The Order of British Columbia: 1990 Recipients

From a humble musical beginning at age sixteen in Vancouver to international stardom, composer, producer and vocalist, Bryan Adams has become our musical ambassador to the world.

With album sales exceeding 10 million, Bryan Adams has established himself as one of the world's most successful music talents. His schedule of concerts which takes him around the world is frenetic. He has performed several times to live audiences in excess of 100,000 and to millions on television.

His array of musical awards attests to his artistry. Bryan has won eleven Juno Awards (including 5 for best vocalist and the first-ever, publicly-nominated Canadian Entertainer of the Year); he is recipient of the Canadian Diamond Award (in recognition of over one million records sold by a Canadian); the PROCAN Crystal Award as composer of "Straight From The Heart" and winner of the Bob Geldof Humanitarian Award.

In the United States, Bryan reached the number one position in the music industry in 1985 with his album Restless and with his single Heaven. Five other songs from the same album made it into the top 10 single category - a feat only two other artists have ever achieved.

The proceeds from his composition "Tears Are Not Enough", recorded in 1985 with other Canadian performers, has raised over two million dollars for African famine victims. In 1987 Bryan headlined the Prince's Trust Charity Concert at Wembley Stadium.

Through it all, he has not forgotten his British Columbia roots. He continues to consider Vancouver his home and works closely with organizations involed in saving and maintaining our environment, recently performing benefit concerts for local environmental groups and for leukemia research.

A teacher, an engineer, a forester, a land surveyor and a writer, Gerry Andrews is truly one of British Columbia's great trail blazers.

Born in Winnipeg, educated in Vancouver, Toronto, Oxford, England and Dresden, Germany, Gerry commenced his career as a school master at Big Bar Creek and Kelly Lake in 1922. Teaching gave way to land surveying in 1930. He was Chief of Party, Flathead Forest Survey - 1930; Tranquille and Niskonlith Survey - 1931; Shuswap Forest Survey - 1932.

He initiated the use of air photography in 1931 and supervised air surveys for the Province in Nimkish Forest, Kitimat, Okanagan, the Kootenays and the Rocky Mt. Trench.

Mr. Andrews' career as a surveyor was interrupted by distinguished war service overseas between 1940 and 1946 wherein he rose to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. He developed improved air cameras for the Canadian Army and undertook depth soundings of Normandy beaches by wave velocities determined from air photos. His army service took him on liaison missions to some eighteen countries and he was awarded an M.B.E.

Returning to British Columbia, between 1946 and 1950 he served as Chief Air Survey Engineer for B.C.; and as B.C. Surveyor General & Director of Mapping and Provincial Boundaries Commissioner from 1952 to 1968.

He has acted as a consultant to several countries including the Mekong River studies in 1958.

A keen historian of British Columbia, Gerry Andrews is the author of some 50 publications, and continues to write articles for the B.C. Historical Society.

Among many honours and awards, he received the Meritorious Achievment Award from the Association of Professional Engineers of B.C. and, in 1988, he received an Honorary Doctorate in Engineering from the University of Victoria.

Gerry Andrews, - truly one of British Columbia's great pioneers.

Brigadier The Honourable Henry Bell-Irving has served his country and his province with great distinction.

A member of a distinguished pioneer family, Mr. Bell-Irving went overseas with the first contigent of the Seaforth Highlanders of Canada in December of 1939 and commanded a company of the battalion in Sicily and later in Italy and northwest Europe before succeeding to the command of the 10th. Canadian Infantry Brigade. He was awarded the D.S.O. and bar, the O.B.E. for bravery in action and was twice mentioned in dispatches. Mr. Bell-Irving has served 57 continuous years with the Seaforth Highlanders and until recently was Honourary Colonel of the Regiment. In short, he is one of Canada's most distinguished and decorated soldiers.

In business, Mr. Bell-Irving is known for his integrity and enthusiasm. In addition to the executive positions he occupied with his own Bell-Irving real estate concern and its successor, he was President of the Vancouver Real Estate Board and of the Canadian Real Estate Association as well as President of the Vancouver Board of Trade.

As Lieutenant-Governor from 1978 to 1983, His Honour will be remembered for his extensive travel throughout the Province to remote communities, including native villages, to bring the Vice-Regal Office to British Columbians who had seldom - if ever - enjoyed the opportunity to meet Her Majesty's official representative.

If there is an activity that particularly characterizes his term, it was his strong support of youth-related activities and programmes, - both officially and personally - including helping young people from disadvantaged situations find a productive and fulfilling role in society. In these tasks he was graciously supported by Mrs. Bell-Irving.

Mr. Bell-Irving's community interests include long service with the Provincial Council of the Boy Scouts of Canada, the Children's Hospital and the B.C. Corps of Commissionaires. He is an officer of the Order of Canada.

Spanning thirty-eight years, Dr. David Boyes' medical and administrative career is an outstanding example of dedication and humanity.That his work is a remarkable contribution to the health of Canadians is undisputed nationally and internationally.

Dr. Boyes began his medical career with a country practice on Saltspring Island, followed by a residency in Obstetrics and Gynaecology at the University of British Columbia from 1952-1956. In 1960, he joined the B.C. Cancer Institute and decided to commit a significant amount of time to cancer research and thought that he might serve in that capacity for ten years.

Twenty-seven years later, he retired as Director of the Cancer Control Agency of British Columbia, having built that organization into a world-class institute. He was uniquely qualified for this task having been trained as a gynaecologist, radiation ontologist, cytologist, and has become one of the world's leading authorities on cervical cancer. Largely through his efforts, the incidence of cervical cancer in British Columbia has been sharply reduced thus saving many lives. The Pap smear program in British Columbia is recognized as the leading program of its kind in the world.

Not surprisingly, Dr. Boyes has acted as consultant to British Columbia, other Canadian provinces and foreign countries including visiting professorships and has been in great demand as a guest speaker at many international conferences.

He has an impressive list of 60 medical papers, journal articles and numerous other publications to his credit, is an Officer of the Order of Canada and is a recent winner of the Canadian Medical Association's FNG Starr Award an honour shared with Banting, Best and Collip and other legendary figures of Canadian medical history.

Vernon C. "Bert" Brink was born in Calgary, and educated at the universities of British Columbia and Wisconsin. His life is dedicated to conserving and enjoying our natural environment.

Bert is one of those unique individuals who combines a love of the natural world with the training and expertise of a scientist. As a respected university professor for 35 years, he taught hundreds about the need for sound management of our renewable resources. With boundless energy, he guided many graduate students in agronomy and range and vegetation ecology. Many of these graduates now have responsible positions in government, academia and industry where his values and philosophy continue to influence their lives and the management of our natural resources.

Bert is a tireless worker in many agricultural, recreational and conservation-based organizations, always seeking shared visions of wise use of our living resources. He has consistently tried to be a positive critic of government policy and to work with existing processes to accomplish his ends.

As an ardent naturalist, he still dedicates thousands of hours in volunteer services to natural history organizations sharing his extensive experience and knowledge of the province. Long before the phrase became popular, he advocated for, and believed in, the interdependence of a sustainable environment and a sustainable economy.

Dr. Brink has devoted his life to making British Columbia and Canada a better place in which to live, not only for ourselves, but for generations to come.

Phyllis Chelsea is a member of the Alkali Lake Indian Band. From an early age, she has shown remarkable courage and dedication in the pursuit of a better life for herself, her family and her community.

Recognizing the devastating toll that the consuption of alcohol was having on her own family relationships, Phyllis Chelsea chose to change and became an abstainer. Through her efforts and example, members of her family and the entire community eventually achieved sobriety. It was not an easy task; Mrs. Chelsea met with hostility and opposition but she persevered and she prevailed.

Mrs. Chelsea's pursuit of a better life did not stop there. She fostered abused and underprivileged children. Her home became a haven for dozens of children seeking respite from dangerous home environments. She instituted local services to replace those provided by agencies unfamiliar with local traditions. She had the previously fobidden Shuswap language revived and recognized as a credit for University entrance at UBC. And she was the moving force behind the development of an Elementary School on the Alkali Lake Reserve.

Because of her efforts, Alkali Lake is now a model for other native communities across Canada.

Mrs. Chelsea has travelled with workshops and training sessions to help other communities. Her work is recognized not only in Canada but also in the United States and Australia. She recently received an Honorary Doctor of Laws from the University of British Columbia.

Phyllis Chelsea's commitment as a mother, grandmoter and community leader, has given inspiration, hope and support to all who have known her.

Joseph Cohen is without a doubt one of British Columbia's most outstanding citizens. He is a successful businessman who has become an outstanding philanthropist locally, nationally and internationally.

A highly respected leader, he has supported and raised millions of dollars for a variety of worthy causes.

Mr. Cohen's community involvement has been unparalleled and includes: * former Director of the YMCA participating extensively in all their fundraising activities over 40 years, * a member of the Royal Commonwealth Society; * a member and Life Patron of the Variety Club of Vancouver; * one of the first Directors, and now a member for eleven years, of the Justice Institute of British Columbia; * a Director of St. Vincent's Hospital and Chairman for 13 years of the Special Gifts division; * a former Western Canadian Director of Teleglobe Canada for six years.

Mr. Cohen has been honoured with many awards for his community work and his support for so many citizenship and humanitarian causes. Some of these include: * 1971 Vancouver "Man of the Year"; * 1978 appointed "Member, Order of Canada" * 1979 Honorary Member, Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police; * 1980 "Freeman" City of Vancouver; * 1982 awarded Boy Scouts of Canada "Medal of Merit";* 1982 chosen "B.C. Catholic Man of the Year";* 1986 awarded Honorary Doctor of Laws degree by U.B.C.; * 1986 recongized as "Businessman of the Year" by Better Business Bureau of Vancouver; * 1989 appointed Member, Board of Governors, Victoria Commonweath Games Society.

While his achievements are legendary and awards numerous, he remains modest, tireless and energetic, always willing to go that extra mile in support of worthy causes. By his exemplary life and work, Joseph Cohen is a living example for his community, a first class ambassador at large for B.C.

In 1953, Helmut Eppich emigrated to Canada from Yugoslavia and together with his twin brother, Hugo, established EBCO Industries Limited, of which he is now Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. The company is a great success story, having grown from a small tool and die shop into a multi-faceted group of companies engaged in heavy equipment manufacturing, high-tech, sophisticated computer data collection systems and aerospace technology with projected annual sales of $100 million and 900 employees.

This work force is comprised of employees from various ethnic and cultural backgrounds representative of over 50 different countries, holding positions throughout the company from the shop floor to senior management.

The Ebco Group has shown a remarkable generosity of spirit and interest in the welfare of these employees. Its Multicultural Policy, which respects the religious and cultural backgrounds of employees in tangible ways, has gained great respect, admiration and national recognition, including the 1990 Ministerial Award for Multiculturalism from the federal government.

Helmut Eppich is a member of the B.C. Premier's Advisory Council on Science and Technology and Director of the National Research Council and the Discovery Foundation.

Mr. Eppich has also significantly contributed to his adoped country in other ways. He is noted for his philantrophy in the arts, science and education. He has undertaken a leading part in major fund-raising projects for SFU and the Germanic Studies Fellowship Endowment at U.B.C.

Rythmic gymnastics is a sport that requires an incredible degree of discipline and dedication.

Lori Fung began training in 1976 and the following year was already competing in the National Championships. Hearing that rythmic gymnastics would be included in the 1984 Olympics, Lori took her grade 12 courses by correspondence and started training in earnest.

She became B.C. Provincial Champion in her class for the years 1977, 1978, 1979 and 1980. She came first in national competition in 1982 and placed first in the Invitational Meet in Switzerland the following year and went on to become seven-time Canadian Grand National Champion.

She capped her brilliant career with the distinction of winning the first Gold Medal ever in rhythmic gymnastics at the 1984 Olympic Games.

Today, Lori is a world-class coach in rhythmic gymnastics at UBC with a reputation for excellence and extraordinary effort and enthusiasm. She acts as a role model for all young women and has the ability to instill in her students a desire to excel. This has been borne out by the national team members emerging from her classes.

She has brought credit to the Province through her live performances for visiting dignitaries including Pope John Paqul II and Their Royal Highnesses, the Prince and Princess of Wales.

Lori extends her hard work and determination to the community where she actively promotes fitness through TV, radio and personal guest appearances. She is currently honorary Chairperson of the Canadian Cancer Society.

Since immigrating to Canada in 1949, Gurdev Gill has been a pillar and a pioneer of the Indo-Canadian community in British Columbia.

He was the first Indo-Canadian to graduate with a medical degree from the University of British Columbia and the first Indo-Canadian to practice medicine in Canada.

Dr. Gill has been an active staff member of St. Mary's, the Royal Columbian and Queen's Park hospitals. In addition to these professional responsibilities he has been President of the Khalsa Diwan Society, a member of the East Indian Canadian Citizenship Welfare Association, a founding member of the National Association of Canadians of Origin in India, a trustee of the India Cultural Society, in all of these, Dr. Gill has provided exemplary and effective leadership.

Dr. Gill has been a role model for the younger generation of Indo-Canadians. He has consistently encouraged their active participation in the mainstream of Canadian society. He has been active in fundraising for the Cancer Society, Rotary Club and the Children's Hospital.

While working toward the betterment of his fellow countrymen and playing a leading role in many projects undertaken by the East Indian community. Dr. Gill has underscored the need to promote tolerance and a better understanding among all Canadians.

Rick Hansen exemplifies the triumph of determination over personal tragedy. He thereby has set, for all British Columbians, the highest standard of individual accomplishment in the face of adversity.

During his early high school days in Williams Lake, Rick was a superb athlete, receiving all-star awards in five sports. Then tragedy struck, but through a remarkable personal adjustment, Rick turned his tragedy into triumph. Rick began coaching, using his wheelchair in sports, and set his sights on a degree in physical education. He became skilled in wheelchair basketball and the driving force on a team that achieved five national titles in six years. He went on to become both the National Disabled Athlete of the Year in 1979 and to share the Lou Marsh Trophy with Wayne Gretzky as Canada's Outstanding Athlete of 1983.

Rick had a dream - to change public attitudes and to improve the prospects for those who had suffered spinal cord injury. In the two-year "Man in Motion Tour" he mobilized his dream into action. It took strength of character and determination of the highest order. He achieved the tour's twin goals in spades.

He is the recipient of many awards, including the Order of Canada.

The dream goes on. He continues to take a leadership role on behalf of the disabled and has spearheaded the creation of the Disability Resource Centre at U.B.C. which will help remove barriers faced by disabled students not just at U.B.C. but across the Province.

His alma mater, the University of British Columbia, has honoured him with a Doctorate of Law and he is now the first incumbent of the Rick Hansen National Fellowship.

Rick has become the national hero of our time and has been a role model not only for the disabled but for all British Columbians who have the will to achieve despite adversity. He has exemplified for us all the true nature of courage and character.

Dr. Walter Koerner was born in Czechoslovakia and it was there that, through his family's lumber business, he developed his expertise in the forest industry.

In 1939, Dr. Hoerner and his brothers immigrated to Canada and founded the Alaska Pine and Cellulose Company of which he was President. The company flourished until in 1957, it became Rayonier Canada Limited with Dr. Koerner was President and later Chairman of the Board until his retirement in 1973.

Dr. Koerner's company was instrumental in promoting the use of hemlock, previously considered undesirable. Through expert techniques, his company made the wood fully competitive in Europe and expanded its use until it has become one of the leading wood species used in British Columbia.

Dr. Koerner has always supported the need for good forest management and has greatly contributed to numerous studies and hearings concerned with forest practices.

Following his retirement he has devoted his efforts to improving the quality of life for British Columbians: * in the health care field, as Founding Chairman of the University of British Columbia Hospital; * and in the arts community, as one of the Province's leading benefactors. He is honorary Life President of both the Vancouver Art Gallery and the Vancouver Symphony Society.

Over a span of more than fifty years, Dr. Koerner has been a most notable philantropist, donating millions of dollars to educational institutions and other public organizations and endeavors.

Among his many honours, Dr. Koerner is a Companion of the Order of Canada, and holds an honorary Doctor of Laws from U.B.C.

Robert H. Lee was born in Vancouver and educated at the University of British Columbia. His career has combined outstanding achievements in the business world with philantrophy and community service.

He has been an outstanding contributor to the expansion of Canadian business within the Pacific Rim region. His reputation for excellence and integrity are recognized by all who have dealings with him. His stature in the business community includes appointments as trustee of the Bank of British Columbia, a directorship of the Real Estate Institute of Canada and of the Port Authority of Vancouver.

Mr. Lee's business acumen and knowledge have enabled him to play a key role with a number of community institutions. He has been involved with successful fundraising campaigns for Mount Saint Joseph Hospital, the B.C. Children's Hospital and U.B.C. He has also served as a Director of the B.C. Paraplegic Foundation.

His long-standing association with U.B.C. has included membership on its Board of Governors and a directorship on the U.B.C. Foundation. Mr. Lee has also received his alma mater's Distinguished Alumni Award.

He has recently been selected Business Person of the Year for 1990 by a panel of judges drawn from the Chinese-Canadian business community and the Vancouver Board of Trade.

His standing in the business community, combined with his dedication to volunteer service and his examplary character, makes Robert Lee a role model to all who know him.

During the past 30 years, Anne MacDonald has contributed to a wide range of community endeavours. Her career of public service epitomizes the important role of the community volunteer and the difference a dedicated and determined individual can make.

Mrs. MacDonald's accomplishments include the establishment of Presentation Hours Arts Centre in North Vancouver, one of the finest community art centres in the Province. She was also responsible for the preservation of St. John's Church and giving it new life as a recital hall appropriately called Anne MacDonald Hall.

Anne MacDonald has always been an innovator. She founded the North Vancouver Arts Council and the British Columbia Arts and Crafts Fair.

As the first Executive Director of the Vancouver Community Arts Council she took a leadership role in a number of significant initiatives including the establishment of the Assembly of British Columbia Arts Councils.

She has also made a great contribution through membership in a wide range of boards and commissions ranging from the Senate of the University of British Columbia to trusteeship in the North Vancouver School District to the Board of Governors of the Canadian Conference of the Arts.

As an innovator and committed volunteer, Anne MacDonald has served North Vancouver and the arts community of the Province exceedingly well indeed.

Mrs. Grace MacInnis and Mr. Oscar Orr, who were unable to attend the Investiture Ceremony, were invested into the Order in private ceremonies in their respective homes.

After graduating from the University of Manitoba and attending the Sorbonne in Paris, following in the footsteps of her father, J.S. Woodsworth, founder of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation, Grace MacInnis became one of its key members.

She married a prominent member of the C.C.F., Angus MacInnis, M.P. and in the early days of her marriage, Mrs. MacInnis, motivated by her strong belief in democratic socialism, spoke on behalf of the Party all across Canada. She was a delegate to the Party's founding convention in Regina in 1933 and subsequently held many senior offices with both the C.C.F. and later the NDP, provincially and federally.

Between 1941 to 1945, she was a member of the provincial legislature for Vancouver Burrard. She, along with only one other, are the only surviving members of the Legislature elected in 1941.

In 1965, Grace MacInnis was elected to the House of Commons in the riding of Vancouver Kingsway to become B.C.'s first woman member of Parliamnet and served until her retirement in 1974.

Throughout her lifetime, Grace MacInnis has been recognized as a champion of women's rights. She served on a federal committee inquiring into post war problems of women and was a delegate to the International Assembly of Women convened in 1946.

During her years in Parliament she was her party's spokesperson on consumer affairs and was a strong and effective advocate for social reform. Through it all, her efforts have always been marked by her quick wit and good grace.

Included in her several articles and publications is her best-selling biography, "J.S. Woodsworth - A Man to Remember", published in 1953.

She was appointed an Officer of the Order of Canada in 1974 in recognition of her service to others.

Dr. Margaret Ormsby is the dean of British Columbia's historians and a scholar of national distinction.

Born near Quesnel, raised in the Okanagan Valley, educated in the public school system of the province and at the University of British Columbia, she earned her doctorate from Bryn Mawr University, in Pennsylvania.

After teaching in the United States and in Ontario she joined the Department of History at the University of British Columbia in 1943, became Professor of History in 1955 and Head of the Department in 1964. She continued in that position until her retirement in 1974.

As an historian she is most widely known as the author of "British Columbia: A History", published in 1958 to commemorate the centenary of the province, and is the author of many articles published in an impressive number of scholarly journals.

By her contribution to the "Reports of the Okanagan Historical Society", as an editor and a writer, she has shown that local history can achieve the highest scholarly standards.

As a teacher she has stimulated the interest of students in widely varying fields of history and directed the research of many towards broadening and deepening knowledge of many previously untouched aspects of British Columbia's past.

As an academic administrator she bore the primary responsibility for the growth of the Department of History at UBC and the development of its postgraduate programs.

The union of historical scholarship and love of her native province have enabled Margaret Ormsby to interpret British Columbia eloquently as a province within the Canadian nation and also as part of a larger international community.

Mrs. Grace MacInnis and Mr. Oscar Orr, who were unable to attend the Investiture Ceremony, were invested into the Order in private ceremonies in their respective homes.

Born in Saskatchewan, Oscar Orr lived his early life in Ontario and in 1908 came to New Westminster where he entered Columbia College. He pursued a legal career until the outbreak of war in 1914 at which time he went to France with the Vancouver Regiment, was Commissioned in the field and was severely wounded at Ypres.

After World War I he practiced law and became City Prosecutor for Vancouver in 1931. In 1940, he enlisted in the Army yet again, becoming a Major and Judge Advocate General of the Pacific Command. He was later promoted to Lieutenant-Colonel and was posted to Japan where he commanded the Canadian War Crimes Section and was awarded an M.B.E.

In 1947, he was appointed a King's Counsel and, in 1953, became Police Magistrate of Vancouver where he remained until 1962. His sensitivity for the unfortunate is well known to all who practised before him. He brought kindness, firmness and dignity to all who appeared before him.

Most everyone who had the opportunity of associating with him were inspired to emulate in their daily lives his integrity, sense of fairness and respectability.

Throughout his life, Mr. Orr has practised quiety philanthropy. His efforts on behalf of soldiers and widows of servicement, as well as his other charitable endeavours, are not well known, but many have been greatly indebted to him for his efforts. These contributions have continued throughout his lifetime until even today.

From his birth in modest circumstances in rural Saskatchewan to Chairman, President, CEO and sole proprietor, all rolled into one, Jimmy Pattison is a uniquely Canadian entrepreneur.

The Jim Pattison Group, with over ten thousand employees, is involved in transportation, communications, food products, packaging and financial services with "Ripley's Believe It Or Not" thrown in for good measure.

From age 12 onward, Jimmy Pattison honed his extraordinary entrepreneur skills on the one thing he liked best - selling - first, garden seeds, then at UBC he would look for a used car in the classified ads every night, buy it for perhaps two hundred dollars, drive it out to the campus, sell it to a fellow student for two hundred and fifty dollars and take the bus home that evening. After that, a share in his first GM dealership - Bow Mac - and the rest is history.

Perhaps his greatest contribution to the Province was his genius in insuring that EXPO '86 World's Fair was an unparalled success. Although others may have had the initial vision for Expo '86, it was Jimmy Pattison who was the expediter - the one more than anyone else who made it happen. He demanded much of his team but no more than he himself was prepared to give. This he did, almost full-time over a five-year period, without compensation, and in spite of the demands of his own burgeoning business empire.

Mr. Pattison, through EXPO '86 and his business expertise, has brought kudos and credibility to British Columbia. He has helped to showcase Vancouver as one of the major centres of the world.

On his office wall this statement appears: "There is no limit to what a man can do or where he can go if he doesn't mind who gets the credit."

Today, Jimmy Pattison gets the credit.

This month, Dr. Howard Petch steps down as President of the University of Victoria with the distrinction of currently being the longest-serving President of a Canadian university. This milestone is evidence of the respect he has earned from his peers at the university as well as his ability as an administrator.

Under his leadership, the university embarked on an unparalleled program of development and scholarship which has made UVic one of Canada's outstanding universities. Dr. Petch also played a key role in promoting access, providing leadership in science and engineering, and in fostering harmonious relationships among the Province's universities.

Dr. Petch received his education in Ontario and in British Columbia, and was a Rutherford Memorial Fellow at Cambridge University. He enjoyed a distinguished academic career as a solid state physicist at McMaster University and the University of Waterloo and rose to President (pro tem) at the University of Waterloo before coming to Victoria in 1975.

Dr. Petch's list of honours includes membership as a Fellow in the Royal Society of Canada, the Centennial Medal, 1967, and honorary doctorates from the universities of Waterloo and McMaster. He is a member of a host of national science committees and other university related bodies and he has served on a number of Task Forces for governments, federal and provincial.

His interests are not limited to academe but include membership on a number of civic bodies including the British Columbia Arts Board, the Arts, Science and Technology Centre and as honorary President, the Post Polio Awareness and Support Society.

An ardent birdwatcher, Dr. Petch will no doubt continue to have a keen eye for the Martlet even after his departure from UVic.

Few British Colmbians can claim the breadth of distinguished service to this Province and its people as can Leslie Peterson.

Educated at McGill and London University Mr. Peterson was called to the Bar in British Columbia in 1949 and commenced the practice of law in Vancouver.

In 1956, he was first elected to the Legislative Assembly and served with great vigor for 16 consecutive years in the Cabinet of W.A.C. Bennett, first as Minister of Education, then as Minister of Labour and for four years, as Attorney General.

During his term as education minister, the Province experienced perhaps its most dramatic extension of educational opportunities. Public universities increased from one to three; the community college system was established and BCIT was founded. As Attorney-General the Provincial Court system, as we know it, was established; the Judical Council was created, as was the program to compensate the victims of crime.

Leslie Peterson is living proof that there is life after the legislature.

In 1978 he first became a member of the Board of Governors of UBC, a position which he continues to hold, and its Chairman during the years 1979 to 1983. He was elected the University's Chancellor in 1987 and has recently been elected to a second term.

The range of his service to community organizations is too lengthy to recite but includes the Canadian Child Health Association, the B.C. Historical Association, the John Howard Society and the Vancouver Aquarium. Through outstanding service with the Gizeh Temple and the Shrine of North American he was instrumental in raising funds to build a burn unit at the Children's Hospital.

He holds an honorary Doctor of Laws from Simon Fraser University and an honorary Doctor of Education from Notre Dame University of Nelson and is Knight Commander of the Order of St. Lazarus.

Colonel, The Honourable Robert G. Rogers has had an outstanding career as a leader of industry and as The Queen's representative for British Columbia.

After serving in World War II in Britain and Europe, inlcuding participation in the D-Day Invasion, Mr. Rogers, a graduate civil engineer, commenced a career in forestry in 1945. Mr. Rogers joined Crown Zellerbach Canada Limited in Vancouver as Vice-President in 1960 and rose to the position of Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer in 1976. During this time, he gave strong leadership to the forest industry through the many industry associations on which he served.

In 1982, Mr. Rogers became Chairman of the Canada Harbor Place Corporation in Vancouver. His crisp, solid management style has been welcomed on the directorships of many public corporations and on a myriad of business, professional and advisory bodies.

In 1983 he was appointed Lieutenant-Governor of British Columbia. During his term of office, His Honour expanded the opportunities to visit Government House to a broad range of individuals and organizations through the hosting of an increased number of smaller events, thus personalizing contact with guests of the House.

He initiated the establishment of the Government House Foundation to serve both as an advisory council and as a vehicle by which contributions might be made to enhance Government House.

During his Term, and with the tireless support of Mrs. Rogers, Government House and its grounds were improved, a corps of volunteers was recruited to assist with floral arrangements and student tours, and a project founded to replace the stained glass window lost in the 1957 fire, a project which was successfully concluded in May of this year with the dedication of the new heraldic window.

Mr. Rogers' community service has been outstanding. A member of many Boards and Councils; he has also been, through the years, an active supporter of Simon Fraser University from which he received an Honorary Doctor of Laws Degree in 1982. Mr. Rogers is an Officer of the Order of Canada and a Knight of the Order of St. John.

In 1938, while a student at McGill and on the occasion of his 21st birthday, Ian Ross was given The Butchart Gardens by his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. R.P. Butchart.

After distinguished war service in which he was mentioned in dispatches, Mr. Ross returned to assume active management of The Butchart Gardens in 1946. In the following years, apart from increasing the beautification of the Gardens and their reputation as one of the loveliest in the world, Mr. Ross added night illumination, symphony concerts, sunset shows and the world famous Ross fountain. Through the efforts of Mr. Ross, The Butchart Gardens have, in every respect, become world famous and a delight and inspiration to all British Columbians, Canadians and visitors from many countries of the world.

Mr. Ross has played gracious host to royalty, diplomatic delegates and citizens from all corners of the globe. During Expo '67 more than thirty Heads of State were guided and entertained by Mr. and Mrs. Ross. This generosity was repeated during Expo '86. For this the Government of British Columbia is greatly indebted. Always concerned for the physically disabled, Mr. Ross ensured that facilities were available to assist such individuals at a time when these things were given little thought.

In addition to his management of the Gardens, Mr. Ross has been active in the community donating to numerous worth-while causes and serving on many Baords and Committees particularly those related to the visitor industry. Past President of the Victoria and Island Publicity Bureau, Mr. Ross also served on the B.C. Centennial Committees in 1966, 1967 and 1971. He was the Victoria Chamber of Commerce Man of the Year in 1968.

Jack Shadbolt has long been recognized as an artist of international stature but his work has always spoken with a West Coast accent. His images of our landscape transformed through his artistic vision have had a major influence on the development of Canadian painting. Indeed, Jack Shadbolt is widely regarded as the pre-eminent living painter of Western Canada.

Jack Shadbolt has given us a truly prolific body of work which has been featured in over 60 solo exhibitions and major retrospectives. Public recognition in the form of honorary doctorates from the University of British Columbia, the University of Victoria and Simon Fraser University, and the Order of Canada, attest to his accomplishments. In 1989, on his 80th birthday, he was made Freeman of the City of Vancouver.

Jack Shadbolt is equally to be honoured for his contribution as a teacher. From 1938 to 1966 he was a profound influence on his pupils at the Vancouver School of Art where was was known as a spell-binding lecturer and inspiring teacher.

His role as a mentor of younger artists is well known and includes the establishment of the Vancouver Institute for the Visual Arts. He has also been prominent in support of the Children's Arts Umbrella. His personal support and encouragement has been crucial to many young artists' careers.

Poet, author, teacher and mentor: Jack Shadbolt.

Erwin Swangard was born in Germany and emigrated to Canada in 1930. By profession he is one of Canada's best known and most widely travelled journalists.

Early in his career as a freelance sports reporter, he returned to Germany to cover the 1939 Olympic Games for the Vancouver Sun and the Toronto Globe. He was foreign editor for the Vancouver Province for a five year period and during a seven-year span with the Vancouver Sun, beginning in 1951, Erwin Swangard served as Sports, City, Assistant Managing, and Night Editor until his appointment as Managing Editor in March, 1959.

One of his enduring achievements was his founding of the Tournament of Soccer Champions, a championship gala involving juvenile soccer. The tournament became a phenominal stimulant to the game in British Columbia. It has grown from about 1,000 boys playing on 70 teams to 33,000 boys and girls on 2,500 teams.

Erwin Swangard has always been a staunch supporter of athletic endeavours in British Columbia and nationally, including the British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Vancouver in 1954, the first ever Grey Cup Final held outside Toronto in 1955 and as one of the seven founders of the B.C. Lions Football Club. He raised almost $1 million to build an athletic stadium in Burnaby's Central Park which on its opening in the spring of 1969 was named Swangard Stadium.

He was appointed a Director of the Pacific National Exhibition in October, 1976, was elected its President in January 1977, positions which he held for some 13 consecutive years.

During that time, he turned the PNE from a simple agricultural fair into one based on a variety of themes and with an international dimension. It is now one of the foremost annual exhibitions in the country.

His service with a variety of community organizations and as a Rotarian earned him the prestigious Paul Harris Fellowship Award in 1987. In January, 1989, he was made a Member of the Order of Canada.

Mr. Peter Wing was born in Kamloops in 1914 and has lived all of his life in that city. At the age of twenty he became the youngest member of the Kamloops Board of Trade and pursued an active role in the business life of the community as an orchardist and realtor.

He became an alderman in 1960 and went on to serve three terms as mayor of Kamloops, beginning in 1966. While serving a mayor he was also elected President of the Union of British Columbia Municipalities.

Mr. Wing's success in civic life is significant in that he was the first mayor of Chinese descent in North America, as well as being the first native-born mayor of Kamloops.

Mr. Wing is regarded with respect and affection throughout the Kamloops area by virtue of his enviable record of service for the well-being of his community.

Peter Wing was made a Freeman of the City of Kamloops in 1972 and a Member of the Order of Canada in 1976. He was also a recipient of the Human Relations Award of the Canadian Council of Christians and Jews in 1977.

In many ways, Peter Wing led the way in exemplifying to Chinese-Canadians full participation in the public life of his community and Province.