He graduated from the University of Toronto in 1948. He first worked for General Electric at Erie, Pennsylvania, in the locomotive and rail car test department. He returned to Canada in 1949 as a transportation engineer, still with General Electric, where he subsequently became sales director for motors and generators, then design of transportation equipment. In 1965 he was named director for transportation of equipment, sales planning for Canadian railway-related operations, urban rapid transit and industrial applications. With Anthony Clegg, he co-authored the book Canadian National Steam Power, published in 1969. He was a member of the Association of Professional Engineers of Ontario, the Land Transporation Committee of the IEEE and the Locomotive Maintenance Officers Association. He was also a percussionist for the Peterborough Symphony Orchestra. |