David Monk Winch, graduate of the University of London and of Cambridge University, and for the past decade professor of Economics at McMaster University, is currently completing a second term as chairman of that Department. His earlier academic posts have included appointments at the Universities of Toronto, Saskatchewan, Alberta and most recently at St. John's College, Cambridge, as a Commonwealth Fellow. Academic awards from such distinguished institutions as the London School of Economics, Yale University and by the Killam Foundation reflect the excellence of his scholarship. Beyond his teaching and research, his ongoing academic services include his scholarship and fellowship adjudications on behalf of the Canada Council and of the Canadian Commonwealth Scholarship and Fellowship Committee; and the reviewing of manuscripts for learned journals. He currently further serves the public interest as a continuing member of the Ontario Economic Council. An outstandingly able micro-economic theorist, Professor Winch has published extensively and internationally in numerous learned journals and his major books include "The Economics of Highway Planning" and "Analytical Welfare Economics". His published work has provided valuable insights into the problems of promoting human welfare through the optimal allocation of scarce resources.