Officer of the Order of Canada

• Awarded on: May 1, 2002
• Invested on: November 30, 2002

Former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Quaker Oats Company of Canada Ltd., he was one of the first Canadian business leaders to embrace the concept of environmentally conscious decision-making as "the right thing to do." He has devoted countless hours of public service acting as a Director of Pollution Probe and Chair of the Ontario Round Table on the Environment and the Economy. In addition, he was a Trustee of the World Wildlife Fund of Canada. As a member of the Canadian Polar Commission, he worked with diligence to ensure that the interests of Aboriginal peoples remained at the forefront of efforts to protect the delicate Arctic ecosystem.