Dr. Parr is best known for his outstanding research on titanium and zirconium alloys, martensite transformations and contributions to corrosion engineering. He has published some 55 papers and 4 books on theoretical and applied physical metallurgy. Dr. Parr has been Chairman of the Metallurgy Division of the Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, Editor-in-Chief of the Canadian Metallurgical Quarterly and is at present on the National Advisory Committee on Mining and Metallurgical Research, President of the Industrial Research Institute, University of Windsor, Member of the Macdonald Study Group of the Science Council and the Chairman of the National Committee of Deaps of Engineering.

Yogesh Chandra Patel, Professor, Departments of Medicine, and Neurology and Neurosurgery, and Pharmacology and Therapeutics, McGill University is a foremost authority on the basic biology of the peptide hormone somatostatin. He has made significant original contributions to an understanding of the biosynthetic pathways for somatostatin synthesis from precursor forms, and clarified much of what we know about the metabolism, regulation of gene expression, and mechanism of action of this substance. Dr. Patel's laboratory first described somatostatin receptors in brain, identified distinct molecular subtypes, and has recently participated in the structural characterization of 4 human somatostatin receptor genes by molecular cloning.

VYTAUTAS PAVILANIS (Microbiology and Biochemistry) began his career in Canada as the organizer of the Virus Research Laboratory of the Institute of Microbiology and Hygiene of the University of Montreal. There he instituted a virus diagnostic laboratory for the province of Quebec for the needs of hospitals and public health. He carried out extensive investigations in the epidemiology and biology of viral diseases and developed new viral vaccines. (In the course of this work he trained the majority of workers on viruses in Quebec.) He is a productive researcher and prolific writer, being the author of some 100 scientific papers and 135 communications to scientific meetings and medical conferences. He has been active in scientific organizations occupying executive positions in numerous national and international scientific and medical organizations. He has also served as a consultant to governments for the World Health Organizations.

William B. Pearson of the National Research Council, Ottawa, though born in England in 1921, had his early schooling in Canada. After distinguishing himself as a pilot in the war he returned to Oxford in 1946 and obtained his D.Phil. in 1952. Almost all of his more than seventy papers deal with metallic alloys and their properties and the field is comprehensively summarized in his two books. I can do no better than quote from a reviewer of the second volume "Lattice spacings and structures of metals is truly encyclopaedic - a remarkable achievement. The book will prove an indispensable 'vade-mecum' for the metallurgist and will be of invaluable service to the solid-state physicist."

Dr. Beverley Pearson Murphy pioneered the protein-binding assays for hormones, and is known around the world for her contributions in steroid chemistry and biochemistry. Two of her scientific publications are among the hundred most internationally cited articles in all of clinical research, and one was the most cited between 1961 and 1978 from any Canadian institution. Her impact on biochemistry has been such as to change the approaches in most steroid laboratories. More recently, she has influenced the development of fetal endocrinology for which she is also well recognized. Dr. Murphy is a Canadian scientist who has earned and received international respect.

Updated July 6, 2015 Benoît Pelletier is an internationally renowned constitutional expert who has contributed to the advancement of law through his thinking, writings and media involvement. His published works are essential references in the field. He is a recognized educator with an ability to make complex issues accessible. He also had a political career marked by numerous achievements.

Updated July 6, 2015 PELLETIER, Benoît, Faculté de droit, Université d'Ottawa Benoît Pelletier est un constitutionnaliste reconnu internationalement. Par ses réflexions, ses écrits et même ses interventions médiatiques, il a indéniablement contribué à l'avancement du droit. Il a publié des ouvrages et manuscrits qui sont des références incontournables dans son domaine. Il est reconnu pour ses talents de pédagogue et vulgarisateur. Il a aussi eu une carrière politique marquée par maintes réalisations.

George Pemberton is one of the world's experts in ichnology. He is a skilled clastic sedimentologist, palaeontologist, sequence stratigrapher, and petroleum geologist. The main thrust of his research is on the application of ichnology to petroleum exploration and exploitation and its use in sequence stratigraphy. Recent work includes the application of ichnology to the flow of fluids through reservoirs in both clastic and carbonate settings.