Member of the Order of Canada

• Awarded on: December 23, 1985
• Invested on: April 09, 1986

An Anglican clergyman very active in Edmonton and provincial social Service organizations, he was Alberta's Legislative Ombudsman for ten years. With energy, skill and compassion, he developed the position into a force for justice, at the same time leading the world community through the establishment of the International Ombudsman Institute at the University of Alberta.