He was born on a farm at Pinehill, west of Kitchener, started as an
artificial insemination technician with the Waterloo Cattle Breeding
Association in 1952, rose to general manager in 1963 and then assistant general
manager when Waterloo merged with Lambton and Central Ontario AI units to
become United Breeders Inc.
He was a president of Semex Canada and the Ontario and
Canadian Animal Breeders associations.
He was a leader in the United Brethren in Christ church at
New Dundee.
I knew him in all of those roles. He was an outstanding gentleman.
