George Legg's Retirement, Edmonton - 1981

George Legg poses for a gag shot with an unknown constabulary colleague at his retirement party in Edmonton, May 15, 1981.

Photo and text were originally published in the July / August 1981 edition of Zephyr George Legg, regional director, AES Western Region, retired May 15, 1981 after almost 40 years with Canada's meteorological service. He joined the Department of Transport in June 1941 and his first assignments were to a number of RAF and RCAF training bases operated under the auspices of the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan. After a short time Mr. Legg was recalled to meteorological headquarters in Toronto to assist in the instruction of meteorologists. Through the years his career has had great variety: he has served in the Maritimes; at Lethbridge (Alta) as officer-in- charge of the Whitehorse (YK) weather office; as a forecaster in Montreal; as superintendent of Forecast Office Operating requirements; as liaison meteorologist in Ottawa; as leader of the meteorology branch collective bargaining project; as supervisor Resources Unit, Forecast Division; as superintendent, Water and Ice section (Ice Branch), and finally as regional director, Western Region. During his final week with AES, Mr. Legg was feted at a luncheon given by his colleagues on the Regional Director's Committee, DOE and at an AMC meeting held in the Western Region. ADM Jim Bruce presented him with a silver medallion recognizing 40 years of service to the Canadian public.