Memorable Manitobans: David Edward “Dave” Cross (?-2024)

David Edward Cross Click to enlarge

Engineer.

Born at Winnipeg, son of Robert McIlroy “Bob” Cross and Jeane Ethelyne Webber (?-2002), he attended Kelvin High School where he was school president and captain of the football team. In 1961, he received a degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Manitoba. He worked as Chief Engineer for MMP Architects and Engineers. He served as President of the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Manitoba (1983) and the Manitoba chapter of the American Society of Heating, Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE).

On 17 June 1961, he married schoolteacher Diane Davis at the St. Andrew's River Heights United Church and they had a daughter and a son. He was a director of the Knowles School for Boys and a member of the DKE fraternity and St. Vital Rotary Club. He died at Winnipeg on 15 June 2024.

Sources:

“Cross - Davis,” Winnipeg Tribune, 24 June 1961, page 38.

“President Dave Cross under scrutiny from soup to brush fires,” The Manitoba Professional Engineer Bulletin, February 1983.

Obituary, Winnipeg Free Press, 22 June 2024.

We thank Doug Chapman for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 2 July 2024

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