Member of the Order of Canada

• Awarded on: April 27, 2000
• Invested on: November 16, 2000

He is a dynamic example of a community activist whose extraordinary blend of vision and determination has transformed dreams into reality. As Founding Chairman of the Cape Breton Regional Hospital Foundation, he helped to raise funds for the construction of the region's first hospital. His latest project, Youth Speaks Up, promotes positive lifestyle choices for young Nova Scotians. The program partners youth, their families, the government and the community in an effort to combat substance abuse, racism and negative peer-pressure. For more than fifty years he has dedicated his energies to the benefit of others.