of the Canadian Science and Engineering
Hall of Fame Inductees are Canadians whose contributions in science and engineering have had a major positive impact on the world extending over decades.

1999 Inductees are:

Dr. Gertrude Frances McGill (1877-1959) Saskatchewan's Provincial Pathologist for twenty years and an Honourary Surgeon in the RCMP. She demonstrated how important forensic pathology could be in criminal investigation to find and convict the guilty and to exonerate the innocent.

Sir Charles Edward Saunders (1867-1937) Dominion Cerealist at the Central Experimental Farm in Ottawa from 1903 to 1922. He is best known for developing Marquis wheat which had a tremendous impact on agriculture on the Canadian Prairies and indeed on the world's supply of high quality grain.

Previous Inductees:

Maude Abbott (1869-1940) Pathologist; pioneer in the study of the function and diseases of the heart.

Sir Frederick Banting (1891-1941) Co-discoverer of insulin and Nobel laureate

Alexander Graham Bell (1847-1922) Scientist; inventor of not only the telephone but also aircraft, hydrofoils and many other devices.

Joseph-Armand Bombardier (1907-1964) Mechanic and inventor whose snowmobiles revolutionized the lives of many Canadians and was the basis of a Canadian business success.

Bertrum Neville Brockhouse(1918- ), Nobel Laureate in Physics (1994), pioneered the use of neutron scattering techniques to study condensed matter.

Reginald Aubrey Fessenden (1866-1932) Prodigious inventor and first person to transmit a voice by radio, in 1900.

Sir Sandford Fleming (1827-1915) Outstanding railway engineer; conceived standard time.

Gerald Heffernan (1919- ) Developer of the continuous casting method for steel production which was cheaper and less environmentally damaging.

Gerhard Herzberg (1904-1999) Nobel Laureate in Chemistry for his work in molecular spectroscopy.

George Klein (1904-1992) Engineer; inventor of medical devices and the STEM antenna for satellites; involved in design of Canada's first nuclear reactor.

Hugh Le Caine (1914-1977) Physicist, inventor, composer and pioneer in the design of electronic instruments.

William Logan (1798-1875) Geologist, explorer, surveyor; founder of the Geological Survey of Canada.

Elizabeth "Elsie" MacGill (1905-1980) First electrical engineer in Canada; first aeronautical engineer in North America; probably the only woman to design an entire aircraft, the "Maple Leaf".

Andrew G.L. McNaughton (1887-1966) Soldier, scientist and developer of aerial surveying techniques and northern communications network; served as National Research Council President.

Frère Marie-Victorin (1885-1944) Botanist, author and teacher; founder of the Montreal Botanical Gardens; discovered many plant varieties.

Margaret Newton (1887-1971) Plant pathologist; discoverer of the source of and ways to combat wheat rust.

Joseph-Alphonse Ouimet (1908-1988) Father of the Canadian television as President of CBC, and Chair of Telesat Canada.

Wilder Penfield (1891-1976) World-leading neurosurgeon who developed surgical treatments for epilepsy.

John Polanyi (1929- ) Nobel laureate in Chemistry for his study of the dynamics of chemical reactions which led to chemical lasers.

Michael Smith (1932- ), Nobel laureate in Chemistry (1993), demonstrated that biological systems are chemical thus permitting studies of specific mutations of the DNA in terms of gene function.

Dr. E.W.R. "Ned" Steacie (1900-1962) Chemist; the driving force to establish the National Research Council as a first rate research establishment during and following WWII.

Wallace R. Turnbull (1870-1954) Aeronautical engineer who built Canada's first wind tunnel and invented the variable pitch propeller.