Born Edmonton, Alberta, April 16, 1917. Graduated University of Alberta, B.Sc. Geology, 1938 (medallist). Master Science (1940), Ph.D (1942), University of Minnesota; petrology and economic geology; LL.D.(1972), University of Windsor; D.Sc.h.c.(1989), Universityof Alberta. Geological Survey of Canada 1936-1943 as Student Assistant and Assistant Geologist; 1941-1943 assisting in wartime production of scheelite concentrates from Canadian gold mines. 1943-1945 Royal Canadian Air Force, pilot. 1945-1946 Harvard University post-doctorate research; reflectivity ore minerals. 1946 to present University of Alberta, Assistant Professor to 1950, Associate Professor to 1955 to 1968 Professor and Chairman of Department of Geology from September, 1955. 1946-1950 in charge of field parties Geological Survey of Canada, Northwest Territories. 1954-1955 on sabbatical leave at University of California, Berkeley; research on potassium-argon dating.

Using a wide variety of light and electron microscopic techniques, Forer has challenged the assumption that chromosomes move during cell division by forces originating within the microtubules of the spindle fibres which connect chromosomes to the spindle poles. He has implicated the contractile protein, actin, as providing the force for chromosome movement, and is exploring the control of this movement. He is among the most influential leaders in this important field and is continuing to contribute actively to it.

Peter Allan Forsyth is Professor of Physics, University of Saskatchewan. After seeing active service as a technical officer with the navy during the war, he returned to the University of Saskatchewan to apply his detailed knowledge of practical experience of radar equipment to the study of the aurora, and it was on this subject that he wrote his Ph.D. thesis at McGill University in 1951. Continuing his work on the upper atmosphere with the Defense Research Board he made notable discoveries; in particular, he developed the system of transmission of radio signals from meteor ionization known as 'Janet'. His originality and inventiveness have stimulated many other research workers.

John M. Fossey, archéologue classique, épigraphiste et topographiste, est auteur de 12 livres sur la Grèce centrale, notamment sur la Béotie, la Locride et la Phocide où il a dirigé et pratiqué des fouilles avec des étudiants canadiens. Après avoir servi comme président-fondateur de l'Institut canadien d'archéologie à Athènes, il est le premier Canadien à s'être intéressé à la diaspora grecque dans la région de la Mer noire, en Bulgarie et en Géorgie. Ses recherches portent aujourd'hui tout particulièrement sur la géographie humaine et le développement des modèles des noms propres dans la Grèce ancienne. Il écrit et parle couramment le français, l'anglais et le grec moderne.

Larry Fowke is a leading world authority in cell biology. For more than three decades, Dr. Larry Fowke has established the groundwork in plant-cell biology that other scientists have successfully followed. ------------------ FOWKE, Larry –Department of Biology, University of Saskatchewan For more than three decades, Dr. Larry Fowke has established the groundwork in plant-cell biology that other scientists have successfully followed. He has creatively combined cytological, biochemical, and molecular techniques to advance our understanding of the process and nature of plant-cell development and division. This innovative research, often performed painstakingly by microscope, has consistently produced groundbreaking contributions to the discipline of cell biology. It has also led to exciting applications, in particular the development of methods for generating large quantities of conifer embryos for forestry. Larry Fowke is a leading world authority in cell biology.

A leading and prolific scholar of parliament and the legislative process, C.E.S. Franks has also deeply explored public administration, government accountability, the public service, the country's North, issues affecting the aboriginal population, nuclear energy, and politics in India. The author of a classic work on canoeing, he has pioneered the study of relations between sports, society and politics. Professor Franks is unique in, on the one hand, having created an outstanding core of important academic works while at the same time penning impressive studies commissioned by parliament or government departments and, on the other hand, writing important and highly accessible items in the area of sports.

URSULA M. FRANKLIN, Professor, Metallurgy and Materials Science and Director of Collegium Archaeometricum, University of Toronto, is an applied scientist who has truly bridged and cemented the disciplines of materials science, archeology, and anthropology through her outstanding and insightful scholarly work. From a foundation laid in her earlier researches on the crystaline micro-structure of alloys and melts, which pioneered the use of microradiography, she has delved into the science of ancient materials including the remarkable Chinese bronzes, discerning from artifacts the early techniques of metal-working and ceramic firing. She is a principal authority on archeometry, sought out worldwide by research collaborators. She has fully supported in her extensive work and writings her view that such artifacts are equivalent to literary sources, capable of describing culture but needing to be read and evaluated by a variety of techniques based on modern materials science, and she has accomplished this as few others have. By many Canadians she is recognized as an eminent scholar who is an eloquent spokesperson for social concerns about burgeoning technology, for a conserver society, and for international peace.