Guy Perreault est né à Amos dans la province de Québec, où il poursuivit ses études universitaires à l'École Polytechnique, et en suite à l'Université de Toronto vers le doctorat. Il a travaillé au terrain en Québec et à Labrador où il commença sa carrière en minéralogie qui le mena vers sa position actuelle de professeur de minéralogie à l'École Polytechnique. Ses recherches sur les minéraux des étranges gites métallifères d'Oka sont bien connues, et on le considère comme autorité dans le champ d'analyse instrumentale des minéraux. Il a été nommé président du Mineralogical Association of Canada en 1967 et resta dans ce poste jusqu'en 1968. M. Perreault est un pédagogue renommé, il participe et contribue à de nombreuses organisations professionelles qui s'occupent des questions d'enseignement scientifiques aux niveaux spécialisés et populaires dans sa province natale et dans le pays entier. Le Prix Scientifique du Québec, accordé une fois par an à savant renommé, lui a été décerné en 1970.

Dr. M. B. Perry has established an outstanding record of research in carbohydrate chemistry. His major contributions have been structural studies of microbial polysaccharides and the development of the analytical and synthetic methods that were necessary for the success of those studies. He was among the first to work out biosynthetic pathways of some unusual sugars found in bacterial polysaccharides and was the first to prove, by isolation, analysis and synthesis, the presence of 3-deoxyD-manno-octulosonic acid (KDO) as a key component of lipopolysaccharides. His recent and extensive work on 'Neisseria gonorrhoeae' has established Dr. Perry as a world authority on the immunology and immunochemistry of this important species.

Dr. Richard E. Peter, Professor of Biological Sciences and Dean of Science at the University of Alberta, is a world leader in research on the brain regulation of feeding behavior, growth and reproduction in fish. Brain neurotransmitters and peptides that regulate pituitary hormone secretion, and feeding behavior have been elucidated. Unique aspects of the molecular structure of the brain peptides and their physiological actions have been discovered. His studies of reproduction, growth and feeding in fish are of fundamental importance to endocrinologists and basic to fish culturists concerned with the stimulation of spawning, growth and sexual maturation of commercially important fish species.

Dr. Pharis has made extensive contributions to research on flowering in forest trees and on the biosynthesis of gibberellins in developing plants. His pioneering studies on the precocious flowering of forest trees has permitted the forest industry to considerably shorten the time required for the breeding of improved forest species. His studies on the key role for gibberellins in controlling plant growth have led to several important original findings. Classes of gibberellins have now been delineated which are florigenic or non-florigenic. Dr. Pharis has also contributed widely to the scientific community in this country, serving on several national and provincial committees. His involvement to the Alberta Wilderness Association and Canadian Wildlife Federation have brought him wide recognition.

Edward Piers has made notable contributions to the field of synthetic organic chemistry, both with respect to the synthesis of naturally occurring compounds and to the development of new synthetic methods. His research group has completed an impressive number of total syntheses, including the first preparations of aristolene, copaborneol, seychellene, and eshwarone. These syntheses have become classic examples of the elegant use of logic in the synthesis of natural products, particularly with regard to control of stereochemistry. He has also added a number of extremely useful general synthetic methods to the organic chemist's armoury.