Officer of the Order of Canada

• Awarded on: November 17, 1988
• Invested on: April 12, 1989

Co-founder and President of International Submarine Engineering Limited of Port Moody, B.C., he has been largely responsible for placing Canada at the forefront of industrial underwater technology and applications. Tethered and untethered Remote Operated Vehicles, each built by this company in response to individual customer requirements, are in daily use around the world for purposes as diverse as fighting oil well blowouts, hydrographic surveying beneath the polar ice and undersea pipeline installation and repair.