Educator.
Born at Selkirk on 19 October 1930, son of Harry Rifkin (c1893-1973) and Freda Rifkin (?-1963), he married Barbara Ann Permack at Rosh Pina Synagogue on 19 August 1956. He received a BA degree from United College and a BEd degree (1961) from the University of Manitoba, and took post-graduate studies at the University of Minnesota. As a teacher, he served as the Principal of Napinka School (1953-1954), Vice-Principal of Selkirk Collegiate (?-?), and a teacher (1959-1963, Chemistry and Science), Vice-Principal (1963-1964), and Principal (1964-1968) of Transcona Collegiate. He also was the founder and Night Principal of Transcona’s first Adult Education School (1963-?) and Principal of Wayoata School (1968-1969) and Regent Park School (1969-1975). He died at the Grace Hospital on 3 April 2021.
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Obituary [Freda Rifkin], Winnipeg Free Press, 7 August 1963, page 28.
“Former Selkirk man Principal at Transcona,” Selkirk Enterprise, 2 September 1964, page 1.
Obituary [Harry Rifkin], Winnipeg Free Press, 23 May 1973, page 38.
Obituary, Winnipeg Free Press, 6 April 2021.
This page was prepared by Nathan Kramer and Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 6 April 2021
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