Member of the Order of Canada
Awarded on: 1996-05-09
Invested on: 1996-11-13
Founder and president of a leading pharmaceutical manufacturing and research company, he is one of Canada's entrepreneurial success stories whose philanthropy extends far beyond our borders. Through the Canadian Medicine Aid Programme, which he founded, he has inspired others by donating millions of dollars of medicine and other aid to alleviate crisis situations in the streets of our large cities and around the world.