Dr. Lorimer is a tireless advocate for improvement in education. He established the Manitoba Association of School Superintendents in 1956 and served as its first president. He was appointed deputy minister of Education in 1967 and served until 1978.
He was Superintendent of Schools, Winnipeg School Division No. 1 from 1953-66. He provided leadership to Winnipeg’s largest public school system when increased urbanization; industralization and advances in technology challenged its competency to provide students with an appropriate instructional program. Dr. Lorimer provided the leadership needed for the creation of special programs for the gifted, the mentally handicapped, the hard of hearing, the slow learning, the hospitalized, the home-bound and the emotionally disturbed. Under his leadership the first nursery classrooms in Manitoba were established in 1965. He played a key role in establishing a program of adult education in 1966 at Argyle School, and provided leadership to expand the services of the Child Guidance Clinic to include children in other school divisions/districts.
A past president of the Rotary Club of Winnipeg, he also served as chairperson of the Advisory Board in Manitoba’s Department of Education. In 1965, he was elected President of the Canadian Education Association.
