Atlantic Council, the Empire Club of Canada, the Ballet Opera House Corporation, de Havilland Aircraft of Canada, Algoma Central Corporation, General steelwares, the Royal Conservatory of Music, and Canadian Council for Aboriginal Business. During his last years, Danson was chairman of the advisory committee of the Canadian War Museum in Ottawa and produced No Price Too High, a six-part series broadcast on CBC Television on Canada's role in World War II. A theatre in the Canadian War Museum is named for him in honour of his service and to his four closest war-time friends killed in action; Sgt Fred B. Harris-Queen's, Lt Gerald Rayner, Lt Earl R. Stoll, and Lt Harlan David Keely. Awards Danson was named an Officer of France's National Order of Merit (1994), and the Churchill Society's Award for "Excellence in the Cause of Parliamentary Democracy" (1995). In 1996, Danson was named an Officer of the Order of Canada and promoted to Companion in 2008. In 2000, he was awarded the Vimy Award. In 2006, Danson was made an honorary Doctor of Laws by York University of Toronto. He was sworn in as a Member of the Privy Council on August 8, 1974, which gave him the title "The Honourable" for life. On March 28, 2007, he was made a Chevalier of the French Legion of Honour. Barney Danson's Medals were in Order of Precedence Archives There is a Barney Danson fonds at Library and Archives Canada. References External links Speech given to the Empire Club of Canada 1921 births 2011 deaths Military personnel from Toronto Canadian Army personnel of World War II Chevaliers of the Légion d'honneur Companions of the Order of Canada Jewish Canadian politicians Liberal Party of Canada MPs Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Ontario Members of the King's Privy Council for Canada Politicians from Toronto Defence ministers of Canada Canadian politicians with disabilities The Queen's Own Rifles of Canada soldiers Canadian Army officers The Queen's Own Rifles of Canada officers