Member of the Order of Canada

• Awarded on: October 10, 2002
• Invested on: October 24, 2003

Known as one of Canada's leading structural engineers, Morden Yolles is at the pinnacle of his profession. He not only designed five of the tallest buildings in the world, he has also worked on The Katimavik at Montreal's Expo 67, Esso Plaza in Calgary and the Ontario Science Centre in Toronto. In addition, he successfully negotiated one of the first joint venture partnerships with an architectural engineering firm in China to provide consulting services and promote high technology structural design. Several generations of budding architects and engineers have benefited from his teachings and his generous support of educational opportunities through a scholarship and a yearly design competition at the University of Toronto.