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Schmitz, Joseph R.
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Joseph R. Schmitz, 1919-ca. 1985, served in the Queen's Own Rifles, attaining the rank of captain. From 1965 to 1967 he was head of the Military History Department at the Glenbow Museum, Calgary and from 1967 to 1973 was head of the Extension Department. He was president of the Calgary Citizens' Centennial Committee assembled to celebrate Canada's centennial in 1967, and in 1974 was appointed executive director of Century Calgary. He was also president of the Chinook Country Chapter of the Historical Society of Alberta.