[Elecraft] Join Us - 90th Anniv of 1st Msg Passed Coast-to-Coast (US) via Radio

[Mike Morrow]

Tom wrote:

>The event is in commemoration of the work of 18-year old Willis 
>Porter Corwin, 9ABD, of Jefferson City who was the third station in 
>the relay that set the transcontinental record on this date in 1917.

He sounds like an interesting fellow.  There doesn't seem to be much on the internet about him.  When did he pass away?  Was he a ham thoughout his life?  If so, did he keep W9ABD as his call?

73,
Mike / KK5F