Marist College Ashgrove 1940-1941; 1945-1946.
Appointed Rhodes Scholar in 1954.
Doctorate of Philosophy at Oxford University in 1957.
Appointed to the School of Civil Engineering at the University of Queensland where he eventually became Head of Department.
Founding President of Innocents Relief in 1962.
Chairman of the Mater Misericordiae Hospitals Governing Board 1996-2001.
Awarded the Order of Australia Medal for community service in 2004.