Born in Sault Ste Marie, ON on 1 September 1940 Ken attended Sault Collegiate 1954-59 and UNB 1959-63, where he attained his BPE after which in1963-64 he attained his BA.  From 1964-65 he taught at high school at Sault Collegiate.  On 19 Aug. 1965 he joined the RCAF and became a pilot until 1974 at which time he remustered to PERO and became the PE&R Admin Officer at RMC.  He served as a pilot in Gimli, in Moose Jaw as a T33 instructor, in Saskatoon as a ULO and in Comox with 409 Squadron.  He was then posted to Egypt as the first welfare recreation officer.  RMC Admin O 1975-77, Greenwood as the BPERO 1977-81, NDHQ as DPERA-5 1981-84, then as command PERO CF Europe 1985-90, then back to DPERA5 1990-94.  He and his wife Lynda were married 2 Sept 1967 and have 2 children Kevin and James.  During his career he instituted the first all-star basketball team in SHAPE Belgium in 1988 and was the primary force getting CISM basketball on track and started in 1990.  After serving 30 years he retired on 1 Sept 1995 from Ottawa with the rank of major and settled in Victoria.