F. Hedley Auld, University Chancellor, making presentation of an honourary Doctor of Laws degree to Lorne Gray, Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd., at Convocation held in Physical Education gymnasium. Norman K. Cram, University Registrar, stands by.

Bio/Historical Note: James Lorne Gray was born in 1913 in Brandon, Manitoba, He received a BEng in 1935 and a MSc (Mech. Eng.) in 1938 from the University of Saskatchewan. In 1939, he was a lecturer in Engineering at the U of S. During World War II he served in the Royal Canadian Air Force, achieving the rank of Wing Commander. After the war from 1945 to 1946, he was associate director-general in the research and development division of the department of Reconstruction and Supply in Ottawa. From 1946-1948 Gray was with Montreal Armature Works Limited. In 1948, he was the scientific assistant to the President of the National Research Council of Canada (NRC). From 1949-1952 Gray was the Chief of Administration for the NRC Chalk River project. In 1952 he joined AECL as a General Manager, became a Vice-President in 1954, and became President in 1958, retiring in 1974. In 1969 Gray was made a Companion of the Order of Canada. He was awarded honourary Doctor of Laws degrees from the University of British Columbia and the U of S in 1961. Gray died in Deep River, Ontario, in 1987.