Member of the Order of Canada

• Awarded on: June 22, 1981
• Invested on: October 21, 1981

As the first United Church "street chaplain" in Ottawa, he has worked with criminals and alcoholics. But he is most notable as the initiator of Operation Go Home, a communications network which began in Ottawa and now stretches across Canada. Through it, countless numbers of runaway young people have been reunited with their parents.