Graduation from Hunt Memorial Academy in 1956 was quickly followed by work with
the Canadian Meteorological Service at Gander, Goose Bay and Frobisher Bay.
In 1962,I enrolled at Acadia University, Wolfville, N. S. in the Political Science Faculty and graduated in 1966 with Honours BA and was classValidictorian. A Masters Degree from McMaster University in Hamilton followed and I joined the Canadian Foreign Service in 1967.
In the following 36 years I worked in Ottawa, New Delhi, India, Nairobi, Kenya, Washington, D.C. and San Jose, Costa Rica. In Cental America I was the Canadian Ambassador to Costa Rica,
El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama during the period 1989 to 1992 and played an important role in the various peace initiatives that lead to the end of the various wars in the region.
I returned to Ottawa in 1992 and was subsequently appointed head of the Canadian Consular Service, a position I held until 2003 when I retired. I married Laurel Balsor in 1963 and there
are two children, Michael (Victoria) and Julian (Ottawa). Today I am an advisor to the
Department of Foreign Affairs on various international issues and reshape wood in a
basement workshop.