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Donald B. Rix, M.D. O.B.C.
Dr. Donald Rix is a widely recognized member within the medical
community. As director of the B.C. Children's Hospital Foundation,
he is active in provincial and national medical associations,
a member of several research foundations, and included in fellowships
at four medical colleges and societies. In addition, he is also
a successful businessman, philanthropist, and dedicated volunteer.
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Thomas James Foord, O.B.C.
Tom Foord is a tireless community volunteer and an exceptional
business leader who, forty-six years ago, started Kal Tire in
Vernon. Kal Tire is the independent largest tire dealer in Canada,
with over 1,500 employees. Foord began his business with the
purchase of a small garage, and after providing service to B.C.'s
forestry and mining industries in the 1950s and 60s, his operations
continued to successfully expand to a present day total of over
150 stores.
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John Spencer MacDonald, O.C.
Dr. John Macdonald, an eminent professional engineer, educator
and entrepreneur, has enhanced Canada's reputation in the realm
of high technology. A pioneer and leader in imaging technology,
he has worked towards improving the policy environment in which
industry and science collaborate.
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Irving (IKE) Barber, O.C., O.B.C.
Mr. Barber, best-known for this twenty-three year stewardship
of Slocan Forest Products Ltd., had been involved in all levels
of British Columbia's forestry industry for nearly sixty years.
He founded Slocan in 1978, and by the time he retired in Februrary,
2002, it had become one of the leading lumber producers in North
America.
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Jim Pattison, O.C., O.B.C.
As one of British Columbia's preeminent businessmen, Jim Pattison
built one of the largest privately held companies in the country.
His empire began when he purchased the Bow Mac car dealership
in 1961, and since then, the Jim Pattison Group has prospered
and diversified.
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Charles Bentall
Charles Bentall has been positively affecting his community
ever since arriving in British Columbia in 1908. He was trained
as a structural draftsman in England, and found employment with
J. Coughlan & Sons in Vancouver. His first jobs included
the design of the dome of the Vancouver Court House, now the
Vancouver Art Gallery.
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L.L.G. "Poldi" Bentley
L.L.G. "Poldi" Bentley and his brother-in-law John
G. Prentice found great success in building a small mill on
the banks of the Fraser River in 1938. From this mill, they
formed a plywood and veneer company called Pacific Veneer that
rapidly expanded after demand for their products soared during
World War II.
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HON. John V. Clyne, C.C
A native of Vancouver, John V. Clyne began his career in the
field of law, attending the University of British Columbia and
called to the British Columbia bar in 1927. Twenty years later,
he was appointed Chairman of the Canadian Maritime Commission,
overseeing the transition of wartime shipping to peace-time
use.
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Frank A. Griffiths, F.C.A.
Following his purchase of CKNW in 1956, Frank Griffiths spent
the next four decades acquiring the other radio stations and
television interests that in 1983 became Western International
Communications (WIC). In addition to these broadcast holdings,
Frank Griffiths was also a sports entrepreneur.
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Leon J. Koerner
Leon J. Koerner and his brothers arrived in Vancouver in 1938
after fleeing Czechoslovakia, and established the Alaska Pine
Company Ltd. The company was tremendously successful and their
prosperity inspired Dr. Koerner and his wife to establish The
Leon and Thea Koerner Foundation in 1955.
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H.R. MacMillan, C.C.
Harvey Reginald MacMillan was British Columbia's Chief Forester,
developing international markets for British Columbia's lumber
and instrumentally assisting in creating the British Columbia
Forest Service. In 1919, he established the H.R. MacMillan Export
Company Ltd.
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G.W. Grant McConachie
Grant McConachie is a pioneer in the commercial airline industry,
establishing his first one, Independent Airways in 1927. Through
ingenuity and hard work, his business expanded and made valuable
contributions to opening up British Columbia's northern regions
in the first half of the twentieth century.
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William M. Mercer
Owing to the foresight of William M. Mercer, founder of William
M. Mercer Limited in 1945, benefits packages that are responsive
to clients' and employees' needs have become normalized in today's
world. As the first Canadian pension consulting business, it
challenged the traditional corporate view of standardized employee
benefit plans.
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Charles Woodward
A luminary in the business community, Charles Woodward promoted
commercial interests while maintaining a reputation as the workingman’s
friend. He opened the first Woodwards store at the corner of
Main and Georgia Streets in 1892, just three months after arriving
in Vancouver.
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Dr. Norman B. Keevil, O.C.
Starting out as a university professor, Dr. Norman B. Keevil
would eventually harness his scientific and academic achievements
into building a mining empire with interests spanning across
Canada, from Newfoundland to British Columbia.
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Joseph Segal
Joseph Segal, an outstanding British Columbian and a Canadian
merchandising legend, has given unstintingly of himself and
his resources for the betterment of our province.
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Wendy B. McDonald
Wendy Burdon McDonald is a dynamic entrepreneur and leader in
the field of business in British Columbia. Since 1944, she has
been building a highly successful enterprise on what began as
a small machine shop in Vancouver.
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William Farrell
Born in Ireland in 1854, William Farrell has been credited as
consolidating virtually all of the telephone interests throughout
BC to create the foundation of the BC Telephone Company/TELUS
as we know it today.
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Chester A. Johnson
Chester Johnson is an inspirational leader who has accepted
daunting challenges in both the corporate and the public sectors,
and has always delivered results that exceed expectations.
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Tong Louie
Born and raised in Vancouver, Tong Louie’s involvement
with his community was boundless and his contribution to its
welfare exemplary.
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William L. Sauder
William Sauder was a leader in the forest industry, education
and health; he has played a significant role in the social and
economic development of this province.
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