 From 1950 to 1970 he commanded the MV "Christmas Seal" as it went from community to community with its mobile X-Ray unit to test the population for tuberculosis.From 1971 to 1979 he commanded the Grenfell Association's "Strathcona" and was the first president of the Canadian Rescue Auxiliary, Newfoundland division.In 1992 he received an honorary doctorate from Memorial University of Newfoundland.