyer and
Corey Shelson, students in
the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, tied
for first place at a students paper competition held
recently at
Algonquin College for their presentation on their fourth
year
design project, "Autonomous and Remote Reconnaissance Patrol
Robot."
The Ottawa and Kingston Sections of the Institute of
Electrical
and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), and involved students from
RMC, Queen’s University, Carleton University, and Algonquin
College sponsored the event. A team selected through an
internal
competition represented each university.
For having won the competition, Officer Cadets Deloyer and
Shelson received the sum of $200. A team from
Carleton University tied for first, while the Queen’s team
took second and the Algonquin College team placed third.
Congratulations, Nick and Corey, on a very successful
project |
The hockey
Paladins held their year-end hockey party last week.
Major individual award winners were (L to R) Top Rookie, I
Year
Tyler Spice; Dr. Wayne Kirk Award (MVP), II Year Paul Bradley;
Top Defensive Player, II Year Mathew Fetzner; and Major Danny
McLeod Trophy (Coach’s Award) IV Year Greg McDonald;
See Extra Innings for more… |
A SITREP
on the 2364 Leonard Birchall Pavilion Project
The Navy Bay
Pavilion Project is now officially named after
2364 Air Commodore Leonard Birchall, one of RMC’s Best.
We wish to thank all of you who have made a gift, large or
small. Your support is critical. The RMC Club Foundation
has committed to fund the Project entirely, a $900,000
commitment. Here is a quick progress report:
Some of the Latest Developments:
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$617,000 received, $283,000 to go by
end of 2007;
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These 2006 and 2007 Reunion Classes
have committed their support:
1966, 1967, 1982, 1987,2001;
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Construction will begin in late ’07
or Spring’08;
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A Sod Turning Celebration planned for
Reunion Weekend 2007
Some KEY Construction Decisions have been
made:
·
RMC will manage the
construction-speedy! Thank You Major Julia Atherley-Blight;
·
The Pavilion will move to WEST
side of Precision Dr. (the right when entering RMC). This
saves nearly $100,000 in
delivery of services to site. Still a good, handy location;
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Commemorative Benches to go on porches,
or sidelines at original site-Donor’s choice!
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An improved entry and sidewalk from
roadside to be added;
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Better recognition for ALL donors,
Classes, Branches, Groups on a better Donor Wall;
·
Rugby Room to be named The Phil Cowie
Room-in memory of a great Ex–Reddie!
Please
Support the 2364 Leonard Birchall Pavilion!
Check our new website and Donate on line
at:
http://www.rmcclubfoundation.ca/ |
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Catching Up With
the News!
De
temps à autre, e-Veritas mettra en
vedette un Ancien, un membre du personnel d'autrefois et ou un ami
du Collège. Ces articles seront reproduits dans le langage reçu et
rarement traduits. Nous invitons nos lecteurs à soumettre des
articles a
william.oliver@rmc.ca
dans la langue de leur choix. |
From time to time, E-Veritas will focus
on an Ex cadet; former staff member; and / or a friend of the
college. Articles will be reproduced in the language received and in
most cases not translated. We invite readers to submit articles to
william.oliver@rmc.ca in the language of their choice.
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7634 Mike M.F.L. Blair (RMC 1968)
Michael F. Blair is the Chief Executive Officer and a director of
Automodular Corporation
(formerly Algonquin Mercantile Corporation), a public company that
provides sub-assembly
and sequencing services to automotive assemblers in eight facilities
in Canada and the
United States. Mr. Blair is also the Chairman of the Board of
Dominion Citrus Income
Fund, a public company engaged in wholesale distribution of fresh
fruits and vegetables
and related food processing activities, with annual sales of
approximately $120 million. Previously, Mr. Blair was founder, President and Chief Executive Officer
of The Enfield Corporation Limited
(1984 - 1989), an industrial corporation that through subsidiaries
engaged in the manufacturing of electrical
equipment, glass and plastics packaging and automotive parts and
components. In 1989 The Enfield
Corporation Limited employed approximately 10,000 personnel and
operated some 40 plants and facilities in
Canada, the US, the UK and Hong Kong. Mr. Blair was also Chairman of
Federal Pioneer Limited, then
Canada's largest independent manufacturer of circuit breakers,
switchgear and transformers. Mr. Blair
has been VP, Corporate Development with GE Canada, Engagement
Manager with McKinsey and
Company, Inc. and a fighter pilot with the Royal Canadian Air Force.
Mr. Blair is a member of theOntario Business Advisory Committee of the Ontario Chamber of
Commerce. Mr. Blair has a BAfrom Royal Military College (1968) and an MBA from the University of
Western Ontario (Deans'Honours List, 1976). He is a graduate of the Ivey School Directors'
Programme (1996) and the
Directors Education Program of the Institute of Corporate Directors
(2007). . Michael Blair,
20 Toronto Street, Suite 420, Toronto, ON M5C 2B8 Tel: (416)
861-0662 Fax: (416) 861-0063
www.automodular.com
invest@automodular.com |
13635 John S Hamel (RMC 1982)
John Hamel earned a BEng at the Royal Military College in 1982. He then earned a MASc and a PhD at
the University of Waterloo. He is currently a Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer
Engineering at the University of Waterloo. His areas of interest
include design, modeling, and fabrication of RF/Microwave devices; silicon germanium
heterojunction bipolar transistor technology and substrate noise suppression technology.
J.Hamel@ece.uwaterloo.ca
http://ece.uwaterloo.ca/People/faculty/hamel.html |
11139 David DN Redman (RRMC RMC 1976)
Dave Redman has an extensive and in-depth
knowledge of Public Safety and Security. He has worked with all
orders
of government and extensively with the private sector to develop
emergency management in Alberta, Canada and North
America. He recently retired from his appointment as the head of
Emergency Management Alberta (EMA) and now
works as a respected consultant in the areas of leadership,
management and coordination in the field of Public Safety
and Security.
Dave joined Emergency
Management Alberta in November 2000, first serving a year as the
Director of Community Programs.
In that capacity
he was responsible for support to municipal government’s
preparation, response and recovery to major
emergencies and disasters throughout the province.
Following September 11,
2001, he was appointed as Director of Crisis Management Programs.
In this capacity he was
responsible for leading the development of the Alberta
Counter-Terrorism Crisis Management Plan (ACTCMP). Once developed,
he was appointed to lead the plan’s implementation and daily
coordination across all orders of government and the private
sector in Alberta. The Alberta Counter-Terrorism Crisis Management
Plan is based on a provincial threat level identification
system, a standardized cross-sector critical infrastructure
identification protocol, linked security response best practices, an
extensive emergency warning system and a state-of-the-art
counter-terrorism operations centre. The plan fully integrates both
the public sector and the private sector response to threats.
In January 2004, he
became the Executive Director of EMA, responsible for leading all
emergency management activities for the
Government of Alberta, in response to Natural and Human Induced
Hazards. In this capacity he has worked and briefed extensively to
federal, provincial, municipal agencies and widely across all
industry sectors, in particular the Energy Sector. He has worked in
depth with the federal and state government of the USA in the areas of
Critical Infrastructure Protection and Emergency
Management. He held the Executive Director appointment until he
retired from Public Service in December 2005.
His employment in EMA
was preceded by twenty-seven years of service as an officer in the
Canadian Armed Forces. His
military experience was predominately in command appointments in
operational field positions, including three tours as a
Commanding Officer, responsible for massive strategic, operational
and tactical international logistical operations (i.e. the
withdraw of all Canadian personnel and resources from Canadian
Forces Europe in Lahr following the end of the Cold War,
the withdraw of all Canadian United Nations personnel and resources from
the Former Republic of Yugoslavia during the
1995 War and the deployment of Canadian NATO Forces into Bosnia).
During his military career, he served in nineteen
geographic locations, including three NATO postings to Germany, a
posting to California, and postings or employment in
most Provinces and Territories in Canada. He also was deployed on
operational tours in support of the United Nations and
NATO; in Egypt in 1978, Croatia in 1995 and Bosnia in 1996.
He has a Bachelor’s
Degree in Electrical Engineering from the Royal Military College of
Canada, and a Masters Degree in
Electro-Optics, Thermal Imagery and Radar Systems from the United
States Naval Postgraduate School. He is a graduate
of both the Canadian Land Forces Command and Staff College, in
Kingston, Ontario and the Canadian Forces Command and
Staff College, in Toronto, Ontario.
Currently he does
limited consulting (4-6 days a month) for senior government and
private sector leadership (elected officials,
senior civil servants and very senior management in industry) on
emergency management, counter-terrorism and supporting processes.
Dave and his wife Jennifer have been married for 32 years, have
three children and 6 grandchildren.
dredman1@telus.net http://www.epiccforum.org/page221.htm
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13650 Mr. Luc L. Lépine (RMC ’82)
Mr Lépine received his Ph.D. from the Université du Québec à Montréal in 2005. His thesis was on the militia district of Montreal. He
studied four battalion of Militia: two urban, the Montreal British Militia and the Deuxième bataillon de Milice de Montréal, and two
rural, the English speaking Argenteuil battalion and the French speaking Vaudreuil battalion.
After two years of study at Royal Military College in Kingston, Ontario, he completed his B.A. honours at Concordia University in
1982. He received his M.A. History from the Université de Montréal in 1987.
From 1989 to 1998, Luc Lépine was a reference archivist at the Archives Nationales du Québec à Montréal then located on Mullins
street In Pointe-Saint-Charles. He was able to develop a strong expertise on genealogy and research in military related archives.
Since 1998, he works for the ministry of Education of Québec. He is currently in charge of the application of the history and geography
programs in the elementary and high school of the English school sector of the province. He is also a part-time instructor for the
Royal Military College giving courses on Canadian military history and also a course on the Impact of military technology.
He published many articles on the seven year war and the war of 1812 in Canadian Defence Quarterly, Canadian Legion, Conections, the Les
Mémoires de la Société généalogique canadienne-française, la revue d’histoire de l’Amérique française et Cap-aux-Diamants.
In 2003, he published an article on the impart of the DIT NAMES of the French soldiers on the names we find in Québec today. In 1996 he
published a book on LowerCanada’s Militia Officers 1812-1815. This book contains more than 2500 biographies of officers. He is working
on the PROJET MONTCALM of the Société généalogique canadienne-française which will identify more than 7,000 soldiers and officers
who fought in New France from April 1755 to December 1760. He will write the chapter on the history of the period and the role of those
soldiers who fought and often died for the mother country. The book from the PROJET MONTCALM will be published in October 2008.
Mr Lépine is frequent speaker in the genealogy and military history circles.
luc.lepine@mels.gouv.gc.ca
www.qfhs.ca/speakers.html |
22181 Jason T.
Quilliam (RMC 2002) receiving the General Campaign
Star by the Task Force Commander, BGen Tim Grant.
22181 Captain Jason Quilliam graduated from the
Royal Military
College in May of 2002 with a History
Degree (English Minor) from RMC.
He is finishing up his Masters of Business Administration degree
with the
University of Phoenix. Jason belongs to the Military Police Branch
and just
finished a seven month rotation with Joint Task Force Afghanistan
Rotation 2,
double-hatted as the Officer Commanding the Kandahar Airfield
Military Police
Platoon and the Deputy Task Force Provost Marshal. He is soon to be
divorced
from his wife of seven years, E2880 Jacqueline Quilliam (2002), but
very amicably
so as they are keeping both Ethan (born March 2002 while they were
in fourth year)
and Bianca (born October 2003) in the forefront of their minds.
Jason began mounting medals and ribbon sets in his second year at
the college as a means of bolstering his Officer Cadet’s salary.
His self-admittedly out of date website can be found at
http://www.geocities.com/jayquilliam. His hopes are, now that
he’s back
from Afghanistan, that he can bring it up to date and move it to a
unique domain name. However, his work on eBay and elsewhere
has been noticed around the world and he is proud to have provided
ribbon and medal sets to international collectors (including
Kingston native and WW2 RAF/RCAF memorabilia collector Dan Akroyd)
and to movie productions. Most notably, he provided
ribbon and created sets for the A&E TV Movie Production “Ike:
Countdown to D-Day”; his ribbons were worn by Tom Selleck (Ike),
and others. He also provides advice and research assistance to
military uniform historians and advisors working in the US Film
Industry. A popular set with collectors is that of 943 Air Marshal
William Avery “Billy” Bishop, VC, CB, DSO & Bar, MC, DFC, ED,
collectors continually ask for it for displays. He continues to
mount medals as a hobby, and is happy to help out ex-Cadets with
any research, mounting or restoration projects.
Jason has been posted to CFB Halifax since October of 2004, but this
summer is slated to be posted to CFB Suffield Alberta
where he will become the Base Provost Marshal. He can be reached at
jay_deployed@hotmail.com. |
What happened to Former RMC Staff -
Carl Christie… RMC War Studies Professor
I feel a tad embarrassed that you think readers of your newsletter
would be
interested in reading anything about me. I am inclined to doubt
that. However,
having edited a newsletter for a number of years ('The Cannon's
Mouth/Par la
Bouche de nos Canons' for the Canadian Military History Group), I
know how
difficult it can be finding stuff to fill each issue. In addition,
I don't want you to
publish anything inaccurate, so here goes:
To put things into context, I should mention that in March 1996 I
took early retirement from the Directorate of History in
Ottawa (following 19 years there, first on the 'air force team'
researching and writing the official history of the RCAF and
then as Senior Research Officer and head of the little inquiries
section). As a favour to my old friend Ron Haycock then
Dean of Arts and still Chair of War Studies, I started teaching War
Studies' students for RMC when I moved to Winnipeg in
September 1997.
My first course was WS 540, 'Air Warfare in the 20th Century' (which
I did not name, for I couldn't help but think
that - give or take the odd balloon, kite, or Congreve rocket -
there surely was no air warfare per se in earlier
centuries).
With a shortage of military historians in Winnipeg, Ron and I and
Brian McKercher (when he became WS Chair) eventually
agreed on three courses for me to teach in succession, to correspond
roughly to the CF posting cycle: maritime strategy
and naval warfare, total war, and of course air warfare. Sorry if I
forget the other course numbers. With the occasional
hiccup - I assume for administrative reasons - this is what I did until
two or three years ago.
Even though I loved teaching the WS courses and especially the
students (many of whom have become good and
valued friends) I told Ron and Brian and others at RMC that I would
not work up any new courses and once I stopped
I would not restart my teaching for them. I simply wanted to get on
with my own writing that had suffered from a
surprisingly heavy workload at RMC and also at the U of M.
I had given the same warning to Paul Buteux and Jim Fergusson at the
Centre for Defence and Security Studies of
the U of M, where I taught the graduate course 19.783 'Armed Force and
International Security' as a WS 500
equivalent, attracting almost as many CF students as young Manitoba
civilians. Along with my RMC responsibilities,
a graduate course each academic year, an occasional undergraduate
course, and a small number of thesis supervisions,
this saddled me with the equivalent of a full teaching load.
Ever since meeting my last graduate seminars (in the spring of 2003,
if I remember correctly) and congratulating
Captain Steve Nagy on his successful War Studies' MA thesis defence
a couple of years later, I have been able t
o devote more time to my own research and writing.
For any of your readers who might be interested, I expect to deliver
my long-delayed book manuscript with my version
of the history of the (Royal) Canadian Air Force to the University
of Toronto Press this year, for next year. I'll always
blame my old UWO buddy Ron Haycock for my constantly missing deadlines on
this project - without admitting to
him how much my work for RMC and especially the new CF contacts made
as a result of the commitment, have
enriched the final product. I hope. |
Ex Cadets in the News!
5780 Bernard
Laliberté (CMR RMC 63)
Dad and daughter share passion for
Red Cross aid work abroad
The last place in the world most people would want to be is the
first place
you'd find Bernard Laliberté or his daughter Denise, who have been
in most
of the world's hot spots of the past six years working on Red Cross
missions
to bring relief and order to those in the midst of conflict and chaos.
More…
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Ed: The preceding
article is almost seven years old. However, it is still current. At
press time Bernie is just
wrapping up a month long Red Cross assignment in hurricane ravaged
Madagascar – off the Indian ocean. |
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Ten Ex cadets
thoroughly enjoy visit to private vintage aircraft collection of
6757 Mike Potter (CMR RMC ’66).
(left to right):
8903 Lars Eif (RRMC RMC ’71); 6283 Gary Mulder (RRMC RMC
’64); 6810 Gilles Nappert (CMR RMC ’66); 3608 Frank
Hlohovsky (RRMC RMC ’57); 6757 Mike Potter; 8684 Peter Holt
(partly hidden) (CMR RMC ’71); 7662 Howie Higuchi (RMC
’68); 14491 Karen Ritchie (RMC ’85); 6996 Richard Green
(RRMC RMC ’66); 5988 Doug Knight (CMR RMC ’64) and
3837 Bill Campbell (RMC ’57).
On Thursday, April
5th a group of members and friends of the Electrical and
Mechanical Engineering (EME) Association visited the Vintage Wings
of Canada collection. The group was hosted by the owner of the
collection 6757 Mike Potter (class 66) who provided interesting
information about the technology, performance and historical
significance of every aircraft in his collection. It was a
delightful visit. Much effort is spend by a small team of staff and
numerous volunteer workers to maintain each aircraft in flying
condition and in its original configuration and colors. The
collection is housed in a new hangar next to the Gatineau airport.
The collection is open for public viewing. Over the summer months
there will be a number of “open house” and flying demonstration
(depending on the weather) that will take place on the first
Saturday of the months of June to September. The collection is worth
seeing and to witness these machines flying would no doubt be a
thrill for all ages. |
9235 Don Fair (RMC ’72)…Walking
in the Steps of Our Forefathers: Air Force Officer Explores Family
Military History in Travels to France during the 90th Anniversary of
Vimy…
http://www.airforce.forces.gc.ca/newsroom/news_e.asp?cat=114&id=2931 |
12192 Tom Lawson (RMC ’79)…
Putting it all together – the first Canadian C-17 is joined…
http://www.airforce.forces.gc.ca/newsroom/news_e.asp?cat=114&id=2921 |
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1800 The Honourable Hartland de M. Molson OC, OBE, OQ (RMC ‘24)
As a cadet, Hartland de Montarville Molson was an all-around athlete, he played
first string football, made it to the colleges boxing finals twice, and was a member
of the track and field team. His hockey skills were such that in addition to playing
for the RMC senior team – he also played (one of only three cadets) for the
Kingston Combines Jr. “A” team, which played for the 1926 Memorial Cup in Winnipeg.
The “Combines” were Ontario Hockey Association (OHA) champions; they defeated
the Quebec winners and a team from Fort William before losing out to the Calgary
Canadians two games to one.
Tommy Smart Cup
1926 was to become a very memorial year for Hartland for more than reaching
the Memorial Cup Finals. One of his closest friends from his pre-College days in Montreal, was
Gentleman-Cadet 1716 “Tommy” Smart.
Together they tried-outfor the representative football team at the training camp in September.
During theearly part of the season during a practise, while Molson was carrying the ballup field, Tommy
Smart tackled the speedy half-back. “His helmet hit my thighpad as I was in full stride,” recalled
Senator Molson some 40 years after the incident.
Both players fell in a heap, Molson recovering immediately; Smart, however, remained
in a state of unconsciousness. In short order he was taken to Kingston General Hospital for X-rays which subsequently
gave indication that the fifth andsixth cervical vertebrae were fractured and the spinal cord crushed. He passed the night
under sedation and the next morning, October 12th at 8 a.m.
he passed away. Tommy Smart was dead at 21.
The following June marked the first occasion of the presentation of the “TommySmart Cup” which would be awarded annually
by his classmates to the best all-round cadet in athletics. The most recent (2007) recipient was varsity rugby & basketball star 23785
Matthew McLeod (RMC ’07) from Lindsay, ON.
After graduating in 1928, the bilingual Molson was then sent for
training in finance as an employee at a bank in Paris,
France. On his return home, he earned his Chartered Accountant
designation and in his spare time took flying lessons. He then
served in themilitia until 1933. Soon after, at Hartland’s imitative, the
Molson and Eaton families founded Dominion Skyways, a
company soon to be recognized as one of the best bush operations of
the country.
The main base was Rouyn in Abitibi, Quebec. He remained President until 1938, when the company was bought by Canadian
Airways. With World War II
imminent, Molson - already a civilian pilot - joined No.115 RCAF Auxiliary Squadron, which was amalgamated in May 1940
to No.1 (later 401) Fighter Squadron
At 33, Molson was one the oldest fighter pilots. On June 20, the group arrived in
Liverpool. The Battle of Great Britain was raging. On August 17,
the squadron became operational, in spite of very little training (the pilots had fired only once
at a moving target and, prior to their arrival in UK, theformer 115 Squadron
pilots had never flown modern fighters). But time was running short. Only two days before,
the Luftwaffe had launched more than 2100 aircraft against England.
In 10 days, RAF Fighter Command had lost 98 pilots and 60 wounded. In October,
after 62 missions piloting a Hurricane,
Molson was wounded by a German aircraft but was able to escape by parachute.
Back in Canada to recover, Molson engaged in a large conference tour to generate increased war effort.
Appointed Commander of No. 118 Squadron, he became Officer in the Eastern Air Command. He also assumed
command of RCAF Stations Dartmouth, Moncton, Weyburn and Saint-Hubert. He then moved to
RCAF Headquarters in Ottawa, in charge of personnel.
After the war, he retired as Group Captain and was awarded the OBE. He became the director of Molson Companies Ltd.
He was appointed to the Senate of Canada in 1955 and retired in 1993. During his prime, he was also President and
Chairman of the Montreal Canadiens Hockey Club, a team which won numerous Stanley Cups under his
leadership. He was a familiar face with hockey fans seated in his regular “box seat” located just behind the Canadiens
players bench for all their home games. He was inducted in 1973 into the Hockey Hall of Fame!
He was also inducted into the Québec Air and Space Hall of Fame on June 6, 2001.
Truly a notable
Ex cadet. -
The
Honourable Hartland de M. Molson passed away in 2002 |
We get e-mails . . .
Just a quick e-mail to
thank you for the regular and excellent e-version of
Veritas, which I read assiduously.
J'aime bien le format
qui se lit facilement, et est toujours plein
d'informations intéressantes.
J'aimerais maintenant recevoir
le courriel habituel à l'adresse suivante: mmaisonneuve@cogeco.ca
As far as I am concerned, I am on retirement leave in
our new home of Hamilton after nearly 35 years of
service. I finished as Chief of Staff of NATO's Supreme
Allied Command Transformation in Norfolk, VA, USA. I am
married to Maj (retd) Barbara Messier (née Krasij)
(M0472 - Class of '90).
For Peter Dawe, well done on the print version of
Veritas... and your excellent brood of CF veterans of
whom you must be very proud. It's a long way from our
times in Valcartier! Adsum and Chimo.
Au
plaisir et merci encore!
Michel
10966 J.O. Michel Maisonneuve
(RMC ’76) |
RE: March 27 issue 005/200,
"Flashback, Entrance Exams, 1907" is of special interest
to me. Along with 32 other successful candidates, my
father, 772 GG Chisholm, wrote and passed the exams
referred to and is a member of the class of 1910.
The class entering 1907 is
the class from which the WW1 mortal casualties are
honored by the birch trees located in the lawn at the
west end of the Admin Building. I believe there were
eight class members so honored. Perhaps they might be
remembered by stones in the pavement by the Arch.
If you wish I will fax you a
copy of the Militia correspondence listing the
successful candidates, their marks and home addresses by
Canadian City.
I also have a post-card
photo of the Class from 1909/1910 gathered in front of
The Frigate and 24 in number at the time of the photo. I
have a single letter of correspondence between class
members in planning for a get together in 1957, 50 years
after entry to the college. The letter makes no mention
of "The Old Brigade". I do not know if "The Old Brigade"
concept was prominent in 1956/1957. Please let me know
of your interest.
TDV,
3024 Peter S. Chisholm. (RMC
’53) |
Many thanks for your great
contributions...another excellent edition.
Cheers
8790 Jean E. Boyle (RMC ’71) |
I am
wondering how many of the high school students attending
the rededication are children or grandchildren of
ex-cadets. My granddaughter, Emily Dutton is attending.
She is a student at Henry High School in Whitby.
3411 Murray Lennox (RMC ’55) |
One bit of bad news, regretfully. You may have heard that Ron Veilleux passed away from cancer on 8 Apr in Sherbrooke.
It was a big and very sad shock to all of us. Claudette, his very good wife, passed away, also unexpectedly, few years ago from cancer.
They were a great couple. Hockey-wise, Ron invented the slap shot at RMC.
5780 Bernie Laliberte (CMR / RMC) |
Having just returned from the
Re-dedication of the Vimy Memorial Ceremony in France on
April 9th, it was good to see Maj Danny Macleod, looking
extremely well, amongst the veterans. It was good to
see him enjoying the ceremony.
Another impressive sight was to see
the 3500 odd students from across Canada who went to
Vimy to mark the occasion. Their procession down one of
the roads leading to the foot of the memorial was a
sight to behold, and one that will stick in my mind for
many years ahead. My hat goes off to Mr Dave Robinson
the coordinator of the student activity, for his time
and dedication to make their participation a
possibility. Another tip of the hat to the students
themselves, many who have worked towards their trip for
18 months to two years before leaving to make the trip.
Keep up the good work with the e-Veritas.
7762 Garth Jonah (RRMC / RMC ’68) |
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Other Things!
Following is a copy of the message sent internally within
the Canadian Forces announcing the retirement of 10966
LGen J.O.Michel Maisonneuve (RMC’76), CMM, MSC, CD
following 35 years of service with the Canadian Forces.
Those who might wish to send the General messages of good
will and anecdotes may direct them to
macneil@cfc.dnd.ca or by fax at 416-482-6830.
S’il vous plait, trouver ci-joint une copie du message des
Forces canadiennes annonçant la retraite du LGén J.O.Michel
Maisonneuve, CMM, CSM, CD après 35 années de service. Les
amis et collègues qui désirent présenter leurs vœux ou
anecdotes au LGén Maisonneuve au moyen du courrier
électronique peuvent les transmettre au Major Don MacNeil à
l’adresse
macneil@cfc.dnd.ca ou par télécopieur au
416-482-6830.
SUBJECT RETIREMENT – LGEN J.O.M.
MAISONNEUVE, CMM, MSC, CD
1. LGEN MAISONNEUVE IS RETIRING FOLLOWING
CLOSE TO 35 YEARS OF LOYAL AND DISTINGUISHED SERVICE TO
CANADA. AN ARMOURED OFFICER, LGEN MAISONNEUVE HAS HELD
NUMEROUS COMMAND AND SENIOR STAFF APPOINTMENTS THROUGHOUT
HIS CAREER, MOST NOTABLY AS THE 12TH COMMANDING
OFFICER OF HIS REGIMENT, LE 12É
REGIMENT BLINDE DU CANADA, NDHQ J3 OPS, DIRECTOR OF ARMOUR,
EA/CDS, G3 HQ UNPROFOR, HEAD OSCE KVM REGIONAL CENTRE
PRIZREN (KOSOVO), HEAD OSCE REFUGEE TASK FORCE ALBANIA,
DIRECTOR GENERAL LAND STAFF, ASSISTANT DEPUTY CHIEF OF THE
DEFENCE STAFF AND FOR THE LAST FOUR YEARS, CHIEF OF STAFF OF
NATO’S SUPREME ALLIED COMMAND TRANSFORMATION IN NORFOLK, VA,
USA. IN ADDITION TO HIS CANADIAN AWARDS, LGEN MAISONNEUVE
WAS NAMED AN OFFICER OF THE FRENCH LEGION OF HONOUR IN 2003,
AND RECEIVED THE NATO MERITORIOUS SERVICE MEDAL IN FEB 2007.
2. LGEN MAISONNEUVE AND HIS WIFE BARBARA WILL RETIRE TO HER
HOME TOWN OF HAMILTON, ONTARIO. TO MARK THE GENERAL’S
RETIREMENT AND THE START OF THEIR NEW LIFE WITHIN THE
HAMILTON COMMUNITY, THE MAISONNEUVES WILL HOST A FORMAL
DINNER BY INVITATION AT THE LCOL JOHN WEIR FOOTE, VC ARMOURY
IN HAMILTON ON 5 MAY 07. THIS VENUE WILL ALSO SERVE TO BID
FAREWELL TO LGEN MAISONNEUVE FROM A GRATEFUL CF. FRIENDS AND
COLLEAGUES WHO WISH TO SEND CONGRATULATORY E-MAILS AND/OR
TALES FROM THE “BACK DECK” MAY FORWARD THEM TO MAJOR DON
MACNEIL, CANADIAN FORCES COLLEGE
AT MACNEIL.DJ"AT"FORCES.GC.CA OR VIA FAX AT 416-482-6830
SUJET RETRAITE ― LGÉN J.O.M. MAISONNEUVE, CMM,CSM,CD
1. LE LGÉN MAISONNEUVE PREND SA RETRAITE APRÈS 35 ANS DE
LOYAUX ET DISTINGUÉS SERVICES AU CANADA. UN OFFICIER
BLINDÉ, LE LGÉN MAISONNEUVE A OCCUPÉ PLUSIEURS POSTES DE
COMMANDEMENT ET D’ÉTAT- MAJOR SUPÉRIEURS DURANT SA CARRIÈRE
NOTAMMENT Ầ TITRE DE 12E COMMANDANT DE SON RÉGIMENT, LE 12E
RÉGIMENT BLINDÉ DU CANADA, COMME J3 OPS QGDN, DIRECTEUR DE
L’ARME BLINDÉE, CHEF DE CABINET DU CHEF D’ÉTAT-MAJOR DE LA
DÉFENSE, G3 DU QG FORPRONU, CHEF OSCE MVK CENTRE RÉGIONAL DE
PRIZREN (KOSOVO), CHEF OSCE FORCE OPÉRATIONNELLE POUR LES
RÉFUGIES EN ALBANIE, DIRECTEUR-GÉNERAL D’ÉTAT-MAJOR DE LA
FORCE TERRESTRE, SOUS-CHEF D’ÉTAT-MAJOR ADJOINT DE LA
DÉFENSE ET POUR LES QUATRE DERNIÈRES ANNÉES, CHEF
D’ÉTAT-MAJOR POUR
SUPREME ALLIED COMMAND TRANSFORMATION
Ầ NORFOLK, VA, É.-U. EN PLUS DE SES MÉDAILLES
CANADIENNES, LE LGÉN MAISONNEUVE A ÉTÉ NOMMÉ OFFICIER DE LA
LÉGION D’HONNEUR FRANÇAISE EN 2003 ET IL A REÇU LA MÉDAILLE
DU SERVICE MÉRITOIRE DE L’OTAN EN FÉVRIER 07.
2. LE LGÉN MAISONNEUVE ET SON ÉPOUSE BARBARA PRENDRONT LEUR
RETRAITE DANS SA VILLE NATALE DE HAMILTON EN ONTARIO. POUR
CÉLÉBRER LA RETRAITE DU GÉNÉRAL ET LE DÉBUT DE LEUR NOUVELLE
VIE DANS LA VILLE DE HAMILTON, LES MAISONNEUVE DONNERONT UN
DÎNER FORMEL, SUR INVITATION, AU MANÈGE MILITAIRE LCOL JOHN
WEIR FOOTE, Ầ HAMILTON LE 5 MAI 07. L’OCCASION SERA
PROPICE AUX AMIS ET COLLÈGUES QUI DÉSIRENT PRÉSENTER LEURS
VOEUX AU LGÉN MAISONNEUVE AU MOYEN DU COURRIER
ÉLECTRONIQUE. LES MESSAGES OU ANECDOTES PEUVENT ỆTRE
TRANSMIS AU MAJOR DON MACNEIL, COLLÈGE DES FORCES
CANADIENNES, Ầ L’ADRESSE MACNEIL AT FORCES.GC.CA OU PAR
TÉLÉCOPIEUR AU 416-482-6830.
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From 1993 to 2005, more than 11,123 people lost their lives due to workplace incidents.
Another 900,000** per year are injured or become ill.
The Canadian flag on Parliament Hill will fly at half-mast. Workers will light candles, don ribbons and black armbands and observe
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My son wants to enlist
Toronto Sun - Canada
He plans to go to Royal Military College in Kingston.
Wants to make something of his life, blah, blah, blah.
(Whatever happened to hockey player, Jack? ...
http://torontosun.com/News/Columnists/Strobel_Mike/2007/04/11/3980759.html
http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/story.html?id=81e118db-b854-4e65-8c58-86696ef2524
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New Queen's arena, new
name?; Jock Harty label may be lost if a ...
The Kingston Whig-Standard -
Kingston, Ontario,Canada
... a women's hockey alumni game, public skating and
an exhibition men's hockey game between the Queen's Golden
Gaels and Royal Military College Paladins.
...
http://www.thewhig.com/webapp/sitepages/content.asp?contentid=481134&catname=Local+News&classif=
New Queen's arena, new
name?; Jock Harty label may be lost if a donor has other
ideas
Claude Scilley
Kingston Whig Standard - Wednesday, April 11, 2007
Three incarnations of the ice arena at Queen's University
have worn the name of Jock Harty.
The next one may not.
"We're not quite sure yet," Queen's athletics chairwoman
Leslie Dal Cin said yesterday.
In an interview on the ice at the current Jock Harty Arena,
Dal Cin said the decision on what to name the new facility
will be determined beyond her department.
"It's part of a bigger strategy around the naming
opportunities within the entire Queen's Centre itself."
The latest Jock Harty Arena,
which opened in 1970, is to be demolished this spring in the
first phase of creating the $230-million Queen's Centre.
The project, to encompass two square blocks, will house a
student life centre and the school of kinesiology and health
studies, in addition to a new swimming pool, gymnasia, field
house and a hockey rink.
Saturday, Queen's will host "Rock the Jock," a daylong event
to mark the closing of the 36-year-old rink. The day will
feature a women's hockey alumni game, public skating and an
exhibition men's hockey game between the Queen's Golden
Gaels and Royal Military College Paladins.
Harty, a local sportsman and industrialist, was an important
early figure in the history of hockey.
The original Jock Harty Memorial Arena opened in 1922. After
it burned to the ground, a new Jock Harty was opened. It was
torn down to make way for
Humphrey Hall in 1967.
Dal Cin said those involved in creating the new Queen's
Centre are sensitive to the Harty legacy, but that will
become secondary if an alumnus or corporation comes up with
a donation worthy of having his or its name affixed to the
new facility.
"What we've recognized for sure is that somewhere the [Harty]
name will be memorialized," Dal Cin said. "Whether that's
going to be on the actual arena or in an appropriate other
venue, [we're] not quite sure.
"It's not our decision. It's part of the bigger [project]."
The question of whether to retain the historic Harty name on
the Queen's arena is the latest in a series of naming
controversies in the city.
Angry citizens filed a lawsuit when city council renamed
Market Square after receiving a $1 million pledge toward the
restoration campaign from the Springer family. The city is
still searching for a patron willing to pay for the
privilege of naming the new downtown arena. Citizens were
rebuffed in an attempt to open that process to public input.
At Queen's, meanwhile, the university has yet to find
accommodation for its varsity and recreational programs, Dal
Cin said. The new arena will be the last part of the Queen's
Centre to be completed, and it's not expected to be ready
before 2012.
A plan to build a temporary facility jointly with the armed
forces at CFB Kingston collapsed several weeks ago.
"We're still confirming the details for [relocation]," Dal
Cin said yesterday. "We've been working to make sure all our
programs and services are not going to be disrupted in any
way, shape or form, aside from not having a rink.
"We will have a suitable plan. Is it the same as having your
own rink on your own campus? No, but we will have a suitable
backup plan." |
7th Annual
Royal Roads University Homecoming Weekend September 14 - 16,
2007
Hatley Park National Historic Site - 2005 Sooke Road
Victoria, BC V9B 5Y2
Please send your
expression of interest to
homecoming@royalroads.ca
More details
available at: e-V 2 / ’07 http://www.rmcclub.ca/eVeritas/2007/Issue01/200701.htm |
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For the first time in a couple of years
we were invited to the year-end hockey party. We certainly
appreciated the opportunity to mix once again with this
group of highly motivated young men.
Coach Jim Hulton was even kind enough to
have us present two trophies given for outstanding
individual season performances – Major Danny McLeod & Dr
Wayne Kirk Awards. Prior to each presentation we gave a
brief “background” on both these legendary gentlemen. The
feedback we received from players was quite heart warming.
For most of them they had no idea of the outstanding
contributions made by “The Major” and Dr. Kirk to RMC.
Ironically, we attended a similar party
and shared a table about four years ago with Danny and
Wayne. At the end of the evening and during the drive home
we discussed the point that although they were like “black &
white” in their personalities - they had one common
denominator.
When dealing with situations or
conflicts, the best interest of the college always came
first; the best interest of the hockey player was second;
and their own best interest always took the back seat.
Our conclusion was not derived at from
sharing a short three hour social evening with them. Rather,
this fact had been confirmed from first hand experience
dealing with these two icons in numerous situations over 30
years. Conversation we’ve had with their former players is
always laced with words of affection and respect for both of
them. Ex cadets spread over many years have their own
particular episode when the “Major” and Dr. Kirk went to bat
(stuck their necks out) on their behalf, in a lot of cases -
far and above what anyone should have expected. Many of
these same Ex cadets have gone on to senior leadership roles
within and outside the Canadian Forces.
What stands out is that the wins & losses
eventually fade – integrity stands the test of time.
On the drive home last Friday night we
both agreed - Jim Hulton is cut from the same McLeod and
Kirk cloth.
Bill & Rolande Oliver |
Trivia Answer:
Thanks
again to E3161 Victoria Edwards (RMC ’03) for all the helps
she provides in providing suggestions for articles and great
research material.
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Yes I would like to become a member of the RMC Club.
Je voudrais devenir
membre du Club des CMR.
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"Many Hands - make the burden light". « L’aide de
plusieurs rend la tâche facile »
S125 Bill & S134 Rolande Oliver |
The eVERITAS electronic Newsletter reaches
over 5,000 readers . It is a service provided
by the RMC Club for Members in good standing with current addresses in
the data base. It is designed to provide timely information on
current events at RMC and to keep Members "connected".
Occasionally, it will be distributed to non-members to entice them to
join or renew their membership. Membership information is
available at
www.rmcclub.ca
Newsworthy articles from national or local papers that may not have
been available to the majority of our readers may be reproduced in
e-VERITAS. We will also publish articles in either official
language as submitted by Cadets and Staff, on "current life" at RMC.
Other short “human interest stories" about Cadets, Ex-Cadets, Alumni
and current and former Staff at the College will appear from
time-to-time. Readers of e-VERITAS are encouraged to submit
articles in either official language to
william.oliver@rmc.ca.
In particular, up-to-date “Where are they now?” articles on Ex-Cadets,
Alumni and current and former Staff would be most welcome.
eVERITAS
is intended as a supplement and not a replacement of Veritas, the
highly popular magazine of the RMC Club printed and distributed three
times a year to Members by mail.
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Chaque édition du bulletin
électronique e-VERITAS rejoint plus de 5,000 lecteurs. C’est
un service fourni, par le Club des CMR, aux membres dont les
adresses sont à jour dans notre base de données. Son but est
de fournir des renseignements à point nommé sur les actualités au
CMR et de garder en communication les membres du Club.
Occasionnellement, il sera distribué aux membres qui ne sont plus en
règle espérant qu’ils renouvelleront leur carte de membre annuelle
ou qu’ils deviendront membres à vie. Les renseignements sur
l’adhésion au Club sont disponibles au
www.rmcclub.ca.
Articles d’intérêt national ou local
qui ne sont pas disponibles à la majorité de nos lecteurs seront
reproduits dans e-VERITAS. Nous produirons aussi des articles
dans l’une des deux langues officielles soumis par les élèves
officiers et le personnel du Collège sur la vie actuelle au CMR.
Nous offrirons de temps à autre de courtes anecdotes sur les élèves
officiers, les Anciens et les membres du personnel d’hier et
d’aujourd’hui. Nous encourageons les lecteurs de e-VERITAS à
soumettre des articles dans l’une ou l’autre des deux langues
officielles à
Rolande.Oliver@rmc.ca.
En particulier des articles récents sur « Où sont-ils
présentement? » seraient grandement appréciés.
e-VERITAS est un supplément et NON une substitution pour VERITAS la
revue populaire du Club des CMR imprimée et distribuée aux membres
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