- Stubb Ross
Walter R. "Stubb" Ross, C.M. started the now-defunct airline
Time Air nearLethbridge ,Alberta , in 1966. He married his wife Margaret in 1953 and they had four children.In 1967—the year after Ross started Lethbridge Air Service —
Air Canada stopped service to the Lethbridge airport. As a result, his company was able to provide the service the larger company previously provided. He also oversaw the acquisitions of regional airlinesNorth Canada Air and Southern Frontier Airlines. Ross worked in different capacities at the company — including selling tickets, loading cargo and piloting the planes — but was serving as chairman of the board when he retired in 1984.Ross also served in several executive positions with the
Air Transport Association of Canada , including two stints as chairman. He also received several awards, including theOrder of Canada (1983), Lethbridge’s Honorary citizen of the Year(1986), and Alberta Aviation Hall of Fame (1987). In addition, the main road at the Lethbridge County Airport is named after him.References
* cite web
title = Stubb Ross
work = Scholarship Dinners
publisher = Faculty of Management, University of Lethbridge
url = http://www.uleth.ca/man/community/dinners/past/1989.shtml
accessdate = 2007-03-29
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