Before becoming an academic he served as an Electrical Officer with the Royal Canadian Navy on the HMCS Nootka from 1952–58.
Nootka | Nootka Island | HMCS York | HMCS Nootka | HMCS ''Acadia'' | HMCS | The Ernest Lapointe icebreaker and the HMCS Bras d'Or | HMCS ''Stadacona'' | HMCS Stadacona | HMCS Raccoon | HMCS ''Niobe'' | HMCS ''Montcalm'' | HMCS Montcalm | HMCS Messines | HMCS Malaspina | HMCS Karluk | HMCS Hochelaga | HMCS ''Fraser'' | HMCS Fraser | HMCS ''Discovery'' plaque in Stanley Park | HMCS ''Discovery'' as seen from Stanley Park | HMCS Acadia | CSTC HMCS Acadia |