16, 1985 he was appointed to the Supreme Court of Canada, staying until September 30, 1997. Honours, awards and affiliations In 1975, he was made a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. He was awarded honorary LL.D. degrees from the University of Basel (1981), St. Francis Xavier University (1988), St. Thomas University (1988), University of Alberta (1988), University of Moncton (1988) and Bates College (1990). He was made Doctor of Civil Law by the University of New Brunswick in 1985, the same year he received a D.U. from the University of Ottawa. In 2000, he was made a Companion of the Order of Canada. Published works References External links 1926 births 20th-century Canadian civil servants Acadian people Alumni of St John's College, Oxford Canadian legal scholars Canadian King's Counsel Canadian Rhodes Scholars Canadian Roman Catholics Canadian university and college faculty deans Companions of the Order of Canada Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada Justices of the Supreme Court of Canada Lawyers in New Brunswick Living people People from Grand Falls, New Brunswick University of Alberta faculty University of New Brunswick alumni University of New Brunswick faculty Yale University alumni University of New Brunswick Faculty of Law alumni