Former Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia dead at age 90

Robert Gordon Rogers, the Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia, died on Friday. Rogers served as B.C.'s 24th lieutenant-governor from 1983 to 1988.

Rogers served in Britain and Europe, including participation in the D-Day Invasion during World War II. After the war he started working in the forestry industry in 1945. In 1960 he joined Crown Zellerbach Canada Limited in Vancouver as a vice president. In 1976 he took the position of Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer. Rogers became the Chairman of the Canada Harbor Place Corporation in Vancouver in 1982. The next year, 1983, Rogers was appointed Lieutenant-Governor of British Columbia. He served in that position for five years. In 1989, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada. The following year he was awarded the Order of British Columbia. On Saturday flags across British Columbia flew at half-mast in tribute to Rogers. In a press release Her Excellency the Right Honourable Michaelle Jean, Governor General of Canada said, "History will remember this tremendous and multi-talented Canadian as someone who served his country and province with the utmost distinction. Former Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia and recipient of the Order of Canada, Robert Gordon Rogers distinguished himself in a number of fields. He had the golden touch. After serving with great valour in the military, he found success in the business world and at the community level."