Officer of the Order of Canada

• Awarded on: June 29, 1987
• Invested on: October 28, 1987

Former Assistant Deputy Minister of Energy, Mines & Resources, this geologist is now President of the Royal Society of Canada and a University of Ottawa visiting professor. One of the world's foremost authorities in the field of paleontology, known as an innovator and catalyst, he has inspired scientists of diverse disciplines and, through his great talents as an administrator, coordinated their work to test hypotheses and resolve problems on an international scale.