Richard Parkes Matthews, 1959

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Image

Item Type

Photographs

Description

A black and white photograph of Richard Parkes Matthews.

Notes

Richard Parkes Matthews (1919-1997) was born in Regina, Saskatchewan on March 30, 1919 and graduated with Honours from the University of Saskatchewan with degrees in Arts and Engineering in 1940. From 1946 to 1954 he was employed by RCA Victor and Federal Electric Companies. In 1946/47 he was project engineer for construction of two CBC broadcast transmitters and from 1949-53 was Chief Factory Engineer for a 46-channel telephone microwave radio link between St. John, New Brunswick and Halifax, Nova Scotia. In 1954 he came to Whitby as Director of Sales and Engineering for the Canadian operations of Andrew Antenna Corporation and became Manager and Secretary-Treasurer of the Beech Street plant in 1958. He retired in 1984. In 1972 he was one of the first Canadian businessmen to visit China to open trade in the communication industry. Mr. Matthews was Vice-President of Andrew International and Managing Director of European operations in Edinburgh, Scotland, where he lived for a few years. He was a member of the Whitby Public School Board from 1958 to 1963 and chairman in 1961/62. He was also a member of the Board of Governors of the Whitby General Hospital and President of the Whitby Rotary Club in 1964/65. He was an Elder of St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Whitby. Mr. Matthews died in Whitby on July 19, 1997.

Date of Original

1959

Dimensions

Width: 8 in
Height: 10 in

Subject(s)

Engineers
Hospitals
Organizations
Presbyterian churches
School boards
Telecommunications industry

Personal Name(s)

Matthews, Richard Parkes

Corporate Name(s)

RCA Victor and Federal Electric Companies ; Canadian Broadcasting Corporation ; Andrew Antenna Corporation ; Andrew International ; Whitby Public School Board ; Ontario Ladies' College ; Whitby General Hospital ; Whitby Rotary Club ; St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church

Local identifier

31-009-621

Collection

Whitby Online Historic Photographs

Geographic Coverage

Whitby

Ontario, Canada

Latitude: 43.8797081273105 Longitude: -78.9420967990112

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