he was influential in establishing a Canadian program for securing and using dried human blood serum. In his later years, he was an adviser to the Medical Research Committee of the United Nations World Health Organization. Awards and honours Best was elected a foreign member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1946. He was elected a foreign honorary member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1948. He was elected to both the American Philosophical Society and the United States National Academy of Sciences in 1950. In 1967 he was made a Companion of the Order of Canada in recognition for "his contribution to medicine, particularly as co-discoverer of insulin." He was a commander of the Civil Division of the Order of the British Empire and was made a member of Order of the Companions of Honour in 1971 "for services to Medical Research". He was a fellow of the Royal Society of London, the Royal Society of Canada, and was the first Canadian to be elected into the Pontifical Academy of Sciences. As a recipient of the Order of Canada, he was awarded the Canadian version of the Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee Medal in 1977. In 1994 he was inducted into the Canadian Medical Hall of Fame. In 2004, he was inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame. Dr. Charles Best Secondary School in Coquitlam, British Columbia, Dr. Charles Best Public School in Burlington, Ontario, and Charles H. Best Middle School in Toronto, Ontario, are named in his honour. His birthplace in Maine is listed on the United States National Register of Historic Places. Honorary degrees Dr. Charles Best received 18 honorary degrees from universities around the world including University of Chicago (D.Sc) in 1941 Université Sorbonne de Paris University of Cambridge University of Oxford University of Amsterdam 8 January 1947 University of Louvain University of Liège University of Chile University of Uruguay University of San Marcos University of Melbourne (LL.D) in 1952 University of Edinburgh (LL.D) in 1959 Northwestern University (D.Sc) in 1959 Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki Free University of Berlin Hebrew University of Jerusalem in 1972 University of Zagreb University of Toronto (LL.D) in 1970. See also Nicolae Paulescu References Further reading John Waller (2002) Fabulous Science: fact and fiction in the history of scientific discovery, Oxford. See Chapter 11: "Painting yourself into a corner; Charles Best and the