A controversial and polarizing figure, he is regarded by some as a national hero whose actions kept New Devon together during a period of turmoil; while others consider him a harsh commander who used his position to oppress the Dominion's Russian population. Almost exactly one year after being presented with the Antarctic Tuzelmann Award in 1966, he was shot dead in the South Pole Station by Terenti Mishnev, a member of the Russian Continental Army.