He went to University of Toronto School (UTS) for high school and then studied at U. of T. He had some type of heart condition that prevented him from being air-crew during the war so he became an air-frame mechanic and worked on the first Mosquito bombers ever built. He later worked at Lembo Corporation in Midland, Ontario and rose to Vice President. He was an avid sailor and held the post of Commodore of the Midland Yacht Club for many years.136