 Born in Saint John, New Brunswick and raised in Bermuda, he received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the Trinity College, Toronto in 1961 and a Bachelor of Law from Osgoode Hall Law School in 1965.During his final year at the University of Toronto, he was elected president of the Kappa Alpha Literary Society.A Bermuda citizen as well, he was elected a Rhodes Scholar in Bermuda in 1963 but resigned.