Order of the Smashed Brick
Legions of citizens, on both sides of the Canada-US border, generously invest their time and their ingenuity to make the bond between the two nations ever more seamless, either as part of their workday or in a volunteer capacity. Such devotion to such a good cause should not go unheralded.
It was with that thought in mind that the Order of the Smashed Brick was created. The Order was intended to be a tongue-in-cheek, yet sincere, gesture of recognition of persons who had made outstanding contributions to the cause.
The citation salutes “tenacity and success in dismantling walls of misunderstanding and misguided purpose, further cementing the dynamic bonds between the world’s two freest societies”.
The Order was announced at the annual Canada Gala in Seattle in October, 2000, and US immigration attorney Greg Boos was saluted as the first inductee. During the next three years, twenty-four other deserving individuals were similarly recognized at celebratory galas in Seattle, Bellingham, WA, and Anchorage, AK
Founder
The Honourable Roger Simmons, PC
Consul General of Canada at Seattle, July 1998 – October 2003
E-mail: Roger_Simmons@live.com
Companions
Bruce Agnew - Director 1, Cascadia Center for Regional Development, Seattle
Don Alper - Director, Center for Canadian Studies, Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA.
Max Black - Member of the Idaho House of Representatives
Allan Bluechel* - Founding president of the Pacific NorthWest Economic Region (PNWER); former Member of the Washington House of Representatives and Senate
Greg Boos - Immigration attorney and acknowledged expert on US immigration law
Jack Cable - Commissioner of the Yukon
David Coutts - Member of the Alberta Legislative Assembly and Minister
Fred Dyson - President of PNWER; Member of the Alaska Senate
Glenna Hansen - Commissioner of the Northwest Territories
Walter Hickel - Former Governor of Alaska and U.S. Secretary of the Interior
Diddy Hitchins - Former director of Canadian Studies Program, University of Alaska, Anchorage
Doug Jackson* - Founder of the Canadian Studies Center at the University of Washington, Seattle
Hugo Llorens - US Consul General, Vancouver
Doug Mitchell - Corporate lawyer; former Canadian Football League player and commissioner
Robert Monahan - Professor emeritus, Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA
Jeff Morris - President of PNWER; Member of the Washington House of Representatives
Karen Munro - Political activist, Olympia, WA
Ralph Munro - Washington Secretary of State
Bruce Newcomb - Speaker of the Idaho House of Representatives
Barry Penner - President of PNWER; Member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
Gail Phillips - Former Speaker of the Alaska House of Representatives
Lanier Phillips* - US naval hero; advocate for racial equality
Robert Poetschke - Former Consul for Political and Economic Relations and Public Affairs, Seattle
Darcy Rezac - President and CEO, Greater Vancouver Board of Trade
Ron Sheardown - Anchorage, AK, entrepreneur; Canadian-born polar aviation icon____
1 Position held at the time of induction.
* Person is deceased.
Anchorage, AK, 2002: Consul General Roger Simmons
presented the Smashed Brick award to Ron Sheardown.