Bill Norrie

William Norrie was the 39th Mayor of Winnipeg, Manitoba, and was a onetime Chancellor of the University of Manitoba. Norrie was also involved in various charities, and once chaired the United Way of Winnipeg's annual campaign.
In August 1992 Norrie's son Duncan was killed in a Thai [Airways International Flight 311|plane crash] over Nepal. Duncan was honoured by having a street in Winnipeg named after him.
Norrie had been the Honorary Consul-General of Japan in his later years, and he received the Order of [the Rising Sun], Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon, in Spring 2009.