AES / MSC "Mugs" from Zephyr - 1990s

NOTE: The collage below comprises various photos, published in Zephyr during the 1990s, using mostly clear original prints which were saved.  Where possible, explanations from Zephyr are included below each photo.  They will be inserted by date, top row being the oldest.

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Bob Jones
Archivist
October 2023

Geoff Meek, for many years Port Meteorological officer for Ontario Region, based in Toronto, retired in the fall of 1989.  He began his career with the British Royal Naval Reserve, then became an officer aboard merchant ships before joining AES.  At a retirement ceremony, held at Toronto's Royal York Hotel September 15, 1990, over a hundred friends, fellow workers, Canadian Coast Guard representatives and shipping company officials saluted Geoff for his "direct approach".  (1990)
Alcide Ouellet, one of Canada's best known weather broadcasters, was a meteorologist and long time employee of both AES and the Meteorological Branch of Transport Canada.
 
Alcide was a leading figure in French Canada and a pioneer in the work of popularizing weather forecasting in the French language.
 
Widely acclaimed among the meteorological community for his ability to popularize the essentials of weather forecasting, he received special recognition from the Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society (CMOS) for his work as a weather communicator.
 
Alcide died in the fall of1989 at the age of 65. (1990)
Don Cheung, the lone computer specialist in the Finance and Administration branch, has the skills and experience to perform such varied tasks as designing and writing new applicatron programs, training users in the DOTS interoffice communications system, advising management on purchasing new equipment or acting as trouble shooter for individual PC users.

Almost every office desk in AES now has a personal computer. The number of users and the complexity of systems is growing so rapidly that the help of competent advisors like Don is a must.  (1990)

Larry Funnell is one of the increasing number of AES employees who has made a career transition. Larry was a supervisor in the Winnipeg Weather Office when he joined the Management Orientation Program (MOP) in 1986. Five years, four directorates and three cities later, Larry is now Special Assistant to the ADM.  (1991)
John Bendell says the AES Education Leave Program has given him the opportunity to do something he really enjoys. When John graduated in April 1991 from the University of Winnipeg with a BSc, he took the University Gold Medal, the Canadian Information Processing Society Scholarship, the Digital Equipment Award of Merit, and achieved the status of "Student of Highest Distinction". John is now reviewing communications systems in Central Region. The goal of his informatics project is to reduce communications costs while improving services.  (1991)
Sylvain Juneau practices inputting data prior to an upper air balloon flight, as a student at The Transport Canada Training Institute (TCTI) in Cornwall.  The Meteorological Training Centre (MTC) is located within TCTI which trains both new and experienced EGs.  (1991)







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