Laureates
 
             
Donald B. Rix

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

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

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  

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

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

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

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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  John V. Clyne  

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

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

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

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  

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

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  

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

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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Dr. Norman B. Keevil  

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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Dr. Norman B. Keevil

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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Dr. Norman B. Keevil

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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Dr. Norman B. Keevil

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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