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McInnes, David Leslie If you have images associated with this Person, please contact us at
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Title | Sub-Lieutenant (RCN(R)) |
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Official Number | U-49500; O-49345 |
Birth | 19/05/1928 | Death | 16/05/2019 |
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Place | Nelson | Place | West Vancouver |
Area | BC | Area | BC |
Country | Canada | Country | Canada |
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Qualifications | BScF (UBC) |
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He followed a career in Forestry concluding as President and Chief Executive Officer, Weyerhaeuser Canada. He was Chairman of the Pulp and Paper Research Institute of Canada. He was a Member of the Forest Sector Advisory Council,of Canada. He was a Director and Chairman of the Environmental Issues Task Force, CPPA. He was Chairman of the Deans Advisory Committee of the UBC Faculty of Forestry. He was a Member of the Business Council on National Issues. He was a Director of the BC Forestry Association and the Pulp and Paper Industrial Relations Bureau. |
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He was appointed as an Ordinary Seaman (Officer Candidate UNTD) RCN(R) 1947. In 1947-1951 he served in HMCS Discovery for UNTD. (CFR) In 1948 he was appointed as a Naval Cadet (UNTD) RCN(R) 1948. He was appointed as an A/Sub-Lieutenant RCN(R) (With seniority dated 31/03/1951). (He was released 1951.) |
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Named Features | The David L. McInnes Undergraduate Student Lounge in the Forestry Sciences Centre at UBC. |
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The Navy List Volumes I, II and III (HMSO London); Bill Clearihue (Nominal List UNTD); https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/nsnews/obituary.aspx?n=mcinnes-david-leslie&pid=193316082&fhid=5857; http://untd.org/wp-content/uploads/McINNES_David_Leslie_UNTDA_Bio.pdf; |
Last update |
2019-07-07 00:00:00 |