Howard B. Chase
Howard Brown Chase,
Life and career
Chase was born in Essex, England on 19 May 1884, the son of an American father and an English mother who were visiting at the time.[2][3] He began his career working on the Northern Pacific Railway at Fargo, working his way from the bottom to become a locomotive engineer.[2] He came to Canada in July 1907 and worked as an engineer on the Canadian Northern Railway at Port Arthur, then for Canadian Pacific Railway and Canadian National Railway, transitioning from freight trains to passenger trains.[2]
Having joined the
In the run-up to the
In March 1943, Chase was appointed to the Board of Governors of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation as a representative for labour.
In 1948, Chase was appointed a member of the
References
- ^ "Chairs and Presidents". Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Archived from the original on 2008-01-11.
- ^ The Ottawa Citizen. p. 25.
- ^ a b c "Grand Officers of The B. of L. E." Locomotive Engineers Journal. 76: 332. May 1942.
- The Ottawa Citizen. 13 July 1939. p. 1.
- Saskatoon Star-Phoenix. 18 March 1943. p. 4.
- The Ottawa Citizen. 7 July 1944. p. 19.
- ^ "No. 37633". The London Gazette (1st supplement). 28 June 1946. p. 3334.
- The Montreal Star. 28 July 1948. p. 5.
- The Gazette. 21 February 1973. p. 47.