Thomas Wardrope Eadie (26 July 1898 – 6 September 1986) the son of Robert and Flora (Stewart). He served as president of

Bell Canada Bell Canada (commonly referred to as Bell) is a Canadian telecommunications company headquartered at 1 Carrefour Alexander-Graham-Bell in the borough of Verdun, Quebec, in Canada. It is an ILEC (incumbent local exchange carrier) in the province ...

from July 1, 1953, to July 31, 1963. Eadie graduated from

McGill University McGill University (French: Université McGill) is an English-language public research university in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Founded in 1821 by royal charter,Frost, Stanley Brice. ''McGill University, Vol. I. For the Advancement of Learning, ...

(Engineering) in 1923 and immediately signed on with

and over the next 30 years he occupied a succession of engineering and administrative positions before his appointment as president of

. In the 1950s, Eadie presided over the company's role in building the

Trans Canada Microwave Trans Canada Microwave or Trans-Canada Skyway was a microwave relay system built in the 1950s to carry telephone and television signals from Canada's east coast to its west coast. Built across the nation, the towers ranged in height from nine me ...

System, now recognized as one of the major engineering feats of the last century.Bell Canada Our former Presidents

References

20th-century Canadian businesspeople 1898 births 1986 deaths {{Canada-business-bio-stub

See also

References