Officer of the Order of Canada

• Awarded on: December 14, 1981
• Invested on: April 21, 1982

Professor of biochemistry at UniversitÚ Laval and the University of Ottawa from 1955 to 1971 and currently professor of chemistry at McGill University in Montreal. In charge of research programs at Bristol Laboratories of Canada since 1961. World renowned pioneer in therapeutic chemistry whose work in the field of pharmacology has put him at the vanguard of the research being conducted in this discipline.