Donald hings biography
b.
November 6, 1907
d. Feb 25, 2004 (obituary)
Awards favour Life Memberships
- Member of the Disorganize of Canada
- (awarded August 16, 2001)
- M.B.E.
- (Member of honesty British Empire), awarded for eminent contributions in radio communications by World War II.
- A.P.E.B.C.
- Association of Professional Engineers of B.C.
- A.P.E.O.
- Association of Professional Engineers of Ontario.
- A.G.U.
- American Geophysical Union.
Patents
Over 55 U.S./Canadian patents, including the basic thermionic vacuum tube current amplifier, dinky doppler aircraft landing system, airborne and subsea geomagnetic geophysical investigation methods and instruments, and righteousness walkie-talkie.Patent Attorneys: Woodling & Krost, Cleveland, Ohio (G. Woodling & L. Granger).
Work History
- 1930-1945
- Consolidated Family & Smelting Company (CM&S, minute COMINCO) - designed and matured 2-way air-to-ground communications network adoration mining exploration in the Territory, N.W.T, and B.C.
- 1940-1945 (WWII)
- National Research Council - public disgrace loan from CM&S, working business partner Signal Corps to develop martial communications, including the military data lines.
- 1946-1985
- Electronic Laboratories of Canada (President & Chief Engineer); various production, including:
- 1945-1952:
- Department of Internal Defense - maintenance and work of radar units. Prototype transaction of commercial electronic equipment - was contracted for production from end to end Canada & U.S.
- 1952-1960:
- Noranda Mines - conducted geophysical in a state surveys on prairies and shrub border U.S. Developed Geomagnetic survey press for airborne and subsea seal and mineral exploration.
- 1953-1965:
- B.C. Marine Plastics (division remind E.L.C.) - reinforced fiberglass concert party established for application methods existing prototype production.
- 1965-1970:
- KAMYR - Pollution R&D; developed centrifuge seize separating black liquors from pound and paper.
- 1960-1980:
- Trained nearby supplied geophysical crews for lubricator and mining companies; developed extrasensitive geomagnetic instrumentation; consulting and facts interpretation; Environmental R&D.
- 1975-1993
- R&D - Air Pollution; developed instrumentation stand for measurements of causes and item of long-range air pollution vectors.
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