David Frederick Strong became the fifth President and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Victoria on 1 July, 1990. Dr. Strong obtained his doctorate in Geology from the University of Edinburgh, Scotland in 1970, and has had successful research and consulting career in many scientific and economic aspects of mineral and energy resources throughout the world. He has provided consultation and advice on these matters to numerous corporations and governments. He has published many scientific and technical papers, edited a number of books and scientific journals, presented lectures, and organised and led numerous international geological field trips. He has also supervised the research of many postgraduate and undergraduate students on mineral deposits and metallogeny, with a particular focus on eastern Canada and western Europe. During his career, Dr. Strong has been awarded many honours, and awards, including several honorary doctorates. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, the Geological Association of Canada, the Geological Society of America, and the Society of Economic Geologists. He is a member of the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada Standing Advisory Committee on University Research, the Research Council of the Canadian Institute of Advanced Research, the British Columbia Premier's Advisory Council on Science and Technology, and the National Research Council of Canada. Aside from his responsibilities as President and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Victoria, he has a special interest in the promotion of co-operation between business, universities, and governments in and between Canada and other countries.

Eric Svensson is acknowledged to be the leading world expert on experimental studies of the dynamics and structure of the quantum liquid, helium-4. He observed the condensate with neutron scattering, and so verified London's suggestion that the superfluid transition was a Bose-Einstein condensation of atoms. He showed that sharp excitations were unique to the superfluid phase and successfully described their thermal evolution using a two-fluid model. He also carried out pioneering studies of percolation, new forms of ice and spinodal decomposition. Dr. Svensson is a superb lecturer who is in demand worldwide for his advice and expertise.

Professor Takahashi is responsible for several fundamental contributions to the phenomenal postwar development of quantum field theory. His theory for relativistic wave equations and his covariant formulation of quantization of canonical fields have become the basis for the present form of quantum field theory. The celebrated Ward-Takahashi identity, discovered by Takahashi in 1957, is fundamental in quantum field theory and applied in particle physics, solid state physics and relativity. Takahashi's many important contributions since settling in Canada in 1968, include a field theoretical formulation of statistical mechanics ('thermo-field dynamics'), an analysis of quantum gauge fields and a field theoretical formulation of crystal dislocation theory.

FRANK JOHN RUPERT (MAX) TAYLOR, Professor, Departments of Botany and Oceanography, University of British Columbia, has contributed significantly to worldwide understanding of the systematics, ultrastructure, evolution and applied biology of the dinoflagellates. He made seminal contributions to the general understanding of organelle origins in eukaryotic cells which culminated in his formalization of the Serial Endosymbiosis Theory. He was an active and rigorous promoter for recognition of the Kingdom Protista, and the emergence of Protistology as a major discipline. He was one of the pioneers who recognized the importance of combining information on organellar ultrastructure with analysis of the genetic code to understand the evolution, enormous diversity and complexity among protists.

Dr. Templeton's measurements of the Fermi surfaces of the alkali metals, his elegant determination of the pressure dependence of the Fermi surfaces of the alkali and noble metals, studies of both Fermi surfaces and electron scattering effects in dilute noble metal alloys, determination of the phase of dHvA oscillations at infinite field (verification of fundamental theory) and recent improvement by two orders of magnitude of the precision with which dHvA oscillations can be measured, greatly enhance the international reputation which he earlier achieved together with D. K. C. MacDonald and W. B. Pearson through his classic researches on thermoelectricity. He can well be recognized as Canada's leading low temperature physicist.

David Thomas, Biotechnology Research Institute, National Research Council of Canada, is one of Canada's foremost molecular cell biologists. He has used the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiaeto achieve fundamental insights into how eukaryotic cells function. His work has included the discovery of mitochondrial DNA recombination, the proof that beta and gamma subunits of heterotrimeric G proteins can activate downstream effector members of signaling pathways, and the discovery of Ste20p, the founding member of the GTPase activated kinase family. In collaboration with Howard Bussey he identified Kex1p, a protease involved in the secretion of signaling peptides; subsequent collaborations with colleagues allowed him to determine the crystal structure of this carboxypeptidase. In collaboration with John Bergeron, he uncovered the chaperone calnexin, involved in quality control in the endoplasmic reticulum. Thomas has ensured that these scientific advances have had practical applications.

Michael Thompson, Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, is widely considered to be a Founder and World Leader of chemical and biosensor technology. His pioneering research includes chemoreceptive transducers, novel strategies for combining molecular recognition with acoustic wave devices, the immobilization of synthetic receptor sites, proteins and DNA/RNA onto sensor interfaces, and the operation of acoustic transverse wave structures in liquids. Recently, he was the first to develop genosensors for the flow-through sensing of oligonucleotide hybridization and drug interactions. He is senior author of two acclaimed texts in analytical chemistry, the lead inventor of ten issued patents and has served on the Advisory Boards of nine scientific journals.

Raymond Thorsteinsson is an Arctic Geologist on the staff of the Geological Survey of Canada. He is a prolific scientist, a specialist in many lines of investigation, an Arctic explorer, and a literate writer and speaker. He is widely consulted as an expert on the stratigraphy and structure of the Arctic Archipelago, an investigator of graptolites of international repute, a student of fusilinids and a most competent observer of geographical aspects of the Arctic. His published works have become standards of reference in Arctic geology and in stratigraphic and systematic palaeontology.

The history of condensed matter physics in the last several decades has tracked the discovery of ever more complex solids, some with totally new and unexpected properties. Throughout his career, Prof. Timusk has been in the forefront of these developments. Using infrared techniques with great skill, careful analysis, attention to detail and unique theoretical insight, he has managed to make outstanding contributions to the study of optical properties of point defects in insulators, the electron-phonon coupling, the spectral function in conventional superconductors, electron-hole plasma in semiconductors, quasi-one-dimensional organic metals and superconductors, the metal-insulator transition, the heavy fermions, the high Tc oxides and, most recently, quasicrystals. Not only is he a superb experimentalist with a fine eye for significant problems, but he has also provided many highly imaginative interpretations of his data.

Dr. Toguri has made distinguished contributions to the science of extractive metallurgy which have received international recognition. His research activities involving thermodynamic and kinetic studies of interfacial reactions between gases, liquid metals, molten oxides and sulphides, have been conducted under the extremely demanding experimental conditions associated with high temperature metallurgical chemistry. He has made significant contributions to the theory of concentrated solutions. His success in transferring science to industry is exemplified by his pioneering work on the environmental aspects of gold processing. Within three years of the initial experiments this novel patented technology was in full production at the Royal Canadian mint.

Dr. Towers has achieved an international reputation by virtue of his researches on the physiology and biochemistry of plants. An excellent teacher and an original and talented scientist Dr. Towers is popular with both colleagues and students. In addition to membership in the Canadian Society of Plant Physiologists and the Plant Phenolics Group of North America, he is a Fellow of the Linnean Society. Most of his research has been done during the past nine years while on the staff of the Botany Department at McGill University and heavily engaged in teaching. He is continuing with both research and training of graduate students at the Atlantic Regional Laboratory, where he is head of the Plant Physiology Section with the rank of Senior Research Officer. In addition he has a part-time appointment as an associate professor in the Department of Biology, Dalhousie University. His research has concentrated primarily on the biosynthesis of keto and amino acids and phenolic compounds in a number of different plant species.