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We are saddened to report the passing of Capt (retd) J.Ross McKenzie at Kingston, ON 12 January 2019.
Ross first arrived at Royal Military College of Canada in 1965. Ross served both in Canada and in Germany as a Dragoon following his 1970 graduation from RMC. He would spend almost 50 years either in ‘uniform’ or working as a DND Public Servant. Other than his early Regimental Service, he served the College, as an officer cadet and then a member of the staff – likely a record in the history of RMC.
Ross returned to the College as the Personal Assistant to the commandant, BGen Frank Norman in 1984, he found the job was filled by four Cadets! He became the Protocol and Information Officer.
It was five years later, when Commodore, Ed Murray, another history buff, much like Frank Norman, was commandant that Ross was hired as the civilian RMC Liaison Officer and Museum Curator. He became the full time curator in 2006, retiring in 2015.
Ross was very active in the OMMC for the last two decades and will be greatly missed in the CF Museum community.