Dr. Lehmann has had probably more sustained experience of hospital psychiatry than any other psychiatrist in the Americas. He initiated the clinical investigation of chlorpromazine in this continent and his work has been largely the foundation of the revolution in psychiatric treatment and in the structure and function of mental hospitals. For 15 years Dr. Lehmann has led in the methodology of objective and quantitative experimental studies of pschotropic drugs in relation to their physiological, psychological, and behavioural effects. He and his collaborators were awarded the McNeil Award for the best paper at the 1969 meeting of the Canadian Psychiatric Association. Dr. Lehmann has served as Visiting Professor at many universities in the U.S.A. and Canada and takes active part in public discussions on methodological problems of psychiatric disorders. He is a former President of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology and currently President of Collegium Internationale Neuropsychopharmacoligicum, a member of the NIMH Study Group to evaluate U.S. research grant applications, Membre de la Conseil des Recherches Médicales de Québec and member of the federal commission of inquiry into the non-medical use of drugs.

Professor Leith's principal interest is France in the eighteenth century and the dominant occurrence of that century, the Revolution. The hitherto scarcely used material he has found cast new light on the topic of which he has made his researches the focus - the place of the arts, major and minor, in revolution. This topic has drawn him to study revolution in Russia and in China, as well as to such subjects as education in eighteenth century Europe and the religious views of Voltaire. Leith's work has earned him wide recognition among European scholars, especially in France, where he is a familiar figure at the Sorbonne and in "les Archives Nationales".

Dr. Lemieux has developed a widely acknowledged reputation through his work in the carbohydrate field. By applying modern electronic concepts of theoretical organic chemistry to the carbohydrates he has been able to explain plausibly certain hitherto mystifying reactions. It has also allowed him to anticipate the properties of 1,2-anhydro-oc-D-glucopyranose, and this has made it possible for him to achieve the first purely chemical synthesis of three of the most important disaccharides found in nature, i.e. maltose, trehalose and sucrose. Dr. Lemieux has also developed a novel method of oxidation of unsaturated compounds which is proving very useful and will undoubtedly find wide application in organic research.

La réputation de chercheur de Maurice Lemire est bien établie. Il a à son crédit non seulement plusieurs dizaines d'ouvrages et études, mais il dirige une équipe de chercheurs et choisit de nombreux collaborateurs pour la réalisation du « Dictionnaire des oeuvres littéraires du Québec », un ouvrage monumental dont il est le maître d'oeuvre. La parution des trois premiers tomes a été saluée par la critique comme "l'événement de la décennie" (André Vanasse). C'est aussi l'instrument de recherches maintenant indispensable pour plusieurs générations de chercheurs à venir. Outre sa contribution importante au « Dictionnaire des oeuvres », par des introductions magistrales et d'innombrables articles, il a publié de nombreuses études dans des revues étrangères, tant en Amérique qu'en Europe où il a été reçu comme le meilleur spécialiste de l'histoire littéraire du Québec.

Yvan Lepage, professeur au département des lettres françaises de l'Université d'Ottawa, est un philologue qui a su se distinguer aussi bien dans le domaine des études médiévales que de la littérature québécoise du XXe siècle. Ses éditions critiques d'oeuvres majeures du Moyen Âge (« Couronnement de Louis », Richard de Fournival, Blondel de Nesle) servent aujourd'hui d'éditions de référence. Son expertise en matière de textologie s'étend aussi aux oeuvres québécoises; il a en effet publié des éditions critiques des « Mémoires » de Marie-Rose Girard, du « Survenant » et de « Marie-Didace » de Germaine Guèvremont. Ses nombreux articles d'ordre littéraire et philologique, corrigeant des erreurs d'interprétation ou présentant les textes sous un nouvel éclairage, ont aussi contribué à le faire connaître au Canada et en Europe.

Trevor Levere's work in the history of ideas is notable for the range and exactness of his knowledge, not only of the scientific ideas which are his primary concern, but of the historical context in which they develop, and of the philosophical and theological ideas to which they are related. His scholarship in research into primary documentation is matched by a very sharp discrimination in judging implications and influences. His major work, "Affinity and Matter", gained prompt recognition as a classic in its field.

Long Citation (for publication and press release) Gary Libben is a psycholinguist who addresses the question of how structurally complex words are represented and processed in the mind. He is the leader of both national and international interdisciplinary research networks and has conducted pioneering research on how compound words are processed across languages, how they are represented in the minds of bilinguals, and how their processing may be impaired as a result of damage to the brain. In this research, Libben has developed methodological advances in laboratory psycholinguistics as well as new techniques for the assessment of language loss as a result of damage to the brain. Short Citation (to be read at the Induction Ceremony) Gary Libben is a psycholinguist who addresses the question of how structurally complex words are represented and processed in the mind. He is the leader of both national and international interdisciplinary research networks and has conducted pioneering research on how compound words are processed across languages, how they are represented in the minds of bilinguals, and how their processing may be impaired as a result of damage to the brain.