business laureates of british columbia hall of fame in the vancouver sun - may 20, 2015

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Vision.

Integrity. Legacy.

Leadership.

T en years afterthe induction ofthe first of BC’sforemost busi-

ness leaders into the Busi-ness Laureates of BritishColumbia Hall of Fame,Junior Achievement ofBritish Columbia looksback at the vision thatbrought the Hall of Fameto life.Strategically located alongthe Pacific Rim with competi-tive operating costs, and anexceptional multicultural workforce that is well educatedand highly skilled, it’s no sur-prise that British Columbia hasgrown to become one of NorthAmerica’s most competitiveand dynamic business environ-ments. Up until ten years ago,there was not a place to recog-nize and celebrate BC’s attrac-tive business environment, richlifestyle and the leaders whobuilt the province we knowand admire today. Recogniz-ing the need to honour thosewho built the province theycall home in order to inspirefuture generations of leaders,Jan Bell-Irving, President andCEO of Junior Achievement ofBC went in search of support.She approached Barbara Brink,Vice-President, Applied Strat-egies Ltd. and Jim Shepard,

former CEO, Finning Inter-national as champions and in2005, they embarked on anambitious journey to create alasting legacy—The BusinessLaureates of BC Hall of Fame.Barbara and Jim, widelyknown for their leadership,volunteerism and passion forcommunity and business excel-lence, had a vision to create aplace that would recognize andhonour the outstanding contri-butions of BC’s business lead-ers. Created by Junior Achieve-ment of British Columbia underBarbara’s and Jim’s excep-tional leadership, the Business

Laureates of British Colum-bia Hall of Fame was born.Every May, business leadersnominated by their peers areinducted into the Hall of Famein front of hundreds of BC’smost influential and highlyregarded citizens. The GalaDinner & Induction Ceremo-nies has become BC’s premierebusiness event and representsthe pride of a vibrant businesscommunity whose extraordi-nary leaders have built a prov-ince that will benefit futuregenerations.They Built. We Benefit. Thesewords represent the founda-tion of the Hall of Fame. The47 members currently in theHall of Fame have demon-strated aVision unique amongtheir peers, provided Leader-ship to move others to achievetheir goals, led their lives withIntegrity; and built a Leg-acy that will enrich those whofollow. Regardless of indus-try and origin, each Laureatehas strengthened our provinceand demonstrated the charac-teristics and ideals that JuniorAchievement, the world’s lead-ing business education pro-vider for youth, seeks to imparton young men and women.This evening, Junior Achieve-ment of British Columbiawill proudly induct thirteenmembers into the Business

Laureates of British Colum-bia Hall of Fame to honourtheir accomplishments, cel-ebrate their stories and pave apathway for BC’s future busi-ness leaders. In honour of thetenth anniversary of the Hall ofFame, ten of tonight’s induct-ees have been declared PioneerLaureates and are being hon-oured posthumously for theiroutstanding leadership in theearliest days of our province.Congratulations to all pastand present Laureates and spe-cial thanks to Barbara and Jimand all of the past chairs whohave worked tirelessly to shinethe spotlight on our province’sleaders. Their vision has cometo life: we have a place to cele-brate our vibrant business com-munity, and we are creating theLaureates of tomorrow.

Barbara Brink, C.M., O.B.C. and Jim Shepard, Co-Founders and 2015Co-Chairs, Business Laureates of British Columbia Hall of Fame

A Vision Comes to Life

“The Laureatesrepresent thefoundation uponwhich our provincewas built andtheir impacts arefelt by all BritishColumbians.”

JIM SHEPARD,BLBC CO-CHAIR

Cabinet Co-Chairs

Barbara Brink (2006-2015)Jim Shepard (2006, 2007, 2015)John C. Kerr (2008)Conrad Pinette (2009, 2010)Terry A. Lyons (2011, 2012)Peter Blake (2013, 2014)

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P eter Bentley has been an indus-trial leader in British Columbiaand a Canadian spokesperson for

our world renowned forest industry. Healways understood the importance ofcommunity in the forest industry. Thesafety of his employees was always hisnumber one priority.Mr. Bentley led Canfor as CEO from1975-1995 and continues to serve as adirector. Canfor is not only one of BC’slargest home-grown enterprises, but it isalso one of its most formative as the forestindustry built many of the communitiesandmuch of the infrastructure across thisvast province. His long tenure at the helmof one of the most significant contributorsto the BC economy has made an indeli-ble impact on the prosperity of the prov-ince and has touched the lives of tens ofthousands of people who build their livesaround a career at Canfor.Mr. Bentley served as Chancellor at theUniversity of Northern British Columbiafrom 2004 to 2007. He received honou-rary Doctor of Law degrees from the Uni-versity of British Columbia and the Uni-versity of Northern British Columbia.Simon Fraser University recognized Mr.Bentley with a Distinguished CommunityLeadership Award in 2007. He servedon a number of major company boardsincluding Shell, Bank of Montreal and theInternational Advisory Board of JP Mor-gan Chase. He is the Founder and Chair-man of SierraSil Health, a proprietarymineral that aligns with his safety focus.Mr. Bentley’s involvement in communityorganizations reflects his personal com-mitment to building a better society. He isa member of the BC Sports Hall of Fame,having won the WAC Bennett Award,and a past Chair. He founded the VGHHospital Foundation in 1980 which latermerged to become the VGH/UBC Hospi-tal Foundation – this year they passed thehalf billion mark in contributions. He isa past Chair of the BC Business Counciland served for 14 years on the Canadian

Council of Chief Executives and continuesto serve on the Board of CIFAR, the Cana-dian Institute for Advanced Research.Those who have had the pleasure ofworking with Mr. Bentley will attest thathis influence is both powerful and per-sonal. He was invested as an Officer of theOrder of Canada in 1983 and received theOrder of British Columbia in 2014.

HIS COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENTREFLECTS PERSONALCOMMITMENT TO BUILDINGA BETTER SOCIETY.

PETER BENTLEY

Putting safetyfirst for BC

D r. Brandt Louie is one of Canada’smost respected entrepreneurs andphilanthropists. Under his stew-

ardship, London Drugs has become oneof Canada’s most trusted retail brands,and a leading contributor to environmen-tal and social causes.Dr. Louie practiced as a charteredaccountant until joining the family busi-ness in 1972. Since then, he has appliedhis acute financial mind and entrepre-neurial energy to growing H.Y. LouieGroup on a foundation of respect, hardwork and community service. He wasnamed Chairman and Chief ExecutiveOfficer of London Drugs in 1998 andagain in 2014.A visionary business leader, Dr. Louieadvises North America’s most prominentcorporations and public institutions. Heserves in organizations such as the Van-couver Board of Trade/World Trade Cen-tre, and the BC Business Council, the Hos-torica Foundation of Canada, the FoodMarketing Institute, and the GairdnerFoundation, the Most Venerable Orderof the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem,Chair of the Board of Directors — Gros-venor Americas, member of the Board ofVisitors — Duke University Medical Cen-ter and the Dean’s Council, John F. Ken-nedy School of Government. As of 2013,he is a member of the Canadian JudicialCouncil, Chairman’s Advisory Group, andis an advisor for the Winkler Institute forDispute Resolution.Dr. Louie has been honoured with sev-eral awards, including: Entrepreneurof the Year, the Golden Jubilee Medalof Queen Elizabeth II, the Simon FraserUniversity Business Impact Award,the C.H.I.L.D (Children with Intesti-nal and Liver Disorders) Foundation’sGreat Canadian Achievement Award, theGolden Pencil Award, and the CornucopiaLifetime Achievement Award CCGD.Dr. Louie is an elected Fellow of theInstitute of Chartered Accountantsof British Columbia. In 2005, he was

conferred with an Honourary Doctor ofLaws degree by Simon Fraser University.He served as Chancellor of that institu-tion for six years. In 2009, Dr. Louie wasawarded the Order of British Columbiaand in 2011 he received the Rix Awardfor Engaged Community Citizenship forhis ongoing community involvement. In2012, he was made a Companion to theCanadian Business Hall of Fame alongwith Tong Louie, who was inducted post-humously. In 2013 he received the QueenElizabeth ll Diamond Jubilee Medal; theDistinguished Entrepreneur of the Year,Gustavson School of Business, Universityof Victoria, 2013 and the T. Patrick BoyleFounder’s Award 2013, of the FraserInstitute.

BRANDT LOUIE

Model entrepreneurand philanthropist

2015 BUSINESS LAUREATES OFBRITISH COLUMBIA HALL OF FAME INDUCTEES

Peter Bentley led Canfor as CEO for twodecades and continues to serve as aDirector.

Dr. Brandt Louie advises North America’smost prominent corporations and publicinstitutions.

UNDER HIS STEWARDSHIP,LONDON DRUGS HAS BECOMEONE OF CANADA’S MOSTTRUSTED RETAIL BRANDS.

J efferson Mooney is Chairman andcontrolling shareholder of A&WFood Services of Canada Inc. He led

the company as President and CEO forfourteen years from 1991 to 2005.Mr. Mooney is an alumnus of both theUniversity of Saskatchewan and HarvardUniversity Graduate School of Business.He was chosen one of the Top 100 Grad-uates of the College of Arts and Sciencesin the first 100 years of the University ofSaskatchewan.In November 1992, Mr. Mooney becamethe first recipient of the Henry SingerAward for Exceptional Leadership, grantedby the Faculty of Business of the Universityof Alberta. In 1994, the Sales and Market-ing Executives of Vancouver selected himas Marketing Executive of the Year. In

2003, Mr. Mooney was a recipient of HerMajesty Queen Elizabeth’s Jubilee Medal.InMay 2006, he was inducted into the BCRestaurant Hall of Fame.As well as being the past Chairman of theBusiness Council of British Columbia, heis also past Chairman of the Young Pres-idents’ Organization, BC Chapter, and amember of the Chief Executives’ Organi-zation and World Presidents’ Organiza-tion. He served for six years on the Boardof Directors of the Vancouver Organizing

Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Par-alympicWinter Games.In 2007, Mr. Mooney and a partneracquired the Vancouver Canadians Profes-sional Baseball Team that plays at historicNat Bailey Stadium. The team was hon-oured in 2013 as the first Canadian teamto receive the John H. Johnson Award asthe finest franchise in all of Minor LeagueBaseball. As well, the Canadians wereVancouver’s first professional team to winthree consecutive Championships, in over100 years.Today, A&W is a strategy driven organi-zation that has grown to over 834 restau-rants across Canada. Mr. Mooney led theCompany through eight strategic transi-tions including a management buy out ofthe business in 1995 and the creation of aninnovative Revenue Royalty Income Trustin 2002. A&W has been recognized asone of the 50 Best Managed Companies inCanada for the past ten consecutive years

JEFFERSON MOONEY

Business visionary and community leaderTODAY, A&W HAS GROWN TOOVER 834 RESTAURANTS ACROSSCANADA.

His long tenure at the helmof one of the most significantcontributors to the BC economyhas made an indelible impact onthe prosperity of the provinceand has touched the lives oftens of thousands of peoplewho build their lives around acareer at Canfor.

Dr. Louie practiced as achartered accountant untiljoining the family business in1972.


Mr. Mooney served for sixyears on the Board of Directorsof the Vancouver OrganizingCommittee for the 2010Olympic and Paralympic WinterGames.

Jefferson Mooney led A&W Canada asPresident and CEO from 1991 to 2005.




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Nathaniel (Nat)Ryal Bailey(1902-1978)Founder andPresidentWhite SpotLimited

Nathaniel Bailey was born in St.Paul, Minnesota. His family moved toVancouver in 1911 where they encoun-tered hard times and it fell to Mr. Baileyto help out. At the age of 12, he beganselling newspapers on the streets ofdowntown and at age 18 switched toselling popcorn and peanuts on thecity streets. He eventually moved toselling hot dogs, peanuts and coffee atAthletic Park.

His next move in his expansion planwas to outfit his 1918ModelT truck intoa travelling lunch-counter and serve thesightseers atVancouver’s Lookout Point.In June 1928, Mr. Bailey opened the firstWhite Spot drive-in on Granville Streetat 67th Avenue while operating vari-ous concessions such as the teahouseat Whytecliff in West Vancouver andNewton Farms in Surrey. Newton Farmswas established to cultivate the highquality and largequantity of chickenandfresh produce that White Spot needed.By 1953, White Spot’s 25th anniversary,the family business had 350 staff mem-bers who served 110,000 guests eachweek.

Mr. Bailey was a founder and six-timepresident of the Canadian RestaurantAssociation. In 1968, he and his partnerscompleted the sale of his company toGeneral Foods for $6.5 million. He thenstarted a second career investing inhotels and condominiums.

HenryOgleBell-Irving(1856-1931)FounderAnglo-BritishColumbiaPacking Co.Ltd.

Henry Bel l- I rving was born inScotland and trained as a civil engineerin Edinburgh and Karlsruhe, Germanybefore returning to England to practicehis profession. He and his wife Bellamoved to Canada in 1882 where hejoined the Canadian Pacific Railway as asurveying engineer. Three years later heheaded west to Vancouver.

In 1890, Mr. Bell-Irving raised enoughcapital to consolidate nine west coastcanneries, seven of them on the FraserRiver, into one corporation, the Anglo-British Columbia Packing Company Ltd.Throughsolidmanagement, the canningenterprise prospered.

In 1891, the company accountedfor more than one quarter of BritishColumbia’s total salmon pack, and wasthe foremost packer of sockeye salmonin theworld. In 1889, he chartered a shipto bring over the first direct cargo toVancouver from Cape Horn. The returnvoyage was even more significant: hearranged a complete cargo of FraserRiver canned sockeye salmon, the firstshipment of its kind from BC to the U.K.

Mr. Bell-Irving played an active role inmaintaining the welfare of the fish can-ning industry joining others in urgingthe federal government to establish atreaty with the United States on fishingregulations of the Fraser River salmon.His perseverance resulted in the estab-lishment of the International PacificSalmon Fisheries Commissions threedecades later.

JennieButchart(1866-1950)CreatorButchartGardens

Jeannette Foster Kennedy or “Jennie”wasborn inToronto,Ontario andattend-edoneof themostprestigious schools inCanada at the time,The BrantfordYoungLadies’ College. She was intelligentand artistically gifted and was offered ascholarship opportunity to study art inParis at the completion of her studies.She never took the opportunity andinsteadput her focus ongettingmarriedand starting a family.

Meeting throughvarious social circles,Ms. Kennedy and Robert Butchart weremarried in Buffalo, NewYork. Followingtheirwedding, they travelled to Englandto embark on their honeymoon whereMr. Butchart obtained the cement recipethat would make him one of the first inCanada to produce Portland cement.They headed west and opened a plantin Victoria, taking advantage of the richlimestonedeposits necessary for cementproduction.

WhenMr. Butchart’s cement companyexhausted the limestone in the quarrywhich was part of their estate, it left athree and a half acre hole on the prop-erty. In efforts to making the area moreappealing to the eye, Mrs. Butchart’screativitywas sparked, transforming thehole into a beautiful garden appropri-ately named the Sunken Garden.

The garden proved to be successful.The Butcharts suitably named theirhome Benvenuto which is Italian forwelcomeand reflects theButcharts’spiritwhen it came to allowingpeople in theirhome to visit the gardens. Today, theGardens are a national historic site andapproximately one million people visitfrom all over the world each year.

Earl B. Finning(1896-1965)FounderFinningTractor& EquipmentCompany Ltd.

Earl Finning started his career as asalesperson for the Caterpillar TractorCo. distributor in California. Being some-what of an adventurer, he believed thatthere were greater opportunities in therelatively underdeveloped province ofBritish Columbia on Canada’s PacificCoast. He moved to Vancouver andestablished a small business, sellingand servicing various types of heavyequipment.

Mr. Finning established FinningInternational in 1933 with a $50,000bank loan and a staff of six. He openedthe first Finning branch in Nelson, BC in1937, and the company owned the soledistribution rights for Caterpillar TractorProducts and Services in BC. Opening itin themidst of theGreatDepressionwasbold and much appreciated by his cus-tomers and employees alike. Thiswouldbe the first ofmanybranches thatwouldbe built across the province.

Fromday one,Mr. Finning’s operatingphilosophy could be captured in fivesimplewords: “We servicewhatwe sell.”The Finning name spread throughoutBritish Columbia and became synony-mous with reliability and service.

Today, Finning International Inc.employs 15,000 people, representingCaterpillar in six countries on over threecontinents. It is the largest dealer in theCaterpillar world and continues to growon the base of Mr. Finning’s pledge toprovide exceptional customer servicefor Caterpillar equipment.

HokYat Louie(1875-1934)Founder andPresidentH.Y. LouieCompanyLimited

Hok Yat Louie came from a poorChinese peasant family in Du Tou vil-lage in Canton Province, now calledZhongshan. At age 21, he set out forCanada, borrowing $50 to pay the headtax instituted by the Canadian govern-ment. After toiling at a series of manuallabour jobs, he began to farm on a plothe leasedonwhat is nowMarineDrive inBurnaby. His persistence paid off and heeventuallywas able toopenhis first storein 1903, the Kwong Chong Company,selling seed, fertilizer and wholesalegroceries in Vancouver’s Chinatown. In1927,Mr. Louie renamedand incorporat-ed the company to H.Y. Louie CompanyLimited.

Building community in his adoptedcountry was so important to Mr. Louiethat he paid the Head Tax for manyimmigrants to enable them to stay andprosper in Canada. He became a leaderin this burgeoning Chinese community,acting as amentor and trusted advisor.

After his death, his four sonsmanagedthe family business guidedby theprinci-ples andvaluesof their father. Eventually,Tong Louie took over and in 1955 theyacquired the IGA franchise for BC andin 1976 purchased London Drugs. Thecompany now owns some of the mostrecognized companies in the province.The entire group of companies is stilldriven by the same values its founderlived and expressed so eloquently.

Mr. Louie overcame extraordinary cir-cumstances andan impoverishedbegin-ning to launch some of Canada’s mostsuccessful and enduringbusinesses, andhe accomplished all this during a timeofinstitutional racism when the ChineseExclusion Act stopped Chinese fromcoming to Canada from 1923 to 1947.

Business Laureates of British Columbia Hall of Fame10th Anniversary Pioneer Laureate Inductees2015 MARKS THE TENTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE BUSINESS LAUREATES OF BRITISH COLUMBIA HALL OF FAME. TO COMMEMORATE THISMILESTONE, AN ADDITIONAL TEN PIONEER LAUREATES ARE BEING INDUCTED AND HONOURED.

DavidOppenheimer(1834-1897)Founder (andformerMayor)TheOppenheimerGroup

David Oppenheimer left his nativeFrankfurt for New Orleans in 1848 withhis brothers. In 1853, they moved toCalifornia which was just beginning toburn with Gold Rush fever, but by 1857the fever was beginning to cool, so theymoved toVictoria, BC. They entered thegrocery business and eventuallymovedto the tiny village of Granville (calledGastown today) where their companybecame firmly established.

Electedmayor ofVancouver by accla-mation in 1888, David Oppenheimer isoften called the “Father of Vancouver”for his contributions to the city. Duringhis four terms as Mayor, he oversaw thedevelopment of the city water works,sewage system and fire department. Hewas involved in the start of street pavingand was instrumental in bringing thecity’s first transportation system whichincluded the introduction of streetcarsin 1890. The first Cambie and GranvilleStreetBridgeswerealsoopenedwhilehewas inoffice.Mr.Oppenheimer servedasMayorwithout pay anddonatedhis ownland for schools and parks. He estab-lished the lighting company, now calledBC Hydro, and encouraged council tooffer special inducements to new indus-tries. This led to, among other things,the construction in 1888 of the city’sfirst engineering plant, Vancouver CityIronworks and concessions for BC SugarRefining Co. to build a refinery that stillsits on the city’s waterfront.

The Oppenheimer food-brokeragebusiness, The Oppenheimer Group, stillexists today, nearly 150 years after it wasestablished in BC, and 120 years after itarrived in Vancouver.

John Prentice(1907-1987)ChairmanCanforCorporation

John Prentice was born and raised inVienna, Austria and obtained his degreein Law.Hemoved toCanada in 1938 andwent into engineering, specializing incotton spinning which was the family’smain business in Central Europe.

Just before the SecondWorldWar,Mr.Prentice and his brother-in-law, L.L.G.“Poldi” Bentley, relocated their familiesto British Columbia. When they arrivedin Vancouver, they were introducedto two Hungarian immigrants in thefurniture veneer business. With financ-ing from B.T. Rogers (BC Sugar/RogersSugar) they formed a company calledPacific Veneer.

With the outbreak of war in 1939, thecompany was contracted by the BritishAirMinistry to produce aircraft plywoodand became the largest supplier for theRoyal Air Force. Through various acqui-sitions of small sawmills and pulp millsincluding the purchase of the loggingcompany known as Canadian ForestProducts, Canfor became an integratedcompany producing plywood, lumber,shakes and shingles. Canfor today con-centrates on lumber, pulp, paper, pelletsand energy.

It wasMr. Prentice’s initiative to utilizewaste materials to make value-addedproducts; it was also his vision and lead-ership to form a National WholesaleDistribution business for paneling andother allied products. Outside of Canfor,Mr. Prentice’s leadership skills were sowidely recognized that the CanadianGovernment appointed him to serveas Chairman of the Canada Council fortwo terms.

BenjaminTingley Rogers(1865-1918)FounderBC Sugar/Rogers Sugar

Benjamin Tingley Rogers was born inPhiladelphia anddecided to follow in hisfather’s footsteps to pursue a career inthe sugar industry. In 1889, he learnedthat Vancouver was the terminus of theCanadian Pacific Railway and imme-diately identified an opportunity forhimself in an untapped market for pro-cessed sugar. Recognizing the high costof transporting refined sugar by railfromMontreal to Vancouver, Mr. Rogersseized the opportunity to refine sugaron theWest Coast, taking advantage ofVancouver’s strategic location to receiverawsugar shipments fromthePacificandship the final product to various WestCoast centres.

BC Sugar Refinery was Vancouver’sfirstmajor industrynotbasedon loggingor fishing and is still here aftermore than100 years. Mr. Rogers’ legacy lives onthrough Rogers Sugar, which remainsthe leading refiner, processor, distribu-tor and marketer of sugar products inWestern Canada.

Dick (PercyRitchie)Sandwell(1912-1996)Founder andFirst PresidentSandwellEngineering

Dick (Percy Ritchie) Sandwell wasborn in London, England and went onto graduatewith honours inMechanicalEngineering fromtheUniversityof BritishColumbia, where he was awarded theBrock Scholarship and ConvocationPrize. He started his engineering careerinMontreal and in 1940 joinedhis fatherin Australia, assuming responsibility forthe completion of the Tasmanian news-print mill in 1941.

He eventually made his way back toBritish Columbia to join the Powell RiverCompany as its Chief Engineerwhere heorganizedandcarriedout the company’spost-war development program. Atthe end of 1948, with the partnershipof Henry Ward Beecher of Seattle, heestablished the consulting engineeringfirm Beecher and Sandwell which wassucceeded in 1950 by Sandwell andCompany in Vancouver.

The growth of the company and itsworldwide activities brought generalrecognition of its international stat-ure and reputation and resulted in theestablishment of permanent offices inVancouver, Montreal, Portland, London,Stockholm and Zurich.

Mr. Sandwell’s extensive internation-al experience in engineering and theapplied sciences resulted in his appoint-ment to the following scientific bodies:theNational ResearchCouncil of Canada,the Science Council of Canada, theBritish Columbia Research Council andthe British Columbia Medical ResearchCouncil. He was also a recipient of ahonourary Doctorate of Laws degreefrom Simon Fraser University.

Howard AllanSimons(1897-1981)Founder andPresidentH.A. SimonsLtd.

Born in Battle Creek, Michigan,Howard Allan Simons, P.Eng, gradu-ated from theMassachusetts Institute ofTechnologywith a degree inMechanicalEngineering. He began his career work-ing for the industrial engineeringcompa-ny his father had established in Chicagoin 1914, V.D. Simons Inc.

In 1939, Prentice Bloedel awardedMr.Simons the contract to study, designand then supervise the construction ofBloedel, Stewart & Welch’s unbleachedKraft pulpmill in PortAlberni, BC. Designand construction of this mill was inter-rupted by war and Mr. Simons movedwith his family to Powell River, BC,to serve as a consulting engineer forimprovements and additions to PowellRiver Company’s high grade sulphitemill.

He moved to Seattle in 1942 to focuson studies for the Port Alberni mill andthen toVancouver in 1944 for thedesignworkof themill, establishingH.A. SimonsLtd. The Port Alberni project was com-pleted in 1947 on time and on budgetand would be the first pulp mill built inBC since 1918 and thefirst post-war Kraftpulpmill inCanada. ThePortAlbernimillwon worldwide recognition.

H.A. Simons Ltd. became SimonsInternational Corporation under theleadership ofThomasA. Simons andwaseventually sold to AGRA in 1999. AGRAsubsequently merged with AMEC twoyears later. Muchof Simons InternationalCorporation’s officesandoperations con-tinue to exist as part of AMEC today.






Michael Audain Irving (Ike) Barber Charles Bentall L.L.G. (Poldi) Bentley

Dick Bradshaw Peter M. Brown Alex A. Campbell Brian A. Canfield

Jack Diamond William Farrell Thomas James Foord Frank A. Griffiths

Chester A. Johnson Lucille Johnstone Dr. Norman B. Keevil Dr. Norman B. Keevil

Henry Holman (Pete)Ketcham Jr.

Samuel Kendall (Sam)Ketcham

William Peters (Bill)Ketcham

Hassan Khosrowshahi

BUSINESS LAUREATES OF BRITISH COLUMBIA

David Black

Hon. John V. Clyne

Bob Hager

Henry Holman (Hank)Ketcham III

Leon J. Koerner

“The Laureates representthe foundation upon

which our province was builtand their impacts are felt by allBritish Columbians.”

JIM SHEPARD,BLBC CO-CHAIR

“The Hall of Fame is ouropportunity to highlight

their achievements and inspirefuture business leaders.”

BARBARA BRINK,BLBC CO-CHAIR

“The Laureate stories arepart of our province’s

narrative and they must be toldto encourage and inspire theyouth of BC.”

GARY LAXON,DIRECTOR, PRIVATE BANKING, SCOTIABANK

“Their legacies willcontinue to endure,

creating opportunities forgenerations to come andensuring a growing andprosperous economy.”

WILL WESTERINGH,MANAGING PARTNER, FASKEN MARTINEAU







The Business Laureates of Brit-ish Columbia Hall of Fame hon-ouring the Laureates is located atthe Vancouver Convention Cen-tre East and was completed in2009 thanks to the generosity ofdonors. TheHall of Fame has twoimportant goals: to honour thosewho helped build our province,and to inspire those who followto be builders themselves. Thisyear, in recognition of its tenthanniversary, a new site is beingbuilt at the Vancouver Conven-tion Centre West, and will beunveiled in late 2015 as the Placeof Honour.In addition to a new site tomark the anniversary, the Hallof Fame Cabinet has inducted anadditional ten Pioneer Laureates.These Laureates are pioneers ofour province as they have madesignificant contributions to soci-ety, and evidence of their workcan be seen in our everyday lives.Through this landmark, peoplefrom all parts of the province areable to share a feeling of pride forthese remarkable BC businessleaders.

Celebrating10 Years ofthe Hall ofFame

William M. Mercer Dr. Rudy North Jim Pattison Art Phillips

John (Jack) W. Poole. Dave Ritchie Dr. Donald B. Rix William (Bill) L. Sauder

Joseph Segal David W. Spencer Dr. Ken Spencer Jim Treliving

Milton K. Wong Charles Woodward

BUSINESS LAUREATES OF BRITISH COLUMBIA

Dave Lede Robert (Bob) H. Lee Tong Louie John S. MacDonald

G. W. GrantMcConachie

Wendy B. McDonald George MelvilleH.R. MacMillan

“They’ve all demonstrated excellence, integrity,and sound business ethics and have earned

tremendous respect from their peers.”

PHIL LEHN,CHAIR, JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF BRITISH COLUMBIA

Proceeds from theHall of FameGala support the efforts of JuniorAchievement of British Columbia indeveloping andmaintaining highquality business education programsdelivered to over 32,000 studentsacross the province annually.



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Building something significant andlasting requires vision, collabo-ration and partnership. In 1955,

Vancouver resident Ralph Baker, for-mer President of the Standard Oil Com-pany, recognized the potential to inspireand equip BC students with the skillsand entrepreneurial drive to grow the BCeconomy. With that foresight in mind, heincorporated Junior Achievement of Brit-ish Columbia (JABC) in Vancouver—thefirst Junior Achievement operation inCanada. Once established, Baker quicklyset out to invite the Vancouver businesscommunity to support and invest in theconcept of teaching BC youth about entre-preneurship and business. His vision wasso well received that, from those earlypartnerships, JABC’s support has grownto prepare more than half a million BCyouth for success today.

Investing in PotentialJABC’s partnerships with corpora-tions, foundations, government and indi-vidual donors are as important today asthey were in 1955. Junior Achievement’smandate to inspire and prepare youngpeople to succeed resonates with busi-ness and provides an opportunity forcompanies, entrepreneurs and commu-nity organizations to enrich the com-munities where they live and work byunderwriting program costs and provid-ing adult mentorship to youth. Thanksto these relationships, JABC providesits proven entrepreneurship, workforcereadiness and financial literacy programs

to classrooms at no charge to schools orstudents. JABC’s legacy of success simplywould not be possible without the help ofits donors and volunteers.“We are so grateful and humbled by thesupport we have received from our part-ners. Their commitment has enabledJunior Achievement to build a solid foun-dation upon which our students haveflourished,” says Jan Bell-Irving, Presi-dent and CEO, JABC. “On the occasion ofthis anniversary, we are proud to thankeach and every partner who has contrib-uted to and invested in this milestone.”Over the years, JABC has leveraged itspartnerships so that it now reaches morestudents in more locations across BC.Today, JA programs are available to grade5-12 classrooms in 55 of BC’s 60 schooldistricts, with aspirations to serve all dis-tricts in the near future. JABC currentlyhas a presence in Vancouver, the FraserValley, Vancouver Island, Kelowna, Kam-loops, and Northern BC so that almostany community that wants a JA programcan participate.

Bright FutureLooking ahead, JABC is working withpartners to develop and launch new pro-grams that ensure students are preparedfor the BC’s 21st century economy andhigh-paying, in-demand jobs. Technol-ogy is being leveraged to pilot and launcha new online training school for busy andtraveling volunteers. Web-based deliveryplatforms are being developed to removebarriers of distance and time so that anyBC student interested in starting a busi-ness, preparing for their first job, orlearning to manage their own financescan access a JA program anywhere andanytime. Thanks to JABC’s partners andtheir investments, BC students and teach-ers can confidently look forward to moredecades of achievement on the horizon.

JA PROGRAMS ARE AVAILABLE TOGRADE 5-12 CLASSROOMS IN 55OF BC’S 60 SCHOOL DISTRICTS,WITH ASPIRATIONS TO SERVE ALLDISTRICTS IN THE NEAR FUTURE.

60 Years ofJA Partnerships


L ast month, Junior Achievementof British Columbia (JABC) alongwith many organizations across

Canada celebrated their volunteers as partof National Volunteer Week. With over800 volunteers delivering our free busi-ness education programs to BC youth eachyear, it goes without saying that volunteersare truly at the heart of JABC’s business.JABC volunteers keep coming back formore. Why do they do this? They believethat Junior Achievement’s mentorship tothe young is a unique, valuable opportu-nity that many didn’t have growing up.Our volunteers come from various back-grounds in business and finance but theyall have one thing in common. They tellus they take great pride in being able toshare their real-life experiences with BC’syouth. They believe in JA’s mission andvalues and are committed to providingthe necessary skills and foundation forthe next generation of business leadersand entrepreneurs.Take Haji Charania from Saanich, BC.He was recently recognized by JABC forhaving completed 10 years of volunteerservice with us and delivered 100 pro-grams during that time.“For me it is always a pleasure to be inthe classroom and share my knowledgeand experience with the students,” saysMr. Charania. “I believe in the goals of JA,and enjoy people and other volunteers. Iam always grateful to all teachers for theirgracious invitation, often several timesfrom the same teachers, and for their sup-port in the classroom. I find students veryrespectful, polite and participative. I am

grateful to them for havingme there in theclassroom and for their good behaviourand respect. I get a smile, my mind perksup, when I hear ‘Hi Haji’ from some of thestudents in the corridors of the schools Ihave visited.”It’s clear that these volunteers bring tre-mendous value to the students they men-tor while getting somuch back in knowingthat they have helped uncover ideas andopportunities for youth that they did not

realize.Our host teachers agree that role mod-els from the business community play avital role in their students’ experience.One teacher indicated that “the thought-ful and engaged manner that a volunteerbrings into the classroom models wellto students. Having a classroom teacherbeing matched by the professionalism ofthe JABC volunteer is a powerful experi-ence for all.”

JABC is grateful to all of our dedicatedvolunteers who come back year after yearto share their valuable time and expertisewith BC’s youth. They are truly the heart ofour business and are the ones who enableus to impact over 32,000 youth aroundour province annually.If you are interested in volunteering withJABC, please visit us online at www.jabc.org/mentors to see which program is rightfor you.

OURVOLUNTEERS TAKE GREATPRIDE IN BEING ABLE TO SHARETHEIR REAL-LIFE EXPERIENCESWITH BC’S YOUTH.

Volunteers: the Heart of our Business

Haji Charania, right, with students at St. Andrew’s Regional High School



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By helping youth stay in school, encour-aging entrepreneurship, and teachingfinancial literacy skills, JA Canada cre-ates an annual return to society of $45

for every $1 spent.

Over 75 % of Achievers cite JuniorAchievement as having a significant

impact in developing their financial lit-eracy and decision making skills.

Each year, $425 million can be attribut-ed directly to the entrepreneur activity

of Achievers.


When Kyle Johnson, RyanQuinney and AntonioZanchetta, high school

students at PASS-WoodwindsAlternate School in Parksville,BC heard they beat out 52 otherteams from around BC in thesemi-annual Junior Achieve-ment (JA) Titan Online BusinessChallenge, they simply couldn’tbelieve it. Using the screen name“‘The Under-Achievers,” thesethree young men undoubtedlyover achieved as they acted asCEOs of a virtual company tocompete for market share andfinancial success. The 3-weekonline challenge forced them touse business concepts and strat-egies learned in JA’s Titan pro-gram including production, staff-ing and investment decisions,marketing and pricing chal-lenges, corporate responsibilityand charitable giving, decision-making and leadership.So what was the key to theirsuccess? Persistence, strategy

and, most importantly collabo-ration. This was the second timethey tried their hand at the JATitan Online Business Challenge.Rather than going in blind, theylooked at what they did last yearand spent time analyzing, strate-gizing and talking about their newapproach. Their teacher, TobyNowak, commented, “Their col-laboration was really good and attimes somewhat heated. And weneeded that to get to the point.”Kyle, Ryan and Antonio toldJABC that their confidence fromparticipating in this challengehas been elevated, and they

believe they can do anythingthey set their minds to. All areinterested in pursuing careersin business and JABC has giventhem the tools and inspiration todo so.“This is an extraordinaryachievement for these youngmen, and Antonio, Kyle andRyan have proudly representedtheir school in this annual com-petition. JABC hopes that thisopportunity has inspired andempowered these young men totake what they have learned inthe challenge and pursue theirdreams of a career in business,”

said JABC Board Member, RobDuncan.JA’s business education pro-grams impact thousands of stu-dents around the province eachyear by teaching youth essential21st century skills that go beyondthe regular school curricula.These soft skills, which includecommunication, collaboration,and critical thinking and more,are essential to future careersuccess.The combination of the schoolcurriculum and JA programs onwork readiness, financial literacyand entrepreneurship taught by

volunteers in the business com-munity provides a solid founda-tion for youth to learn importantskills as they begin to think abouttheir career plans.For Kyle, Ryan and Antonio,this lesson in business and sub-sequent win is a huge accom-plishment. But, it is just thebeginning, and JABC looks for-ward to following them and ourother Achievers as they embarkon their careers.For more information aboutJA Titan and other business edu-cation programs for youth, visitwww.jabc.org/programs.

THE KEY TO THEIRSUCCESS IS PERSISTENCE,STRATEGY, AND MOSTIMPORTANTLY,COLLABORATION.

An Unforgettable Lesson in Business“Their collaborationwas really good andat times somewhatheated. And we neededthat to get to thepoint.”

TOBY NOWAKTEACHER PASS-WOODWINDSALTERNATE SCHOOL

Ryan QuinneyKyle Johnson

JA Delivers a Positive Return on Investment



Antonio Zanchetta


Achievers are 50% more likely toopen their own business leading toinnovation, new jobs and wealth

creation.

Over 75% of Achievers say JuniorAchievement was a critical driver of

their success.

Over 65% of Achievers indicate thatparticipation in JA Canada programshad a significant impact on staying inschool and enrolling in post-secondary

education.




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Thank You!Junior Achievement of British Columbia thanks these generous sponsors for supporting the 10th Annual Business Laureates of British

Columbia Gala Dinner and Induction Ceremonies at the Fairmont Hotel Vancouver on May 20, 2015. Their investment in BC’s young leadersand next-generation Business Laureates is a fresh reminder of how fortunate we are to live in BC.

PETERBENTLEY

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CO-CHAIRSBarbara Brink, C.M., O.B.C., Vice President, Applied Strategies Ltd.Jim Shepard, former CEO, Finning International

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