Geraldine Kenney-Wallace is widely recognized for her important contributions to our knowledge concerning very fast molecular relaxation and interactions. She is an acknowledged authority on the application of laser spectroscopic techniques in physical chemistry. Early studies using nano- and picosecond lasers led to the measurement of the life-times of solvated electrons, the confirmation of two-photon photoionization of arenes. in polar liquids, and the clarification of the structures of molecular solvation clusters. More recent researches using subpicosecond non-linear optical spectroscopy in the femtosecond range elucidated the nature of ultra-fast molecular dynamic processes in liquids including the direct observation of the temporal evolution of intramolecular vibrations. In addition, her significant involvement in science policy matters has recently been acknowledged by her appointment as President of the Science Council of Canada.

Kenneth Kernaghan, Departments of Politics and Management, Brock University, is one of Canada's outstanding academic experts on public administration. He has written widely on all aspects of public administration with particular emphasis on ethics and values. He has been the editor of two of the major journals in his field: Canadian Public Administration and the International Review of Administrative Sciences. He has also had a great influence on the practice of public administration, because his written work has been widely used by both students and practitioners, and he has served as a consultant to many governments in the development of ethical standards and other areas of public administration.

After an initial career in England and Nigeria, Dr. Kershaw has established himself in Canada as a leading plant ecologist. His approach to ecological problems is very broad, ranging from phytosociology to physiological ecology. He has concentrated on studying the lichen-dominated systems in the Arctic, particularly in North-Western Ontario, and has done notable work on the effect of fire on these systems and on gas exchange, water relations, effects of high and low temperatures and nitrogen metabolism of the important lichens. He has published more than 80 papers, has a very active research group and is recognized internationally as an outstanding plant ecologist.

Nathan Keyfitz, B.Sc. (McGill), Ph.D. (Chicago), is Senior Research Statistician in the Dominion Bureau of Statistics. It is a very special pleasure for me to introduce him to the Society since he has recently accepted an appointment as a Professor of Sociology in the Department of Political Economy in the University of Toronto. He has achieved distinction in four distinct careers: as a mathematical statistician, as a demographer, as a student of the cultures of southeast Asia, and as consultant for programmes of economic development. The University of Toronto is proud of its new Professor; this Society will be equally proud of its new Fellow.

Dr. Doreen Kimura is an international leader in human neuropsychology. Her early work at the MNI shed new light on the perceptual and memory functions of the temporal lobes. She was the first to use the Broadbent dichotic-listening technique to demonstrate a dual functional asymmetry in the auditory system and its relation to cerebral dominance for speech. At The U. of Western Ontario, in a set of ingenious experiments, she established a close link between the programming of the oral movements of speech and that of nonverbal oral and manual movements. Her present research focusses on individual differences in cerebral organization, including hormonal influences.

Professor G.W. King is a spectroscopist with an international reputation. His thesis under Ingold on the excited states of acetylene is A classic. Since then he has made many further important contributions to our knowledge of ultraviolet absorption spectra of a large number of interesting molecules, as well as to the study of their infrared and Raman spectra. In addition he has contributed to a theoretical understanding of the results. His book "Spectroscopy and Molecular Structure" is an excellent, well thought-out presentation of the subject and has been well received by students and teachers alike.