• Deceased
• Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Order of Canada

• Officer of the Order of Canada

  • Awarded on: June 23, 1980
  • Invested on: October 15, 1980

  Vancouver businessman who was a war time 'Dollar A Year Man'. He has served Canada in numerous philanthropic endeavours; promoted trade with other countries; was Chancellor of Simon Fraser University; has been outstanding in the world of thoroughbred racing; and continues to give inspired leadership to industry in British Columbia and Alberta. (This is a promotion within the Order).

• Member of the Order of Canada

  • Awarded on: June 25, 1979
  • Invested on: October 24, 1979

  Businessman, sportsman and philanthropist who for many years has been a fund-raiser par excellence, a prodigious community worker and a much-loved citizen of Vancouver.

• Companion of the Order of Canada

  • Awarded on: November 15, 2000
  • Invested on: December 04, 2001

  A model of social responsibility and generosity, he is a great humanitarian and philanthropist who continues to give back to his city, his province and his country. He supports and champions a broad spectrum of health, educational, religious and cultural institutions, from Simon Fraser University to St. Vincent Hospital and the Lubavitch Centre in Vancouver. Admired in the community as a man who gives from the heart, he inspires other business leaders to follow his example. This is a promotion within the Order.