• All-American hockey player for Denver University (1958).
• Played professional hockey in Winnipeg and Sault Ste. Marie (1959-60).
• Became the U of A's first athletic director (1963) and served in this capacity until 1980.
• President of the Edmonton Universiade '83 Organizing Committee.
• A leader in helping to organize international sporting events, including the Olympics in Seoul and Calgary and the Pan American Games.
• Member of the Alberta Sports Hall of Fame and Museum (1976).

An Edmontonian, Ed attended Victoria Composite and graduated from Lethbridge Collegiate while playing for the Native Sons in the Western Junior Hockey League. A natural leader on the ice, and a heady, tenacious defenseman, he accepted a scholarship at Denver University where he earned a BSc in business and many honors, including a berth on the 1958 NCAA All-American team, and the Centenary Athletic Award. For two seasons following graduation he played professional hockey in Winnipeg and Sault Ste. Marie, in the New York Rangers and Chicago Black Hawks organizations.

In 1960 Ed accepted an appointment as Assistant to the Dean of Physical Education and Recreation at this university. He assumed duties as the first Director of Athletics in 1963 and began to build this university into a leader, if not the leader, in Canada. When the Department of Athletics was established in 1976 he became Department head.

As an executive member, and later president, of both the Canada West Association and the Canadian Intercollegiate Athletic Union, he was a key figure in bringing Canadian university sport into the modem era. He co-chaired a committee that ended segregation of men's and women's sport by combining them under the aegis of the CIAU. He and Alex Romaniuk were the prime movers in bringing the 1970 World Wrestling Championship to Edmonton, the first world championship ever held in this city.

That success gave rise to a group which went on to win the bid for the 1978 Commonwealth Games. Ed's influence as an executive member of FISU, the governing body for the World University Games, was crucial in bringing the games to our city in 1983. He served as President of the Universiade '83 Organizing Committee. These games were a stunning success as a sports event and, unprecedented in Canadian history in hosting major games, left a considerable profit which now funds Universiade scholarships at Alberta The legacy from these international games in sports facilities, civic pride and confidence is rich and enduring.

The administrative ability that had enabled him to build our Athletics Department and both its intramural and intercollegiate programs into a model for the country was later turned to the international scene through senior pasts within FISU and as a consultant to organize committees for Olympic games in Seoul, Korea and Calgary; and FISU and Pan-American games in many cities throughout the world.

He has made important volunteer contributions to many sports organizations including Amateur Wrestling Sport Alberta, Alberta Diving Motson's Scholarship Program, Edmonton Track and Field, and Alberta Schools Athletics. Aside from sports, Ed has been an active volunteer for many community causes, for example the Save the Children Fund, St. John's School of Alberta, Kinsmen Salute to Youth, and the editorial board of CAHPER. Among his many honors are: Edmonton Sportsman of-the-Year in 1971, FISU Honor Award, Canadian Centennial Medal, Alberta Sports Hall of Fame, and one of the very few Honorary Block A ever awarded.