Member of the Order of Canada

• Awarded on: June 25, 1984
• Invested on: October 03, 1984

The daughter of Mennonite refugees from Russia, she went to work at sixteen and advanced, through sheer management ability, to become Vice-President and Comptroller of Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo, Ontario. Her contributions to that institution's financial stability in critical periods have brought wide recognition of her astuteness and wisdom.