Dirks, Howard

Group photograph taken of the 1990 recipients of the Order of BC. Top row (left to right): Howard E. Petch, Joseph H. Cohen, Peter Wing, Inspector Kelly Folk, Richard M. Hansen, Erwin M. Swangard, Robert H. Lee, Leslie R. Peterson. Fifth row (left to right): R. Ian Ross, Margaret A. Ormsby, Jack Shadbolt, Bryan Adams, the Honourable Henry P. Bell-Irving, David A. Boyes. Fourth row (left to right): The Honourable Robert G. Rogers, Lori Fung. Third row (left to right): Helmut Eppich, Gurdev S. Gill, Jim Pattison, Gerald S. Andrews, Anne E. Macdonald, Vernon C. Brink. Second row (left to right): Walter C. Koerner First row (left to right): The Honourable Howard Dirks, Provincial Secretary, the Honourable William N. Vander Zalm, Premier, the Honourable Allan McEachern, Chief Justice, His Honour the Honourable David C. Lam, Lieutenant Governor.

Letter from Howard Dirks, Provincial Secretary, to Dr. Gurdev Singh Gill, telling him that he has been selected to receive the Order of British Columbia. Dirks provides a bit of background surrounding the award, and provides the information for the Investiture Ceremony.