Alan grew up in West Vancouver. His family has been in Vancouver since 1903. His grandmother took swimming lessons from Joe Fortes when reaching English Bay required a hike through the woods, and his uncle attended boarding school in the teens in what was called “Upper Lonsdale”. Alan was an active tennis and squash player, and with his racquet sport buddies and their aching joints, has switched to golf. He lives on the North Shore with Pippin, his Bernese Mountain Dog.