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Mr. Larkin Kerwin

  • Deceased

    • Sillery, Quebec, Canada

  • Deceased

    • Sillery, Quebec, Canada

    Order of Canada

    • Companion of the Order of Canada

      Awarded on: 1980-12-15
      Invested on: 1981-04-08
      President of the National Research Council of Canada, the first lay president of Université Laval and former president of the Royal Society of Canada. Physicist and educator whose research into atomic and molecular physics has played a major role in the advancement of science in Canada. (This is a promotion within the Order).

    • Officer of the Order of Canada

      Awarded on: 1978-01-11
      Invested on: 1978-04-19
      First lay rector of Université Laval and former president of the Royal Society of Canada. Physicist and educator whose research in atomic and molecular physics has made a significant contribution to the advancement of science in Canada.