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Ottawa’s Beechwood Cemetery honours many of the famous Canadians interred there with a plaque. But, there was none for General A.G.L. McNaugthon ... Photos by Kris Hatashita McNaughton Plaque Procession to plaque site Dedication Ceremony led by piper, Dave Kemp and Andrew Leslie

stroll through Beech- medicare in . General volunteers were contacted. Plans the story told by guest speaker wood Cemetery in A.G.L. McNaughton is also were made. Honourable Andrew Leslie, MP AOttawa three years ago interred there. for Orléans, former Canadian by IEEE Canadian Foundation By late October 2015, Mr. Kemp Forces Lieutenant-General. (ICF) President David Whyte led But what Mr. Whyte discovered was able to report the plaque was Apparently the very young to a destination finally reached is that while some of the Famous installed, and began building a Andrew’s kite was rescued by the on October 16, at 1:00 p.m. Burials, such as the afore- team for a dedication ceremony. General with the aid of a cross- mentioned three, are honoured Section volunteers joined bow fashioned from an old bed Designated as the National Cem- with a Great Canadian Profiles the effort. spring, a car strut and a length of etery of Canada, Beechwood’s plaque, General McNaughton piano wire. Left in the young- Famous Burials include such was not. A call to Dave Kemp, The morning of October 16, 2016 ster’s hands, the “weapon of mass notables as scientist Sir Sandford IEEE Canada History Committee was clear and sunny. The after- destruction” was leveled at num- Fleming, poet Archibald Lamp- Chair and ICF V.P. Grants quickly noon was not. Inside the Recep- erous targets in the neighbour- man, and politician Tommy followed. The path to a plaque tion Centre at Beechwood Cem- hood—without success—until Douglas, the latter widely cred- was there, but it would take time etery though, the atmosphere was “duly confiscated.” ited with being the father of and effort. History committee celebratory. The facility’s decor gives a sense of both dignity and Leslie paid trib- warmth — some of the character ute to his grandfather’s “extra- traits of the General those con- ordinarily active mind” as a sci- nected to him were to speak of. entist, engineer and inventor, and For an overview of his career, his “fantastic” interpersonal please see the sidebar at top-right skills. He noted how they both of the next page. were Command- ers, but observed that his challen- A kite caught in a tree does not ges with respect to the war in usually call for the expertise of a Afghanistan paled in comparison general. But if you are the grand- to those of A.G.L. McNaughton son of A.G.L. McNaughton, you during WWII. might be so lucky. After an engaging introduction by Master A message from the Honourable Witold Kinsner, IEEE Canada President 2016-17, addresses the gathering. of Ceremonies Kemp, this was Harjit Sajjan, Minister of

26 Winter / Hiver 2016 A.G.L. McNaughton (1887-1966): engineer, soldier and statesman of Vimy Ridge. By the end of the war, he was in charge of all heavy artillery and counter-bat- tery forces of the Canadian Corp. Joining the regular army in 1920, McNaughton was rapidly promot- ed, becoming Chief of the General Staff in 1929, holding that position until 1935 when he was appointed President of the National Research Council. It was during the early to mid-1920s he developed a work- ing model of a cathode ray detec- tion finder—the direct forerunner of radar. McNaughton had various com- mands in WWII, then was appointed Minister of Defence in 1944. Fol- L to R: Brigadier General Peter Holt (Retired); Honourable Andrew Leslie, lowing the war, he was appointed MP for Orléans, Cdn Forces Lieutenant-General (Retired) ; Helen Leslie Canadian Chairman of the Can- ada- Permanent Joint Major-General Andrew George Latta Board on Defence, and in 1946 McNaughton. Credit: Vandyk Ltd./ became Canadian representative to Library and Archives Canada/PA-034110 the United Nations Energy Com- mission and head of the Atomic orn in 1887, McNaughton stud- Energy Control Board of Canada. In Bied at McGill University, in 1948, McNaughton was appointed 1912 completing his Master’s of permanent delegate of Canada to Science degree with Honours in the United Nations and Canada’s Electrical Engineering. Working security council representative. He as a consultant before the start of became a Commissioner of the WWI, he published six papers on International Joint Commission high voltage electrical phenomen- in 1950, and shortly after, named on. In 1914 he enlisted as a militia its Canadian Chairman, evaluating Honourable Andrew Leslie reads aloud the inscription on the plaque. officer, commanding gun batter- amongst other projects development ies. Employing his engineering of the St. Lawrence River for navi- Defence was read out by MC McNaughton’s appointment as mind, he optimized triangulation gation and power. Kemp, which says, in part, “As Canada’s representative to the data from the sound and flash of A more full account of Andrew someone who has served in uni- short-lived United Nations Atom- enemy artillery in accurate survey McNaughton’s remarkable contribu- form and now serves as Minister ic Energy Commission (UNAEC) schemes. His results were extra- tions can be found on-line in Issues ordinary. Using the techniques 9 and 10 of the IEEE Canadian of National Defence, I have a was noted by Jennekens. Found- he pioneered, Canadian counter- profound respect and apprecia- ed in 1946, the UNAEC was Review, in a two-part piece by Ted battery destroyed more than 70 Glass. Mr. Glass skillfully condensed tion for all of his [McNaugh- unable to get all the permanent percent of the opposing artillery John Alexander Swettenham’s three- ton’s] professional accomplish- members of the Security Council in the week prior to the Battle volume biography McNaughton. ments and achievements ... His to come to a common position on accomplishments are truly nuclear disarmament. McNaugh- remarkable and an inspiration to ton was later appointed perma- Out of print for quite some time, tenham currently is Chief Market- those around him including his nent delegate of Canada to the it has been a challenge to source ing Officer for the Canadian grandson, Lieutenant-General United Nations and a representa- them. Print-on-demand publish- Museum of Nature. He previously Andrew Leslie.” tive of Canada on the Security ing will make it possible to main- led marketing at Canada Post. Council in 1948. tain this honoured tradition. Another guest speaker at the event In introducing University of was Jon Jennekens, who served as In introducing guest speaker John Contacted last spring by IEEE Ottawa Student Branch Chair President of the Atomic Energy Hendrik Swettenham, MC Kemp Canada immediate Past President Danielle Marchand, MC Kemp Control Board (AECB) from 1978 explained the special role John Dr. Amir Aghdam, who is leading conveyed the excitement within until 1987. He joined the organiz- Swettenham Senior’s three-vol- the McNaughton reprint initiative, the ICF on the expected 40th ation in 1961, the same year that ume biography of General John Swettenham Jr. has offered McNaughton Learning Centre to Chalmers J. MacKenzie retired as McNaughton has played within to write a new foreword to the open soon. The ICF supports cre- AECB President. Mr. MacKenzie IEEE Canada. It has been the three volumes. Mr. Swettenham ation and maintenance of the succeeded McNaughton, who was tradition to provide a copy to recounted his experience meeting McNaughton Centres by way of the organization’s first president. McNaughton Resource Centres A.G.L. McNaughton as a three- approval of grant applications. The two were close friends, with on Canadian campuses when they year-old, and then offered his MacKenzie later sharing many are first established. Incoming views on how the General would The benefits of a McNaughton memories of McNaughton with IEEE Canada Presidents are also appraise Canada’s performance Centre to a Student Branch were Mr. Jennekens. furnished with a copy of the set. and priorities in a number of articulated by Ms. Marchand areas, were he alive today. Swet- with a rich array of examples.

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L to R: Scott Melvin, IEEE Canada Secretary; Xavier Fernando, IEEE L to R: Luc Matteau, Treasurer, IEEE Canadian Foundation; Kash Husain, Canada Central Area Chair; Amir Aghdam, Immediate Past President, IEEE Canada Administrator; Rana Husain, IEEE Canada Administrative IEEE Canada; Janet Davis, IEEE Ottawa Section Chair Assistant; Raed Abdulla, IEEE Ottawa Section Chair 2009-2010.

“They harbour many academic events and workshops,” Mar- John Swettenham Jr. and McNaughton chand explained, “broadening students’ familiarity and compe- tency with different technolo- gies.” Marchand cited Arduino workshops, raspberry pi work- shops and programmng work- shops as examples of events host- ed at the University of Ottawa Centre. Students use the resour- ces there both for academic pro- jects and some just for pure inter- est’s sake, she says.

Marchand offered some insights on the role of the Learning Centres in Danielle Marchand, University of t’s not every three-year-old that John Hendrik Swettenham will be inspiring students to take on roles Ottawa, IEEE Student Branch Chair Igets to shake the hand of a famous writing the foreword for the on-demand beyond those their formal educa- general. Or an eminent scientist. Or reprint of his father’s three-volume tion prepares them for. “They are a In concluding the proceedings in an esteemed statesman. But when biography of General McNaughton. place where teamwork and leader- the reception area, MC Dave John Swettenham Jr. was ship grow, where students learn the Kemp thanked his co-planners in introduced by his father October 16, and also with basic soft skills that are needed to organizing the day’s activities: to Andrew George Latta members of the IEEE Can- become, hopefully, one of the IEEE Canada Administrator McNaughton, the young ada Board earlier that day. many great things General Kash Husain; Janet Davis, IEEE lad accomplished them all. In presenting to the Board, Ottawa Section Chair; Raed McNaughton was: an engineer, “You’re going to meet a Mr. Swettenham kindly Abdullah, IEEE Ottawa Section cabinet minister and diplomat — great man,” the tot was passed around his personal just to name a few. As the Centres Chair 2009-2010. told by John Swetten- copies of John Alexander grow, his legacy also grows.” ham Senior, author and Swettenham’s McNaugh- With the addresses complete — biographer. “I want you ton Volumes. and the rain abated — the gather- IEEE Canada President Dr. Wit- to remember this.” Fifty He also offered an inter- ing wound its way led by piper old Kinser then offered a unique years later, the now-adult esting analysis of how perspective on the establishment through Beechwood’s pictur- John Swettenham Jr. McNaughton would react in 1979 of the first McNaughton esque lanes to the site of the fondly recalls the occa- to three engineering-relat- Centre by then Region 7 Director plaque, where MC Dave Kemp sion with ease. And to ed areas: the high-tech Ted Glass at the University of unveiled it, and read aloud its historians – and to mem- revolution, infrastructure Winnipeg, where Dr. Kinsner has inscription in English. The Hon- bers of IEEE Canada – investment and climate taught since 1970. Picking up on ourable Leslie read aloud the those words of respect change. His assessment of Marchand’s remarks, he noted French version, both keeping an ring as true today as they what McNaughton would how McNaughton and his con- eye on the clouds. Then, all were did back then. prescribe for Canada’s piped back to the Reception Cen- temporaries fought real wars, but John (Jr.) Hendrik Swet- challenges today? tre, making the last leg of this also fought for the hearts and tenham shared this • Think positive and BIG minds of others. For him, most successful journey in duly delightful story both at • Take an engineering McNaughton has never departed, honouring the legacy of A.G.L. the Great Canadian Pro- approach “but is still with us in the hearts McNaughton at the National files plaque unveiling in • Have confidence in ■ and minds of young people.” Cemetery of Canada. Beechwood Cemetery on being Canadian. ■

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