A. W. A. Brown, M.B.E., B.Sc.F., M.A., Ph.D., has given leadership, with sound scholarship and originality in research, in the field of Entomology, not only to Canada but internationally. He has had remarkably wide interests and training, obtaining degrees in Forestry, Zoology, and Biochemistry. His numerous papers and books on Insect Physiology, Biochemistry, and chemical control of pests are internationally recognized as authoritative. He has served as expert consultant, not only in Canada but for Britain, the United States, and the World Health Organization. Dr. Brown has contributed greatly as Head of the Zoology Department of the University of Western Ontario, as editor of many journals, and as an officer in scientific societies.

Robert Craig Brown's books and scholarly articles, taken together, constitute a first-rank contribution to the history of modern Canada. His primary interest has been in the period since 1896, and he is the co-author of "Canada Since 1896", the standard book on that critical era, one of the finest volumes in the Centenary Series published by McClelland & Stewart. His biography of Sir Robert Borden, published in two volumes in 1975 and 1980, is a massive work of resarch and analysis, a major reinterpretation of early 20th Century Canada, and one of the best biographies of a major political figure since Creighton's "Macdonald". This work, like all of Brown's publications, is characterized by scrupulous scholarship, balanced judgment and careful attention to the niceties of language. Professor Brown has been editor of the "Canadian Historical Review" and president of the Canadian Historical Association, and President of the Academy of Humanities and Social Sciences of the Royal Society of Canada.

Dr. W.R. Bruce has made important contributions to medical research in three areas: First, by comparing the effects of chemotherapeutic agents on the proliferative capacity of normal and malignant cells, he devised a model to explain the action of drugs used in the treatment of human cancer. Second, by combining physical separation techniques with radioactive labelling, he traced the differentiation events that occur in the testis. He has applied this knowledge to develop a rapid and sensitive method for detecting the mutagenic effects of chemicals. Third, he developed computer programmes for clinical use in the many treatment centres operated by the Ontario Cancer Treatment and Research Foundation. This achievement not only permits the evaluation of cancer care in Ontario, but also provides a model for multi-centre assessment of results that can be applied widely and to many other diseases. Fourth, he has explored the development of Colon Cancer: identifying with J. Krepinsky the major fecal ....., ...., with R.P. Bird the ...... Crypt focus, the ...... colon cancer precursor; developing a .... trial methodology based on recurrence of clonic polyps; and exploring the relation between colon cancer and insulin resistance.

Dr. Thomas A. Brzustowski has made distinctive and lasting contributions to science and technology in Canada via activities in: scholarly research, teaching and academic administration; public policy on postsecondary education and knowledge based economic renewal; and outstanding leadership to the university research community as President of the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC). An aeronautical and mechanical engineer, Dr. Brzustowski achieved international recognition for his pioneering research on combustion processes and flames. In October 1987, he joined the government of Ontario as Deputy Minister of Colleges and Universities, the senior civil servant in charge of postsecondary education. His success led to a new and important role as Deputy Minister for the Premier's Council on Economic Renewal. He joined NSERC as president in 1995.

Dr. Buck's work in epidemiology began thirty-five years ago and has received international recognition. She has served on numerous councils and Government committees in Canada and the United States, has been a member of the Science Council and a consultant to the Rockefeller Foundation. In 1978 the Government of Australia invited her to report on the state of teaching and research in epidemiology in that country. Dr. Buck is an associate editor of the Am.J.Epidemiology and on the board of editors of the International J. Epidemiology. She has served a three year term as President of the International Epidemiological Association and has travelled in Africa, South-East Asia and Europe on their behalf.

LONG Jack Bumsted is one of the most wide-ranging, widely published, and widely read historians in Canada today. His work is characterized by a remarkable range of subject and chronology. His publications cross many fields of specialty and illustrate the breadth of his vision. Over fourteen books, several of them prize winners, deal with colonial America, Scotland, the Scots in Canada, eighteenth-century Prince Edward Island, Manitoba, the West, and Canada in general. In addition, he has published over 95 articles in academic journals and popular serials. As General Editor of the Selkirk Papers Project and the Manitoba Record Society, he has worked to gather and disseminate Canada's historical record. His monographs have advanced the knowledge of Canada's history while his more general works have attracted the public to greater awareness of the nation's historical richness. He has been recognized by visiting appointments in Scotland, Germany, England, and India. SHORT Jack Bumsted is one of the most wide-ranging, widely published, and widely read historians in Canada today. He has worked to gather and disseminate Canada's historical record. His monographs have advanced the knowledge of Canada's history while his more general works have attracted the public to greater awareness of the nation's historical richness.