Educator.
Born at Winnipeg on 27 April 1905, his long teaching career included service in rural Manitoba at Cowan School (1922) and Principalships of East Poplar Point School (1926-1928), Oakville School (1929-1932), and Sperling School (1932-1934). He then returned to Winnipeg where he taught at Aberdeen School (1934-1937, Acting Principal in 1937), St. John’s High School (1937-1939, 1940-1950), and Isaac Newton School (1939-1940). He was Principal of Ralph Brown School (1950-1954), Lord Nelson School (1954-1955), and Andrew Mynarski School (1955-1970). He retired in 1970. He died at Winnipeg on 20 February 1987 and was buried in the Elmwood Cemetery.
Birth registration, Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Annual Reports of the Manitoba Department of Education, Manitoba Legislative Library.
Obituary, Winnipeg Free Press, 23 February 1987, page 28.
Cowan Then and Now: 1898-2010 by Cowan History Book Committee, 2010, page 307.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 3 November 2022
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