Myra Freeman

Myra Ava Freeman, CM ONS (born May 17, 1949) is a Canadian philanthropist, teacher, the 29th and first female Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia.

Freeman was born Myra Ava Holtzman in Saint John, New Brunswick, the daughter of Anne Golda (Freedman), a homemaker, and Harry Holtzman, a businessman.^[1] She graduated from Dalhousie University with a Bachelor of Arts and a Bachelor of Education. In 1971, she started teaching with the Halifax Regional School Board until her appointment.

She was appointed Lieutenant Governor in 2000 by Governor General Adrienne Clarkson, on the advice of Jean Chrétien. She served as lieutenant governor until September 7, 2006.

Freeman and her husband, Larry, have three children: Daniel M. Freeman, Jonathan Freeman and Debra Freeman.

On July 1, 2008 Freeman was appointed as a member of the Order of Canada.

Honours

• 2011 - Awarded a Doctor of Laws from Dalhousie University
• 2008 - Appointed Member of the Order of Canada.
• 2008 - Awarded a Doctor of Laws Honoris Causa, from St. Francis Xavier University.
• 2007 - Awarded a Doctor of Civil Laws from Saint Mary's University.
• 2007 - Awarded a Doctor of Civil Laws, from Acadia University.
• 2005 - Awarded a Doctor of Laws, Honoris Causa, from Cape Breton University.
• 2004 - Awarded a Doctor of Humane Letters from Mount Saint Vincent University.
• 2003 - Appointed Honorary Captain (Navy) in the Canadian Forces.
• 2002 - Recipient of the Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal.
• 2001 - First recipient and first Chancellor of the Order of Nova Scotia.
• 2000 - Invested as a Dame of Justice and Vice Prior of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem.

Arms

Arms of Myra Freeman

Notes The arms of Myra Freeman consist of:[2] Crest A demi lion Azure semé of ermine spots, wearing a coronet erablé, holding in its dexter paw a laurel wreath and in its sinister paw a balance, all Or. Escutcheon Azure an ancient Hebrew tent between three menorahs Or. Supporters Two lions Or each gorged with a collar of mayflowers (Epigaea repens) proper and maple leaves Vert pendent therefrom a hurt, that on the dexter charged with an open book, that on the sinister charged with a sun in splendour Or. Compartment A grassy mound set to the dexter with palm trees and to the sinister with pine trees proper, the whole above a base wavy Argent charged with a bar wavy Azure. Motto If You Will It * It Is No Dream

References

• Past Lieutenant Governors of Nova Scotia. Government of Nova Scotia. Accessed 2010-12-22.

1. ↑ http://jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/freeman-myra-ava
2. ↑ Canadian Heraldic Authority (Volume IV), Ottawa, 2002 

Lieutenant Governors of Nova Scotia Post-Confederation (1867–present) Williams Doyle Howe Archibald Richey McLelan Daly Jones D. Fraser McGregor MacKeen M. Grant Douglas Tory Stanfield Covert Irwin Mathers Kendall McCurdy A. Fraser Plow MacKeen Oland Gosse Shaffner Abraham Crouse Kinley Freeman Francis J. Grant Lieutenant-Governors before Confederation (1786–1867) Parr Bulkeley Wentworth Prévost (Croke) Sherbrooke Smyth Dalhousie Kempt Jeffrey Maitland Jeffrey C. Campbell Falkland Dickson Harvey Bazalgette LeMarchant Phipps Doyle MacDonnell Williams Lieutenant-Governors of Cape Breton Island (1784–1820) Desbarres Macarmick Mathews Ogilvie Murray Despard Nepean Swayne Ainslie Governors before Confederation (1710–86) Vetch Nicholson Caulfeild Vetch Caulfeild Philipps Doucett Armstrong Cosby Mascarene Cornwallis Hopson Lawrence Ellis Belcher Wilmot W. Campbell Green Francklin Legge Francklin Arbuthnot Hughes Hamond Parr Lieutenant-Governors who served in the absence of Governors are listed in parentheses. Acting administrators are listed in italics.