aneurysm in 2000. In 1999, the University of Alberta Faculty of Science and Strathcona County established the Strathcona County/R.U. Lemieux Chair in Carbohydrate Chemistry. In 2001, the University of Alberta renamed the building(s) housing the Department of Chemistry to the Gunning/Lemieux Chemistry Centre to acknowledge the contributions of Profs. Raymond Lemieux and Harry Gunning. Awards Dr. R.U. Lemieux received numerous awards and honours for his work in chemistry: Induction into the Royal Society of Canada (1954) C.S. Hudson Award of the American Chemical Society (1966) Became the first western Canadian to be elected a fellow of the Royal Society (England) (1967) Appointed Officer of the Order of Canada (1968) Haworth Award and Medal (1983) The Tishler Award, Harvard University (1983) Gairdner Foundation International Award (1985) Made Honorary Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Stockholm (1988) Induction into the Alberta Order of Excellence (1990) King Faisal International Prize for Science (first Canadian) (1990) NSERC Gold Medal in Science (1991) Albert Einstein World Award of Science (1992) Made Companion of the Order of Canada (1994) Wolf Prize in Chemistry (1999) Notable former trainees David R. Bundle, former postdoctoral fellow with Prof. Lemieux, currently professor of chemistry, the Raymond U. Lemieux Chair in Carbohydrate Chemistry, and a distinguished university professor at the University of Alberta, founder and former director of the Alberta Glycomics Centre (formerly known as Alberta Ingenuity Centre for Carbohydrate Science). http://www.chem.ualberta.ca/~glyco/who/index.htm Ole Hindsgaul, former PhD student with Prof. Lemieux, currently a distinguished professor at the Carlsberg Laboratory, Copenhagen, Denmark, and an adjunct professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Alberta, Canada. http://www.crc.dk/carbochem/oledraft2.htm Personal Raymond's daughter Janet Lemieux was Canadian champion soccer player and was inducted to the Canada Soccer Hall of Fame in 2021. See also Lemieux-Johnson oxidation Anomeric effect Carbohydrate chemistry References Further reading The Alberta Order of Excellence Member Profile Science.ca Profile Remembering Dr. Lemieux (article) Alberta Inventors and Inventions Order of Canada: Raymond U. Lemieux 1920 births 2000 deaths Albert Einstein World Award of Science Laureates Canadian chemists Organic chemists Scientists from Alberta Companions of the Order of Canada Members of the Alberta Order of Excellence People from Lac La Biche County University of Alberta alumni University of Alberta faculty Wolf Prize in Chemistry laureates Canadian Fellows of the Royal Society McGill University Faculty of Science alumni Ohio State University alumni 20th-century Canadian scientists 20th-century chemists Canadian expatriates in the United States