Meritorious Service Medal

• Awarded on: June 25, 2001
• Invested on: October 12, 2001

Harry Scott Thomson, M.S.M. (Posthumous), Newmarket, Ont.
Meritorious Service Medal (civil division)

Harry Thomson, a plastic surgeon, volunteered his time and skills to teach and train doctors in developing countries about the treatment of various types of disfigurements and deformities. Throughout 1985-86, while in Saudi Arabia, he wrote policies, procedures and medical by-laws that were later implemented in hospitals by the Saudi Ministry of Health. He also devoted his expertise to help the underprivileged in Tunisia, Ethiopia and Taiwan. Dr. Thomson’s medical and humanitarian contributions brought great credit to himself and to Canada, both nationally and internationally.