After studying in Montreal, Quebec and abroad, the candidate has devoted himself to research and teaching. He is now professor of Experimental Biochemistry and Diredtor in the Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine at Laval. Past president of the Professors of Laval, Fellow of the Chemical Institute of Canada and past Chairman of the local section, he has been active in academic and scientific committees (N.R.C., M.R.C., etc.). The candidate has published over thirty scientific papers in the field of amino acids, peptides and proteins, studied from the angle of synthesis, metabolism and antimetabolites in cancer. Grantee from the N.R.C. and the Cancer Institute, the candidate has presented papers at many national and international meetings. He has directed seven graduate students to the Ph.D., and their contribution to the biochemistry of amino acids is important.

In the last decade Professor Donald D. Betts has gained an international reputation in the field of Statistical Mechanics and Critical Phenomena. Of outstanding significance are his studies of the dynamical and critical properties of the Ising and X-Y models, which led to his investigations on the lattice-lattice scaling and a formulation of a generalised law of Corresponding States. These researches have brought order and unity into a difficult group of problems and have substantially helped in coordinating our modern understanding of critical phenomena. Also, his earlier work on lattice dynamics, despite being 20 years old, is still found useful and widely quoted.

James MacDonald Richardson Beveridge came to Canada from Scotland in 1927 and studied successively at Acadia University, the University of Toronto and the University of Western Ontario. He held teaching and research posts at the University of Toronto, the University of Western Ontario and the Pacific Fisheries Experimental Station, Vancouver. In 1950, he was appointed Craine Professor of Biochemistry at Queen's University. His research interests are primarily in the field of nutrition and lipid metabolism. He is recognised as an authority in the relation of liver necrosis to dietary deficiency. His recent experiments in the dietary control of the level of plasma cholesterol, in which approximately 700 undergraduate students and members of the Faculty have participated, place him in the forefront of those investigators whose interest is in the relation of atherosclerosis to diet.

Dr. Bewley is one of the leading plant physiologists in Canada and is internationally recognized for his research on drought-resistance and on seed germination. His work is not only prolific, but also searching and innovative, and he is a highly sought-after speaker and author. His excellence has been recognized by many awards, including The C. D. Nelson Award of the Canadian Society of Plant Physiologists and an E. W. R. Steacie Memorial Fellowship, the Gold Medal of the Canadian Society of Plant Physiologists, and the Distinguished Scientist Award of the Canadian Council of University Biology Chairs. (1943; Professor of Biology, University of Calgary.) Dr. Bewley's major contributions to research have been in the areas of desiccation tolerance and seed biology, although he has also published significant papers on other topics. His pioneering work in elucidating the cellular mechanisms involved in conferring desiccation tolerance to lower plants has been widely acclaimed. His studies on seeds encompass several aspects of development and germination, but particular recognition has been given to his work on control of mobilization of reserves in lettuce - the first work of this kind in dicot seeds. He is the co-author of four books on Seed Biology, which have received international acclaim.