Howsam, George R.

• 1895, Jan. 29: Born, Lake Scugog, Ontario
• 1916 - 1918 : Enlisted in 116th South Ontario Battalion, Accepted into Royal Canadian Expeditionary Force, Promoted to Lieutenant
• 1918, Sept.: Joined Canadian Air Force, stationed in France and Belgium flying bombing missions for various government departments
• 1921: Worked with Royal Canadian Air Force photographic survey, NW Canada
• 1923 - 1926 : Worked for Canadian Air Board (mapping early radio communications, aircraft and radio equipment, flying)
• 1929: Senior member, Royal Canadian Air Force 1st Aerobatics Team, (Siskin) Display, Cleveland, OH
• 1930: Joined the Royal Canadian Air Force Staff College, England, Director of Civil Administration
• 1931 - 1932 : Staff member CGAO Operations at Air Force Headquarters
• 1933 - 1936 : SASO, MD2 Toronto
• 1937: OC 2, Army Co-operation Squadron, Ottawa
• 1938 - 1940 : Director of Training for Royal Canadian Air Force, Ottawa SASO, No.4 Training Command, Regina
• 1941: Directed and organized the funding of the building of the Service Flying School, Yorktown, Saskatchewan
• 1942 - 1943 : AOC Air Staging Route to Alaska
• 1942 - 1944 : AOC No.4 Training Command, Calgary
• 1945: Chairman, Organization Committee, AF HQ, Ottawa
• 1946: Retired from the Royal Canadian Air Force as Air Vice-Marshal
• 1948 - 1949 : Director, Sicks' Breweries Ltd. and Sicks' Edmonton Brewery, President of the United Services Institute of Edmonton
• 1950 - 1951 : Co-Ordinator of Civil Defense, Alberta
• 1960, Oct.: Canadian Delegate to Emergency Measures NATO Assembly, Paris

George R. Howsam was awarded the following awards of merit: Legion of Merit in Degree of Commander (United States, 1945), Order of White Lion (Czechoslovakia, 1946), and Commander de l'orde de la Couronne (Belgium, 1948). His works include: Rocky Mountain Foothills Offer Great Chance to Guilders (1923), and Industrial and Mechanical Development: War (1931).

From the guide to the George R. Howsam Papers, 1920-1981, (Duke University. David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library)