April 3, 1998

DR. JOHN COLTER TO RECEIVE HONORARY DEGREE

The University of Western Ontario will award an honorary doctor of science to Dr. John Colter, professor emeritus and international expert on viruses, June 11, 1998. A former chair of biochemistry (1961-87), Colter led the department to its reputation as the pre-eminent biochemistry department in Canada. More than 80 PhD or postdoctoral students training in the department under his tenure now occupy faculty positions in universities across North America.

Under his leadership, the department was the site for the first protein crystallography laboratory in the country, and is the base for the Protein Engineering Network of Centres of Excellence, one of the most successful in Canada. Colter will address graduates of UWO from the Faculty of Science.

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