High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Sherwood Lett, CBE, DSO, MC, ED, KC, B.A., LL.D, (August 1, 1895 ? July 2, 1964) was a Canadian soldier, lawyer, diplomat, and jurist. Born in Iroquois, Ontario, he came to British Columbia in his early years. He started his education at the McGill University College of British Columbia which became the University of British Columbia. In 1915, he became the first President of the Alma Mater Society. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1916. He was married to Evelyn Story. In 1919, he was awarded a Rhodes Scholarship and he received a Bachelor of Arts in jurisprudence at Oxford University. In 1923, he joined the law firm of Davis & Company where he practiced corporate and taxation law. He would remain at the firm until 1963. He was a member of the Senate of the University of British Columbia from 1924 to 1957 and a member of the Board of Governors from 1935 to 1940 and from 1951 to 1957.