 Later in life, he spent more than 20 years as a member of the Manitoba School Trustees Association and was president for six years.He sat on the advisory board of education from 1946 to 1949 and was a member and vice-chairman of the Manitoba Teachers Pension Fund from 1948 to 1959, plus a member of two provincial municipal committees of the legislature for three years.In 1952, the University of Manitoba recognized his services to the province by bestowing an Honorary LL.D.