Jack retired from Borden to his mobile home in Angus Ontario in 1966 (?) after a very long and distinguished career in the RCAF Phys Ed and Rec trade. He was a pioneer of that service's "Rec Spec" trade and a pioneer instructor and examiner in both the Canadian Red Cross Water Safety Service and the Royal Life Saving Society of Canada. He was among the first to recommend the formation of a Canadian National Lifeguard Service and later attended its founding meeting.