We regret to advise of the death of Lieutenant Colonel Eugene "Gene" Morris Belovich, CD (Ret'd) P. Eng., unexpectedly, on 27 April 27 April 2002 at the age of 65.
A member of Royal Military College Class of 1958, Gene obtained a B.Sc. in Civil Engineering from the University of Alberta. After graduation, he was posted to Canadian Forces Base Cold Lake as the Construction Engineering Operations Officer. Subsequently, he was the Station Construction Engineering Officer at RCAF Station Beaverbank, NS, from 1961 to 1964, and at RCAF Station La Macaza, QC, from 1964 to 1967.
After obtaining a Diploma in Business Administration from the School of Business at the University of Toronto he was posted to the Construction Engineering Branch at Training Command Headquarters in Winnipeg, MB in 1968 with responsibility for construction programs and base development. This was followed by his appointment as Base Construction Engineering Officer CFB Gagetown, NB from 1970 to 1972.
Gene attended the Canadian Forces Staff College in Toronto in 1972-73 and was then posted to Northern Region Headquarters in Yellowknife, NT, as Staff Officer Military Engineering. In 1974, on promotion to Lieutenant-Colonel, he became the Base Technical Services Officer at CFB Trenton, ON and, four years later, was posted to Headquarters, Supreme Allied Powers Europe in Belgium as an airfield infrastructure specialist. After returning to Canada in 1982 he spent a year on French language training and then spent the rest of his military career at National Defence Headquarters working in the Chief of Construction and Properties.
After retiring from the Canadian Forces in 1987, Gene worked for nine years as the Head of Infrastructure and Environment in DND's Research and Development Branch. He retired a second time in 1996 but continued to work with DND as an Infrastructure and Environment Consultant.
In lieu of flowers, donations to the Shepherds of Good Hope or the Heart and Stroke Foundation would be appreciated by the family. {khApr2016}.