Officer of the Order of Canada

• Awarded on: June 24, 1985
• Invested on: October 25, 1985

Honorary Chairman of Sobey's Stores Ltd., Chairman of the Empire Co. Ltd., and founding President of Industrial Estates Ltd., he is the dean of Nova Scotian industrialists. Throughout his career as a businessman and public servant he has worked assiduously to promote Nova Scotia's people and industries, contributing extensively to employment and economic prosperity in the region.