Officer of the Order of Canada

• Awarded on: December 18, 1978
• Invested on: April 25, 1979

For his thirty years of public service, first in the government of Canada and since 1958 as Clerk of the Executive Council of Manitoba. He has served on a great many committees, provincial and interprovincial, and his work with organizations in Winnipeg has included the chairmanship of the Manitoba Centennial Centre Corporation.