Greenaway Avenue was dedicated by the Canada Lands Company on December 10, 2013, as part of their redevelopment of Edmonton’s former Canadian Forces Base (Griesbach Barracks).
Keith Rogers Greenaway, CM, CD, D.Mil.Sc., (Hon), was born near Woodville, Ontario, on April 8, 1916. He joined the Royal Canadian Air Force in May of 1940. After graduating as a wireless operator in 1940, he served as an instructor for two years until he transferred to the navigator-wireless operator branch of the Royal Canadian Air Force. He was sent first to No. 8 Air Observer School at Ancienne Lorette, Quebec, and then to the Central Navigation School at Rivers, Manitoba, as a staff instructor. In 1944, he was promoted to Flying Officer.
For the next two years Greenaway worked with the United States Navy and the United States Air Force in experimental pressure pattern flights over the North Atlantic and experimental flights over the polar regions testing a low frequency navigation system, using bases in Edmonton, Alberta, and Fairbanks, Alaska. Greenaway was an internationally recognized authority on aerial navigation, with particular reference to polar flying.
In 1947, in association with J.W. Cox, a Defence Research Board scientist, he developed the Royal Canadian Air Force's Twilight Computer, a navigation aid for use in extreme northern latitudes. Late in 1948, Greenaway was seconded to the Defence Research Board, Ottawa, to work on high latitude navigation problems, serving in this capacity until 1954.
In 1956, Greenaway was promoted to Wing Commander and transferred to the Royal Canadian Air Force Headquarters, Ottawa. He continued with promotions and transfers until he retired from the Canadian Forces as a General in March of 1971. During his military career, he flew as crew member on 26 aircraft types, accumulating some 8,000 hours of which nearly one third were north of the Arctic Circle. Following retirement, he assisted the Advisory Committee on Northern Development.