Officer of the Order of Canada

• Awarded on: April 19, 1991
• Invested on: October 30, 1991

Former Dean of Medicine and current President and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Manitoba, he is regarded as one of Canada's most distinguished university presidents and an education administrator of international repute. He has also applied his considerable abilities to a host of provincial and national bodies in the medical and educational fields, including a term as President of the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada.