Higgins has served both McGill and Montréal. Much of his professional life, however, has been spent in the service of the United Nations and other international bodies in bringing help to under-developed countries on their problems. He is one of the leading world authorities on the problems of economic development. On Indonesia, his reports and book establish him as the most eminent expert. He has also published two books in general economic theory, and among his many articles is a most memorable and internationally influential one on fiscal policy for post war stability. He has never been honoured in his own country and it is time he was.

Dr. Himms-Hagen's early research was on metabolism of biogenic amines. After 1958 her work on lipid metabolism and its regulation by hormones (publications 12-24) contributed to the general realization that adipose tissue was not merely a storehouse for fat but a metabolically active organ. Her recognition as an authority in this area is attested by her receipt of the Gold Medal of the American Oil Chemists' Society in 1972 and by the fact that her major review of the subject in 1967 is still a standard reference in the field. Since 1965 she has studied principally the mechanisms of mammalian heat production (publications 25-46). Her status as an authority in this field is indicated by her receipt in 1973 of the Ayerst Award of the Canadian Biochemical Society and by the high regard for two major articles she has contributed to standard reference works (1975 & 1976). Her recent research on the relation between obesity and heat production by brown adipose tissue has opened up a new field and led to a change in the direction of research in several British and U.S. centres devoted to studies on obesity in humans.

Dr. Hiruki has made major contribution to science in the area of plant virology and mycoplasmology. His pioneering work in elucidating fungal transmission of plant viruses and innovative approaches to plant mycoplasma diagnosis have been widely acclaimed. As its first President, he leads the International Working Group on Plant Viruses with Fungal Vectors. He has published extensively in journals of international repute, contributed important review chapters on several aspects of his research areas, and has been an invited speaker at numerous major international conferences, symposia, and workshops. His honours include the A. G. McCalia Research Professorship and the American Phytopathological Society Fellow Award.

Peter Hochachka and his students have pioneered the extension of comparative physiology to the biochemical level over the last twenty years. He has produced three important books and over 250 scientific papers which outline many novel mechanisms of biochemical adaptation of cells, organs and organisms to severe and changing environmental conditions, including temperature acclimation, anoxia and diving. He has been the major catalyst responsible for opening up this new and now very active research area, and accordingly has earned international renown.

John Edwin Hodgetts, a graduate of the universities of Toronto and Chicago, was elected a Rhodes Scholar for Ontario at the outbreak of the Second World War. Joining the staff of Queen's University he has served both as Professor of Political Science and as editor of the "Queen's Quarterly". More recently his editorial services have been in demand by the Canadian government and he has acted as editorial director of the Royal Commission on Government Organization. Fortunately his scholarly light has not been obscured by the bushels of official reporting, for he is the co-author with Dr. Corbett and Dr. Corry of two books on public administration. He is best known as the author of "Pioneer Public Service: An Administrative History of the United Canadas", 1814-1867, published in 1955.