Friday, May 20, 2011
I will always remember Larry Koper because he was the first person I met face-to-face at the BC Ministry of Highways. Larry was sitting in his “Quickie” outside the Ministry’s office in Burnaby when I arrived, from Edmonton, for a job interview in September 1995.
Larry recognized that I was a “stranger” with a lost look on my face. He asked where I wanted to go; I explained my purpose; and he said: “You have to go up to the 3rd floor”. Then he proceeded to give me some tips on the members of the interview panel! Larry may deserve some recognition for my success at winning the job.
Larry had a dry sense of humour, a practical approach to highway design, and a generosity of nature to help other people.
I am sincerely saddened by Larry’s death at a too young age. I am writing to express my commiseration to his wife Annette whom I knew in the Planning group at the Ministry too.
