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Kenneth Hallgrimur Hallson
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Engineer.
Born at Winnipeg on 28 July 1923, son of Paul Hallson (c1897-1973) and Mary Emily Buason (c1902-1987), he attended Daniel Mcintyre Collegiate and the University of Manitoba, graduating from the latter in 1945 with a degree in Electrical Engineering. After a brief stint in the Canadian Army near the end of the Second World War, he joined Winnipeg Hydro and rose to become General Manager (1978-1988). He died at Winnipeg on 18 December 2006.
Obituary [Paul Hallson], Winnipeg Free Press, 5 November 1973, page 14.
Obituary [Mary Emily Hallson], Winnipeg Free Press, 4 June 1987, page 52.
Obituary, Winnipeg Free Press, 23 December 2006.
We thank Bruce Owen (Manitoba Hydro) for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 30 December 2023
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