Alberta Order of Excellence

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The Alberta Order of Excellence is the highest award given in the Canadian province of Alberta.

The Order was established in 1979 as the first provincial honour in Canada. No more than 10 people may be granted membership in each year.

Contents 1 Purpose 2 Eligibility 3 Recipients 3.1 2006 3.2 2005 3.3 2004 3.4 2003 3.5 2002 3.6 2001 3.7 2000 3.8 1999 3.9 1998 3.10 1997 3.11 1996 3.12 1995 3.13 1994 3.14 1993 3.15 1992 3.16 1991 3.17 1990 3.18 1989 3.19 1988 3.20 1987 3.21 1986 3.22 1985 3.23 1984 3.24 1983 3.25 1982 3.26 1981 4 See also 5 External link

[edit] Purpose

Created in 1979, the award is the highest honour the province can give a citizen. According to the Alberta Order of Excellence Act: The object of the Order is to accord recognition to those persons who have rendered service of the greatest distinction and of singular excellence for or on behalf of the residents of Alberta.

[edit] Eligibility

Any Canadian citizen who is a current or former resident of Alberta is eligible for nomination.

[edit] Recipients

There have been 73 appointments to the Order of Merit since its inception.

[edit] 2006

• William (Bill) Cochrane
• Bertha (Berdie) Fowler
• Richard (Dick) Haskayne
• Harry Hole
• James (Jim) Horsman
• Samuel (Sam) Lieberman
• Raymond (Ray) Rajotte
• Matthew Spence
• Ian Tyson

[edit] 2005

• Robert W. Chapman Sr.
• Dr. Gerald Hankins
• Dr. Margaret (Marmie) Hess
• Elsie Kawulych
• Norman Kwong (as Lieutenant Governor of Alberta)
• Father Charles Michael McCaffrey
• Ronald Mannix

[edit] 2004

• Alvin Gerald Libin
• M. Ann McCaig
• Eric Patrick Newell
• Bryan Perkins
• John & Barbara Poole

[edit] 2003

• Donald F. Mazankowski
• Audrey Attril Morrice
• Jim Simpson Palmer
• Leonard Peter Ratzlaff

[edit] 2002

• Dr. Steven Aung
• James. K. Gray
• John Murrell

[edit] 2001

• Louis Armand Desrochers
• Colonel (ret.) Donald Stewart Ethell

[edit] 2000

• Jenny Belzberg
• Dr. Chester R. Cunningham
• Lois Hole (as Lieutenant Governor of Alberta)
• Dr. D. Lorne J. Tyrrell

[edit] 1999

• Donald R. Getty
• Stanley G. Reynolds
• Dr. Shirley M. Stinson

[edit] 1998

• Harley N. Hotchkiss
• June L. Lore
• Sandy A. Mactaggart
• Dr. Donald R. Stanley

[edit] 1997

• Ian Malcolm Macdonald
• Arthur Ryan Smith

[edit] 1996

• Bud Olson (as Lieutenant Governor of Alberta)
• Dr. A. Ernest Pallister
• Dr. John Snow

[edit] 1995

• Dr. Stanley A. Milner
• Dr. Francis G. Winspear

[edit] 1994

• Dr. Helen I. Huston

[edit] 1993

• Dr. Thomas B. Banks
• Dr. Robert B. Church

[edit] 1992

• Dr. Howard V. Gimbel

[edit] 1991

• Dr. Norbert R. Morgenstern
• Gordon Towers (as Lieutenant Governor of Alberta)

[edit] 1990

• Dr. Joseph H. Shoctor
• Dr. Raymond Lemieux

[edit] 1989

• Hon. Peter Lougheed
• Dr. Maxwell W. Ward

[edit] 1988

• Dr. Arthur T. Jenkyns
• Margaret E. Southern

[edit] 1987

• Dr. C. Fred Bentley
• Dr. James H. Gray

[edit] 1986

• Dr. John C. Callaghan
• Leonard K. Haney
• Herbert T. Hargrave
• Dr. Esther Robins

[edit] 1985

• Helen Hunley (as Lieutenant Governor of Alberta)
• Dr. David S. R. Leighton
• Dr. G. Richard A. Rice
• Dr. Winnifred M. Stewart

[edit] 1984

• Dr. Alexander Johnston
• Hon. Ronald Martland

[edit] 1983

• The Right Honourable C. Joseph Clark
• Mary Percy Jackson*
• Chester Ronning*

[edit] 1982

• J. W. Grant MacEwan
• Walter H. Johns

[edit] 1981

• Frank C. Lynch-Staunton (as Lieutenant Governor of Alberta)
• Hon. Ernest C. Manning

[edit] See also

• List of Canadian awards
• List of Canadian provincial and territorial orders

[edit] External link

• http://www.lieutenantgovernor.ab.ca/aoe/

Provincial and territorial orders of Canada
Order of Newfoundland and Labrador | Order of Prince Edward Island | Order of Nova Scotia | Order of New Brunswick | National Order of Quebec | Order of Ontario | Order of Manitoba | Saskatchewan Order of Merit | Alberta Order of Excellence | Order of British Columbia