Robert Gordon Rogers | |
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24thLieutenant-Governor of British Columbia | |
In office 15 July 1983 – 9 September 1988 | |
Monarch | Elizabeth II |
Governors General | Edward Schreyer Jeanne Sauvé |
Premier | Bill Bennett Bill Vander Zalm |
Preceded by | Henry Pybus Bell-Irving |
Succeeded by | David Lam |
Personal details | |
Born | (1919-08-19)August 19, 1919 Montreal, Quebec |
Died | May 21, 2010(2010-05-21) (aged 90) Victoria, British Columbia |
Nationality | Canadian |
Robert Gordon Rogers,OC OBC (August 19, 1919 – May 21, 2010) was the24thLieutenant Governor of British Columbia from 1983 to 1988.[1]
Born inMontreal, he was a graduate of theUniversity of Toronto Schools, theUniversity of Toronto, and theRoyal Military College of Canada in Kingston.[1] During the Second World War, he served with the 1st Hussars of theRoyal Canadian Armoured Corps, landing on Juno Beach on D-Day in 1944.[2]
From 1991 to 1996, he served as Chancellor of theUniversity of Victoria.[1]
In 1989, he was made an Officer of theOrder of Canada.[3] In 1990, he was awarded theOrder of British Columbia.[4]
Rogers died on May 21, 2010.[5]
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