Klaus Deering (1924-1999)

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Biographical Info

E.K. (Klaus) Deering grew up near Swan River, Manitoba and moved to West Vancouver at the end of WW II after serving with the Canadian Army. He initially worked in the logging industry alongside his father and two brothers and in 1969 he joined Glenayre Electronics taking the company into the wireless age by introducing the GL1400 mobile phone to market in 1974.

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