Dr. D.T. Armstrong, Director of the MRC Group in Reproductive Biology, pioneered the investigation of metabolic responses of the ovary to gonadotrophic hormones. Early studies of the regulatory role of luteinizing,hormone (LH) in carbohydrate and lipid metabolism and steroid biosynthesis established LH as the major luteotrophic hormone in rat and other mammals. Studies of changes in ovarian lipid profiles after gonadotrophic stimulation led to the discovery of a physiological role of prostaglandins in ovulation. In further studies of follicular regulation Dr. Armstrong was the first to demonstrate separate cellular and biochemical sites of action of FSH and LH in controlling follicular estrogen synthesis. The results of these 'in vitro' studies, which he subsequently confirmed 'in vivo', were the basis of the now widely-accepted "two cell, two gonadotrophin" theory of estrogen biosynthesis during early folliculogenesis.

With his organizational ability and insistence on high standards for staff and students, Professor Armin Arnold has raised the Department of German at McGill to an internationally recognized status of excellence. He is known and respected by Germanists, especially for his books on Expressionism which provided a refreshingly new and fruitful approach to this complex and still controversial literary movement. Scholars in English value his studies of Bernard Shaw, D. H. Lawrence and James Joyce. Being equally familiar with the languages and literatures of France and Italy, Mr. Arnold is bound to play a most active role in the development of comparative research in Canada, to which he has in recent years devoted part of his interest and energy.

Professor Astbury is recognized worldwide as a leader in elementary particle physics. He has been an active participant in the important experimental discoveries in this field at the major research centres in the world. Recently he was co-leader of an experiment at the CERN laboratory which discovered the W and Z particles, the most important particle physics experiment in decades. In 1983 he was appointed R.M. Pearce Professor of Physics at the University of Victoria. He is playing an important role in the development of particle physics in Canada, and is today the most recognized Canadian experimental particle physicist.

David L. Atherton is an internationally distinguished applied scientist and magnetic engineer. His contributions range from the basic physics of the ferromagnetic hysteresis loop to engineering projects of heroic proportions in advanced transportation systems, applied superconductivity, and gas pipeline inspection. His work has made Canada a world leader in magnetics, and his close association with industry in non-destructive testing has made it a safer and more productive place. He is a remarkable teacher of engineering whose meticulous attention to detail and application of scientific concepts to real world situations inspires students from the undergraduate to the post-doctoral level.