William Arthur Steel
William Arthur Steel (November 3, 1890 – November 28, 1968) was Canadian Army officer during World War I and radio pioneer.
Steel was born in 1890 in Castleton, Ontario and graduated from electrical engineering from the University of Toronto in 1915[1]
Military Career
After graduation he joined the Canadian Army ((Permanent Active Militia) in World War I in France as a wireless officer. Post war he became Chief Wireless Officer with the Canadian Army Signals Corps[2] and was in charge of the National Research Council's radio laboratory in the early 1930s.[3]
Later Years
Steel retired as Lieutenant Colonel in 1936 later served as a Commissioner with the Canadian Radio Broadcasting Commission, which became the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. He was involved with the William Duncan Herridge in the New Democracy, a party that advocated social credit in the late 1930s and early 1940s.[2] Steel helped create radio network in the Northwest Territories and radio for civil aviation in Canada.[1]
Steel later worked as consultant and involved in the DEW Line.
Death
He died in Ottawa, Ontario in 1968[2] and buried at Beechwood Cemetery.[1]
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