GEORGE MACDONALD SCHUTHE VE3DMC QCWA # 8774 (SK)

 

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George grew up in Vancouver. 

Education / Employment History
1936-1940 - George was at sea as a marine radio officer and served aboard six merchant ships in this period. He survived the sinking of the “SS Lisieux” in the Atlantic in 1940. George received the “SOS-CQD Award” from the Society of Wireless Pioneers. 
1941-1945- Royal Canadian Navy He was commissioned in 1941 and served in the RCNVR until 1945. He remained on the Retired List as a Lieutenant Commander RCN(R) until 1958. He was “Mentioned in Dispatches” for mine recovery operations off Halifax in 1943.
1946-1949 - University of British Columbia – B.A., B.Comm, M.A.(Economics). He also served as an Instructor at the Radio Communications Centre Room 19 in Vancouver. 
1949-1955 - Economist in the Canadian Maritime Comission in Ottawa.
1955-1958 - Economist in the Department of Transport in Ottawa.
1958-1969 - Transportation Policy Advisor and Director of Trade Services in the Department of Trade and Commerce. For many years, he represented Canada in shipping committees of UNCTAD and OECD and was a member of the St. Lawrence Seaway Joint Tolls Advisory Board. He retired as Assistant Director General, Transportation Services Branch.
1979-1989 - After retiring from the federal Public Service, he represented Montreal Shipping Inc in Ottawa for ten years.

Amateur Radio History
1932 - George received his first licence as VE5GS, which he held until 1940.
1946 - After the war years, he operated as VE7GS until moving to Ottawa in 1949.
1972 - After an inactive period, he received VE3DMC, which he held until his death.

George was active on the HF bands, received awards for DXCC, WAS, WAZ, and the QCWA “50 Year Licensed” Golden Certificate, among others. He was a member of ARRL, OARC, RSO, and RAC. 

George was one of the twenty-one Charter Members of QCWA Chapter 70 and he served as President for 1976-77, as Secretary from 1984 to 1986, and as Historian from 1987 to 1991. George prepared the initial history of the QCWA National Capital Chapter 70 in 1987 with an updated addendum in 1990, that was later incorporated into the 1974 - 1999 Chapter 70 History Book. 

He was a regular participant in the QCWA QSO Party for many years beginning in 1975, and would regularly exhort other Chapter 70 members to participate.

 

George was also a member of the Society of Wireless Pioneers, the Royal Navy Amateur Radio Society, and the Canadian Nautical Research Society.

George passed away Oct 26, 1995 at age 77.

Biography prepared by VE3XK                                                                                                                                                                2010-10-25