ɪn nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd fˈɪfti wˈʌn, hiː bɪkˌeɪm ɐ stˈæf mˈɛmbɚ wɪððə kɐnˈeɪdiən dᵻfˈɛns ɹᵻsˈɜːtʃ bˈoːɹd dˌiːˌɑːɹbˈiː nˈaʊ pˈɑːɹt ʌvðə dᵻpˈɑːɹtmənt ʌv nˈæʃənəl dᵻfˈɛns.
In 1951, he became a staff member with the Canadian Defence Research Board (DRB) (now part of the Department of National Defence).