Flags on UBC’s Okanagan campus will be lowered on Monday, December 7, 2015, in memory of Mr. William Richards Bennett, PC, OBC, who passed away on December 3, 2015.
Bill Bennett was Premier of British Columbia from 1975 to 1986. His son, Brad Bennett is former Chair of UBC’s Board of Governors, and his daughter-in-law, Birgit Bennett is a current member of UBC’s Board.