A note just two days ago that the venerable band leader would miss his first New Year's Eve gig in 79 years and now comes word that Dal Richards died last evening, New Year's Eve.
http://www.news1130.com/2016/01/01/dal-richards-obit/
Lloyd Fraser Detwiller was born on August 8, 1917, in Maple Creek, Saskatchewan. He obtained a B.A. in Economics and government from the University of B.C. in 1939 and an M.A. in Economics and Statistics in 1940. He then enlisted in the R.C.A.F., where he served until 1945. After his discharge from the air force, he lectured for a year at U.B.C. in economics, and in 1946 he joined the provincial government as a research statistician. He served the government in a variety of capacities: Secretary of the School Tax Commission; Commissioner of Sales Tax (June 1948-1950); and Commissioner of B.C. Hospital Insurance Service (1950-1955). He left in 1955 to take formal training in hospital administration at the University of Minnesota, but he returned to B.C. in 1957 to the post of Assistant Deputy Minister of Hospital Insurance. In 1962, he left government service to become the administrator of the U.B.C. Health Sciences Centre, a position which he held until his retirement in December of 1982.
jon wrote:Great find, radiofan!
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