Thomas Anthony
Dohm - Vancouver
During
a legal career that spanned six decades, the Honourable Thomas Dohm
served with distinction as one of British Columbia's foremost defense
counsels, as a Prosecutor and Magistrate for the City of Vancouver,
and as a Justice of the Supreme Court of BC. His integrity as a
criminal lawyer and an even-handed judge served as a powerful role
model for others striving to achieve excellence in the legal profession.
Mr. Dohm has
devoted much of his time to volunteer service. He has taken an active
and varied leadership in the community, as a member of the Salvation
Army Advisory Board, director of the Vancouver Civic Non-Partisan
Association, co-chair of the Canadian Council of Christians and
Jews, and Honorary President of the Confratallenza Italo-Canadese
Association. He served as President of the Vancouver Stock Exchange,
and spent 13 years as chair and member of St. Vincent's Hospital
Board of Directors, and eight years as chair and member of the Board
of Governors of UBC.
Mr. Dohm has
been a generous benefactor to many associations in the province.
He established several scholarships and bursaries at Capilano College,
the University of BC, and the University of Victoria, including
a scholarship for Aboriginal law students, and a bursary for disabled
students.
Thomas Dohm
was appointed to Queen's Counsel in 1972. He has received the Canadian
Centennial Medal, the Humanitarian Award for outstanding service
from the BC Lions Society for Crippled Children, and an Honourary
Doctor of Laws from UBC. Mr. Dohm was appointed to the Order of
Canada in 1998.
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