Madame Chancellor: I have the honour to present Arthur Charles Erickson, a native of Vancouver, graduate of McGill University' and a person with an outstanding career in the practice of architecture in Canada. Dr. Erickson's professional career has extended over a period of 25 years and has brought him many distinctions, awards and prizes for the consistently high quality of his work. Outstanding, even within the long list of his many fine buildings are Simon Fraser University, Lethbridge University, the Canadian Government Pavilion at Expo '70 in Osaka, Japan and the Museum of Anthropology at the University of British Columbia. Apart from these large public commissions, he is also renowned for his designs of many beautiful private houses. Arthur Erickson has been the winner of the Massey Medal for Architecture on no less than four occasions between 1955 and 1976. In 1964 the Canadian Housing Design Council awarded him its National Design Award and again, in 1967, the same Council awarded him the Centennial Design Award. In 1970 he was awarded the Gold Medal and cash grant of $50;000 by the Royal Bank of Canada as "a Canadian citizen, whose outstanding achievement is of such importance that it is contributing to human welfare and the common good." In the world of education Dr. Erickson was, in his early years, an instructor and professor at the Universities of Oregon and British Columbia and pursued architectural study and research in many countries abroad. More recently, he was a founder of Simon Fraser University in British Columbia. In spite of his extremely busy life and practice, Dr. Erickson has always found time for public service on such Boards as the Community Arts Council, Vancouver Art Gallery, the Science Council of Canada and the Vancouver Centennial Committee. As an indication of his international stature, Dr. Erickson received in 1970 the award of the Architectural Institute of Japan for his work at Expo '70 and has, this year, been elected an Honorary Fellow of the American Institute of Architects. Dr. Erickson is also a member of the College of Fellows of the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada and an academician of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts. He has been honored by the award of doctorates by McGill University, Simon Fraser University and Nova Scotia Technical College. Time and space prohibit my listing the many other citations and awards bestowed on Dr. Erickson in recognition of his contribution to architecture in Canada and the world. Madame Chancellor, it is a pleasure for me to ask, on behalf of the Senate, that you confer upon Arthur Charles Erickson, the degree of Doctorate of Laws, honoris causa. D. R. Campbell President May 26,1978 .