Early Life
Born in Webb, Saskatchewan on July 16, 1913. He initially studied engineering, but due to the Great Depression, switched his studies to teaching and graduated with a BA from the University of Saskatchewan in 1936. He started teaching school that year, and eventually became a school principal in the early 1940s at Stewart Valley, Vanguard and Biggar. He was also active in the Saskatchewan Teachers' Federation and held many positions in the organization including the presidency from 1940 to 1944. He also served in the University of Saskatchewan's Senate, and was the president of the Saskatchewan Educational Conference in the early 1940s.
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