Bob MacLeod, originally trained as a chemist at U.B.C. worked under the direction of Prof. E. Snell at the University of Wisconsin on metal ion nutrution. He has continued his research in this area studying intensively the requirements for certain metal ions on a marine bacterium. His elegant techniques and deep insight into the role of cell walls and cellular membranes in transport mechanisms have given him international fame. He is in constant demand to present his research orally and in chapters for spcecialty textbooks. He has been able to assemble a very active group of graduate students and post-doctoral fellows that has become on of the most prolific and best known in Canada. Dr. MacLeod received the Harrison Prize from the Royal Society of Canada in 1960. He is an active member of various societies especially the Canadian Society of Microbiologists whom he has served in many capacities and the Canadian Journal of Microbiology having served as both Associate and Assistant Editor. He is Professor in the Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Agriculture, at McGill University.

Alistair MacLeod is one of the foremost writers, scholars and teachers in the field of Canadian literature. His contribution both to creative writing and to literary scholarship is immense. He is a brilliant and evocative writer, whose stories of Maritime Life intensely enact the perils and passions of a whole way of life. His writings, particularly his short stories, have been translated into thirteen (13) languages. Praise for his work has come from every corner of Canada and from other parts of the world: he has been characterized as "one of North America's masters of the short story" as well as "a truly great writer." Reflecting on MacLeod's work, the late Hugh MacLennan stated: "This may well be the best pure writing ever to appear in Canadian Fiction."

MacRae's early research in galactic structure, stellar photometry and spectra, and stellar statistics constituted a significant contribution to our knowldege of the detailed structure of the galaxy and interstellar material. Since returning to the University of Toronto in 1953 he has vigorously supported the research programs of the David Dunlap Observatory and has shown an outstanding degree of versatility in initiating new research programs. Among these were: (a) the setting up of a technique of precision photometry for the determination of the apparent magnitudes of over 1000 stars of a large radial-velocity program, (b) pioneer work in the use of an electronic computer for the solution of spectrographic binary orbits, (c) the design, construction and use (in collaboration with Oke) of a photoelectric spectrophotometer for the 74-inch telescopean instrument which is the prototype of similar instruments now used elsewhere, (d) the organization and leadership of a radio astronomy project, operated with continuing and increasing government support, jointly by the Departments of Astronomy and of Electrical Engineering at the University of Toronto. This radio astronomy project has served the IGY in the study of solar radio radiation as well as the IAU and URSI in the measurement of absolute flux from discrete sources, and it is an important centre of research training for radio astonomers and a source and testing ground of new ideas for the new Canadian radio observations at White Lake, B.C. (Dominion Observatories) and at Algonquin Park (N.R.C.).

Romancière de premier ordre, (Prix du Cercle du livre de France, prix du Gouverneur général), Louise Maheux-Forcier a également écrit plusieurs pièces dramatiques pour la radio et la télévision, et au début de novembre 1982, « Un parc en automne » sera créé Place des arts à Montréal. Écrivain exceptionnel (par l'imagination, le style, le langage), Louise Maheux-Forcier est maintenant condidérée comme un des plus importants écrivains du Québec.