Officer of the Order of Canada
Awarded on: 1984-12-17
Invested on: 1985-04-10
As Director General of Information Technology with the Federal Department of Communications he translated his technique for coding graphic images into the world's leading videotex technology. As the "Father of Telidon" he has also been responsible for a variety of discoveries in the field of image communications and display systems including the development of the Blissymbolics terminal.