as Editor for Theoretical Chemistry of the Canadian Journal of Chemistry from 1988 to 1998, President of the Canadian Society for Chemistry for 2007-2008, and Chair of The Chemical Institute of Canada for 2012-2013. He was elected to the Bureau of the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry in 2013. He has served on five committees (two as Chair) of the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) of Canada and numerous national selection committees including the Steacie Prize for Natural Sciences, the Killam Selection Committee of the Canada Council, the Adjudication Committee of the Canada-Fulbright Program, the Canadian Science and Engineering Hall of Fame, and the NSF (USA) Science and Technology Centers Selection Panel. In light of his extensive achievements and impact on the field of chemistry, there have been two occasions on which a special issue of the Canadian Journal of Chemistry has been published in his honour with contributions from many international research groups. Publications Selected Publications: Relative Sizes of the High and Low Spin States of Atoms, R.J. Boyd, Nature 250, 566-567 (1974); A Quantum Mechanical Explanation for Hund's Multiplicity Rule, R.J. Boyd, Nature, 310, 480-481 (1984); Selenium Stories, R.J. Boyd, Nature Chemistry, 3, 570 (2011). References 1945 births Living people Canadian chemists Dalhousie University faculty McGill University Faculty of Science alumni People from Kelowna University of British Columbia Faculty of Science alumni