Biographie
He came down to U of T from Sudbury in 1941. Upon graduating from the University of Toronto as a Mechanical Engineer in 1945, he joined Acres Consulting Services and spent 31 years primarily in the design of hydro-electric power generating stations.
He then joined the World Bank in Washington, D.C. and for 6 years he supervised Bank financed Hydro projects in East Africa.
In 1984 he retired and as a consulting Engineer carried out short term assignments in Africa and India until 1992.
Service militaire
He was appointed as an Ordinary Seaman (Officer Candidate UNTD) RCNVR 1943.
In 1943 he served in HMCS York for UNTD.
He joined the UNTD in October 1943, probably as a transferee from the COTC. In the summer of 1944 he was on active service in HMCS ST BONIFACE (J-332), an Algerine-class Minesweeper. After graduating as a Mechanical Engineer in 1945, he appears to have had no subsequent naval service.
Références
- Bill Clearihue (Nominal List UNTD)
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