Dr. Armstrong has pursued research in the field of nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy with great vigour and distinction for forty years and has made many significant contributions. He was awarded the Rutherford Memorial Fellow, RSC, 1961 and Herzberg Medal of the Canadian Association of Physicists 1993, Medal of Achievement of CAP, 1990, Commemorative Medal for 125th Anniversary of Canadian Confederation, 1992 for his work. He has published over 175 papers in his field, two undergraduate textbooks and he has also shown great gifts for administration as associate chairman of the Physics Department at the University of Toronto. He was appointed chairman in 1974, Dean Faculty of Arts and Science, 1982, President of U. N.B., 1990.

The focus of Arthur's efforts in recent years has been the trace formula for groups of rank greater than one, which indeed, although he owes a good deal to his predecessors, can properly be called his creation. His first papers on the trace formula for groups of rank one were on the whole a development of ideas of Selberg, but his more recent work takes an entirely different approach, raises the subject to a new level, is chock full of ideas and techniques, and reveals Arthur as the current leader in the study of harmonic analysis on reductive groups and in the purely analytic theory of automorphic forms.

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.

Harold Atwood's major field of research is Crustacean Neuromuscular Systems. Based on his studies of their structure, function and development, he has been able to demonstrate the utility of such systems for research on synaptic mechanisms akin to those in central nervous systems. In particular he has applied this utility in the area of muscular dystrophy. Dr. Atwood's international reputation as a neurophysiologist is evidenced by over 100 journal publications (one was a "Citation Classic"; SCI, Sept. 21, 1981), numerous book chapters, associate editor of four journals, a D.Sc. awarded by the University of Glasgow, and his 1981-1991 appointment as Chairman of the Department of Physiology, University of Toronto.

Dr. Axelrad has achieved international scientific recognition primarily for his work on normal and abnormal blood-cell formation. He has carried out pioneering work on the use of cell culture methodology to study the properties of cells at early stages in the differentiation pathway leading to red cell production, and is a recognized authority on viral leukemogenesis in the mouse. He has made lasting contributions in both areas. Dr. Axelrad's work has been characterized by a productive combination of an enthusiasm for new ideas, together with an insistence on careful experimental work.

After a brilliant record as a student at the University of Saskatchewan and McGill University, Bachynski joined the research laboratories of the RCA Victor Company, Montreal. His research has been primarily with microwave propagation, more recently in plasma environments. A total of 26 publications over a period of eight years is ample evidence of his ability as a researcher. He is co-author of a book on plasma and the electomagnetic field. His abilities have been recognized in various ways - appointment as Assistant Director of his laboratory, membership on national committees having to do with radio preparation and gas dynamics, and lecturer to graduate classes at McGill University.

David McCurdy Baird has combined the practice of geology as Provincial Geologist of Newfoundland, with teaching the science, first at the University of New Brunswick and latterly as Chairman of the Department of Geology at Memorial College. Although much of his work has been concerned with the geology of specific areas, most of his reports contain significant contributions to the science as a whole. In this day of specialization, he is a welcome exemplar of those increasingly rare geologists whose fundmental conclusions are based primarily on their own field work. He writes with equal lucidity for the professional geologist and for the general public.

G. Michael Bancroft has received international recognition for pioneer work on the applications of Mossbauer and Photoelectron Spectroscopy and synchrotron radiation to problems of inorganic chemistry and mineralogy. His studies of Mossbauer spectroscopy led to important advances in the understanding of silicate minerals, and to the development of a theoretical model explaining and predicting the Mossbauer quadrupole splitting. In photoelectron spectroscopy, his contributions have included the discovery of the ligand field splitting and the derivation of a theory of the ligand field splitting parameter. His use of synchrotron radiation as a source for high-energy photoelectron studies (in pure spectroscopy, and for solved applied mineralogy and tribology problems) typifies his imaginative and resourceful approach to experimental problems.

John W. Bandler has made major contributions to the theory and practice of computer-aided engineering (CAE), and its applications to design of electrical circuits and systems, particularly RF and microwave circuits, for which he is internationally recognized. He is the author of more than 310 scientific papers in leading journals and conference proceedings, and has published hundreds of technical reports, including documented computer programs and software manuals. He has organized numerous workshops on optimization-oriented microwave CAD and automated circuit optimization using electromagnetic simulators. He was President of Optimization Systems Associates Inc. (OSA), which he founded in 1983, until November 20, 1997, the date of acquisition of OSA by Hewlett-Packard Company (HP). OSA provided advanced software tools for simulation and optimization of microwave circuits, emphasizing electromagnetically based circuit optimization. Dr. Bandler is President of Bandler Corporation, which he founded in 1997, company that offers advanced technical expertise and custom designed software in the fields of high-frequency and mixed-signal circuit design, specializing in RF, wireless and microwave circuits and systems.