| He graduated from Acadia University in 1937. During the Second World War he worked with the Department of Munitions and Supply. In 1945 he graduated with an MSc from McGill University. He was a Professor of Geology at Acadia University and Head of the Geology Department in 1958. He was a pioneer in the use of Side-Looking Radar in military aircraft in analyzing bedrock geologic formations to reveal structures related to plate tectonics. He was an authority on photogrammetry involving high altitude photographs. He was also an authority on aerial photograph interpretation. In 1948 he was the Director of the Photogrametry Division of the Nova Scotia Research Foundation. He developed a method of determining water current speed using time lapse photography. In 1963-1965 he headed a project with NASA and with the National Research Council and the Defence Research Board. |
