Officer of the Order of Canada

• Awarded on: October 25, 1990
• Invested on: April 17, 1991

He is an acknowledged leader in medical education and patient care who has exerted a considerable influence on academic institutions and teaching hospitals through his many professional appointments, particularly as Director of the Banting and Best Diabetes Centre, Vice- Provost of Health Sciences and Professor of Medicine at the University of Toronto. His impact on the health care of Canadians is evident in the positions of responsibility held by the many top young clinical scientists whom he recruited and trained.