Officer of the Order of Canada

• Awarded on: July 11, 1988
• Invested on: November 08, 1988

One of the few University of Toronto University Professors and Head of Biological Research at the Ontario Cancer Institute, he is a world-renowned authority on hematology. His contributions to medicine, to medical research, to provincial, national and international medical and scientific bodies and to graduate studies mark him as a Canadian scientist and educator of the greatest distinction.