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Alison A. 'Al' Cumming Orangeville, ON Canada QCWA # 02963 OOCT # 623 |
"Al" Cumming was born on August 17, 1907. His first 2-way contact was in 1922. He received his amateur radio license in 1924, and his second-class commercial license in 1929. He spent three years at sea, mostly as a radio operator.
Al served three and a half years in the US Army Air Corps during WWII as a flight radio operator. He obtained a degree in chemistry and spent his postwar career in the chemical-manufacturing industry, rising to Chairman of the Board of Union Carbide Canada Ltd. in Toronto.
Al passed away in October 1987.
