(L) Dal Richards, (C) Michelle Lang, (R) Robert F. Christy

 

DAL RICHARDS (1918 – 1956)

Dal Richards was born in Vancouver. He graduated from Magee Secondary School in 1937.In May 1940, Richards and his 11- piece dance band began a six-week gig at “The Roof” at the Vancouver Hotel. This engagement was extended to 25 years of performances, including live performances broadcast on radio. In 1994, Richards was inducted into the Order of Canada and the BC Entertainment Hall of Fame. He and his band played 79 consecutive New Years Eve concerts until his death in 2015.

MICHELLE LANG (1975 – 2009)

Michelle Lang was born in Vancouver. Following her graduation for Simon Fraser University, she pursued a career in journalism.She began her career as a journalist with the Prince George Free Press. She went on to stints with the Moose Jaw Times Herald, the Regina leader-Post, and the Calgary Herald. In 2008, Lang won a National Newspaper Award for ‘best beat reporting’. In 2009, while on a reporting assignment in Afghanistan, she was killed by a road-side bomb.

ROBERT CHRISTY (1916 – 2012)

Robert Christy was born in Vancouver. In 1932, he graduated with the highest examination score in British Columbia. Following his graduation from the University of British Columbia, Christy was accepted as a graduate student at the University of California by Robert Oppenheimer, leading theoretical physicist in the United States. In 1942, he joined the Manhattan Project, which developed the atomic bombs used against Japan in August 1945. In 1946, he joined the faculty at the California Institute of Technology, where he pursued studies in astrophysics until his retirement.

 

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