Officer of the Order of Canada

• Awarded on: October 23, 1989
• Invested on: April 18, 1990

A major force in business, education and the arts, he is the Chairman of several Toronto-based firms and has also played a primary role in the growth of numerous other enterprises. He has made contributions to, among others, the development of the Western Canadian oil industry, the establishment of a leading faculty of business administrative studies and the creation of one of the finest museums of ceramic arts in the world.