Professor John S. Colter has, within the past twenty years, achieved an international reputation as an investigator in the fields of Virology and Cancer Research, with over 60 published papers to his credit. Professor Colter has been active in editorial work with several publications. He has been on the Executive of the Canadian Biochemical Society, and is now chairman of the N.R.C.'s National Committee for the International Union of Biochemistry. Professor Colter has attracted an outstanding group of young biochemists, in a variety of fields, to the Department at the University of Alberta. The Department has become well-known for its excellent programs in graduate training and research.

Né à Saint-Eustache, Québec, 1921; B.A., 1941; licencié en droit, U. de M., 1946; docteur en droit, Université d'Ottawa, 1963. Notaire, 1946; professeur à la Faculté de droit à l'Université de Montréal, 1948; professeur titulaire, 1954, secretaire de la Faculté, 1963; doyen de la Faculté, 1976; professeur émérite, 1984. Président de l'Association des professeurs de l'U. de M., 1963; professeur invité aux universités de Sherbrooke et d'Ottawa (1961); président des comités des régimes matrimoniaux et des sûretés à l'Office de révision du Code civil. Membre de la Chambre des notaires, 1951; président de la Commission des examens, 1960; président de la Chambre des notaires, 1963; Directeur de la « Revue du Notariat » de 1956 à 1998. Publications : « La Loi du notariat annotée », 1959; « Traité de la communauté de biens », 1964; « Les Donations par contrat de mariage », 1968; Collaboration : (plus de 100 articles) à la « Revue du Notariat »; « La Revue du Barreau »; « Thémis »; « McGill Law Journal »; « Canadian Bar Review ».

A leading research worker in physical chemistry, Brian E. Conway has gained an international reputation through his lectures and writings. He has made outstanding contributions in a number of areas, particularly in electrochemistry. His investigations have led to a great increase in the understanding of the mechanisms of chemical processes occurring at electrodes, and of the physico-chemical properties of solutions of electrolytes and non-electrolytes. He has also made valuable contributions to the theory of the structure of water and ice, to the problem of the electrolytic separation of isotopes, and to the study of the properties of polymers. Besides being of fundamental importance, much of his work, such as that relating to the operation of storage batteries, has been of considerable practical significance.

Cook, Terry - History of archives and of recorded information - University of Manitoba Terry Cook has transformed archives from being perceived as storehouses of old records to sites of power worthly of scholarly attention. In rethinking appraisal to decide what records become archives, responding to the challenges of digital records and critical theory, and exploring archival history, Cook has developed, nationally and internationally, a distinctive voice for Canadian archival scholarship. ------------------ Cook, Terry - History of archives and of recorded information - University of Manitoba Terry Cook has transformed the academic understanding of archives from being simple storehouses of old records to becoming themselves the focus for close scholarly attention. Seeing archives as sites of power, and archivists as agents of interpretation rather than passive curators, Cook has effectively reinvented his profession in Canada and internationally: from coping with the super-abundance of modern records and determining the tiny percentage that will survive as archives to responding to the challenges of digital records and of critical theory. His pioneering writing in archival history has made him a distinctive voice for Canadian archival scholarship worldwide.

Ramsay Cook is one of the most brilliant and most lively of Canada's younger historians. Born in Saskatchewan, he studied at Manitoba, Queen's, and Toronto where he received his doctorate in 1960 and quickly rose to his present post of Professor of History. His books include an important study of John W. Dafoe's politics, and "Canada and the French Canadian Question". The appearance of the latter work In 1966 indicated a timely concern for the problem of biculturalism and for the future of Confederation. In addition, through newspaper and radio interviews and a host of popular articles, he has entered with gusto into public discussion of the issues of the day. Since 1963 he has been editor of the "Canadian Historical Review". In 1968-1969 he is Professor of Canadian Studies at Harvard University.

Melville Wallace Cormack, B.S.A., B.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D., was born at Rossburn, Manitoba, in 1908. He is a graduate of the University of Manitoba and the University of Minnesota. He first joined the Botany and Plant Pathology Division of the Canada Department of Agriculture in 1928 and is now Director of the Canada Department of Agriculture Research Station in Saskatoon. His research has been concerned mainly with the diseases of forage crops and his important scientific contributions are those dealing with snow mould and root diseases of grasses and forage legumes. His studies on the low temperature basidiomycete causing winter killing of these crops and bacterial wilt of alfalfa, especially seed transmission, have been outstanding. He has also devised methods for testing for varietal resistance in connection with the development of disease-resisitant strains of alfalfa and other forage crops.

John Cornwall, in a series of major books, including "Modern Capitalism: Its Growth and Transformation" (1977) and the "Economic Breakdown and Recovery: Theory and Policy" (1994) has followed two guidelines for macroeconomic theory: it should explain historical processes; and it should help authorities to identify remedial policies. He has challenged prevailing convictions about the capacity of economies to regulate themselves given only a suitably flexible monetary policy. He has argued forcefully that achieving simultaneously growing per capita incomes, an acceptable rate of inflation, and full employment depend on recasting institutions like collective bargaining and on effective government intervention once the legacies of past poor performance have been dealt with.

Me André Cossette s'est distingué, au Canada comme à l'étranger, dans deux domaines particuliers : le droit international privé et, au Canada, le droit du domaine. Ses publications en droit international privé l'ont fait connaître sur le plan international, notamment au sein de l'Union internationale du notariat latin. Il a participé depuis une quinzaine d'années à plusieurs colloques et séances d'étude dans cette discipline particulière. Au pays, Me Cossette a poussé ses recherches dans certains aspects du droit du domaine. Ses études ont conduit a des publications traitant de sujets rarement abordés en droit québécois. Il a été fréquemment consulté comme expert dans ces matières lorsqu'il s'est agi de faire trancher par les tribunaux les litiges mettant en conflit les intérêts privés contre les intérêts de l'Etat à propos, notamment, de la Loi des trois chaînes, du droit de pêcher dans les cours d'eau non navigables et dans le droit des eaux en général. Me Cossette a abandonné la pratique traditionnelle pour devenir « législateur ». A la direction des affaires civiles du ministère de la justice, il était directeur des travaux de droit civil ayant comme résultat le nouveau Code civil du Québec, en vigueur depuis le 1er janvier 1994. Il agit maintenant comme notaire-conseil.