A football star at WHHS and later McGill University, Tex served in WWII in the Royal Canadian Artillery before returning home to begin a career as an architect in Montreal. Although he was involved in many Montreal commercial projects such as the Consulate General of the Republic of Poland in Montreal, the Notre Dame de Pompei Church in St. Michel, plus an airport in Abu Dhabi, his career might be best remembered for his designs for two pavilions at Expo67 – Trinidad and Tobago and Mauritius making him the only architect to design pavilions for two different countries.
In addition to his professional work as an architect, Tex also served many years as an organizer, writer and performer for the famous Fossils group which raised money for charity for forty five years.As well, he is a noted illustrator providing illustrations for Edgar Andrew Collard’s books and articles (as did his friend and fellow graduate John Collins).
Tex’s retirement from architecture in 1990 led him to a new career as a painter and a collection of his paintings are in the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston. In 2008 he wrote and performed in a musical review ensemble at the Segal Centre in Montreal and returned in 2010 with a one man show (at age 85).
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