William Garden
William Garden, Order of Canada, CM (5 November 1918 – 29 April 2011) was a Canadians, Canadian and Americans, American naval architect and marine engineer. For six decades, he designed watercraft ranging from Fishing industry, commercial fishing vessels and tugboats to motor and sailing yachts. Garden was born in Calgary, Alberta. His family moved to Oregon (and later Washington) while he was a child in 1924. After graduating from high school in Seattle, he studied boat building at the Edison Technical School, which later became part of Seattle Central Community College. He then went to work for Andrew's Boat Company on Seattle's Portage Bay and by the age of 24, had turned out more than 50 vessel designs. He served at an army ship repair facility in Adak, Alaska – "I was the only man in the Army employed in what I liked doing." He was discharged in the spring of 1946 as a Master Sergeant, After World War II Garden became licensed as a naval architect and set up his own d ...
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Order Of Canada
The Order of Canada (french: Ordre du Canada; abbreviated as OC) is a Canadian state order and the second-highest honour for merit in the system of orders, decorations, and medals of Canada, after the Order of Merit. To coincide with the centennial of Canadian Confederation, the three-tiered order was established in 1967 as a fellowship that recognizes the outstanding merit or distinguished service of Canadians who make a major difference to Canada through lifelong contributions in every field of endeavour, as well as the efforts by non-Canadians who have made the world better by their actions. Membership is accorded to those who exemplify the order's Latin motto, , meaning "they desire a better country", a phrase taken from Hebrews 11:16. The three tiers of the order are Companion, Officer, and Member; specific individuals may be given extraordinary membership and deserving non-Canadians may receive honorary appointment into each grade. , the reigning Canadian monarch, is ...
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