Member of the Order of Canada

• Awarded on: December 14, 1981
• Invested on: April 21, 1982

One of the first members of the Black community in Saint John, New Brunswick, to graduate from high school, he served in the Second World War and returned to become the first of his group to hold important positions on labour, educational and municipal bodies. As a member of his province's Human Rights Commission, and President of the New Brunswick Association for the Advancement of Coloured People, he has done much to further equal opportunities for minority groups.