In Loving Memory of

Walter Fryers

of Edmonton
Apr 19, 1913 - Nov 30, 2011

 

 

Walter is a great loss to our society. He was an active, articulate and well read leader in the Technocracy organization dedicated to the highest principles of social organization and idealism. I admire him greatly and will miss his astute communications and leadership.
posted by Helen Diemert : through the Technocracy organization, since the 1960s when I was teaching in the University of Alberta. : Dec 13, 2011

 

On behalf of the Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society (CMOS), and many meteorologists in Canada, may I express condolences on your loss. Walter was well known in Canadian meteorological circles. Personally, I only met Walter on one occasion, while doing a few months' temporary duty in the 1960s at Cold Lake. He was able to teach me about the techniques of forecasting Pacific and mountain weather which affected Alberta. Things a forecaster from the East did not know well. You may not be aware, but Canadian meteorologists are remembered in two ways through CMOS. A Deceased List is maintained at the following web address: http://cmos.ca/Deceased/DeceasedList.html and, each year, names are read at the annual CMOS Congress, followed by a minute of silence. Walter's name will be included in the 2011-2012 list to be read in Montreal in late May 2012. Secondly, a photo archive may be seen at: http://www.cmos.ca/Metphotos/photoindex.html If you enter Walter's name there, you will see two references; one to his 1941 Meteorological Course, and one to a 1955 Conference he attended. Unfortunately his image shows only in the latter link. Should you have inherited any group photos from Walter's career (such as a photo of his 1941 course), at a later date, we would be very pleased to receive scan(s) and add them to the photo collection. Very sincerely, Bob Jones CMOS Webmaster, Ottawa Email: jonesb@ncf.ca
posted by Bob Jones : Work colleague : Dec 05, 2011