Miller obtained his B.Sc. ('60, Alberta), M.Sc. ('61, Alberta) and Ph.D. ('66, Caltech) in physics but as a postdoc at the Ontario Cancer Institute (on staff since 1967) switched to cell biology. Early work focussed on developing physical methods for the analysis and separation of cells (most successfully the "Staput" method, a Science Citation 'classic') and applying these to studies of the immune system in mouse and man. More recently he introduced (Nature, 1980) and provided evidence for the concept of a veto cell, a cell which can inactivate a T cell that recognizes it. He is presently studying how veto cells can be used to establish transplantation tolerance without using immunosuppression. He has more than 170 publications and has given more than 150 invited talks outside Ontario. At University of Toronto, Miller became Professor in 1976, was founding Chair of Immunology (1984-90) and is now (1992-) Chair of Medical Biophysics. He has served on more than a dozen provincial and national grants panels and advisory committees (MRC, NCI, Arthritis Society etc.). He is currently President of the Canadian Society for Immunology. Thus, in addition to having acquired an interested reputation for his scientific achievements, he has contributed significantly to the education and scientific development of immunology in Canada.

Dr. Larry Milligan has made extensive contributions to the understanding of the metabolic physiology of ruminant animals, particularly cattle and sheep. His research has helped elucidate pathways of digestion and synthesis of compounds in the rumen (one of the four chambers in the stomach of cattle). Of major importance he has clarified how rumen microbes utilize ammonia for protein synthesis, and the physiological controls for the recycling of blood urea to the rumen for subsequent conversion to ammonia and use by the microbes. Using his basic research as the foundation, Dr. Milligan has been a leader in developing practical techniques for development and evaluation of feedstuffs for ruminants.

From the study of the varied opinions of electors to the study of the unchanging ways of bureaucrats, from the study of Britain to that of New Zealand, then of Malaysia and then of Guyana, Stephen Milne has offered and continues to offer an example difficult to follow: to be a pioneer in many fields and on various continents.

Dr. Milton is internationally recognized as an authority on nuclear fission. Since coming to Chalk River from Princeton University in 1951 he has carried out an energetic program of research on fission fragments and on the associated neutrons and gamma rays, much of it in collaboration with Dr. J. S. Fraser. This work has provided detailed understanding of the fissioning system just before and after it divides. He is currently investigating the energies and angular distribution of fragments in charged particle-induced fission to elucidate the nature of the fission barrier. In all his work Dr. Milton has combined imaginative physical insight with great experimental skill.

Mondialement connu par ses travaux sur Zola et par ses ouvrages sur le roman du dix-neuvième et du vingtième siècles, Henri Mitterand est professeur émérite à la Sorbonne nouvelle et professeur titulaire au département de français de Columbia University, à New York. Il a fondé un centre de recherches sur Zola au CNRS en France, et un autre au Canada, à Toronto où il a enseigné de 1970 à 1993. Ces centres ont été très actifs et productifs. Henri Mitterand a apporté une contribution remarquable à la critique zolienne, tant du point de vue littéraire que social. Il a, d'autre part, renouvelé par ses recherches la critique des textes littéraires.