. The Canadian field-naturalist. 1987 News and Comment 159 A Continuing Salute: William James Cody: Managing The Canadian Field-Naturalist Don't be misled — this notice is neither tolcen praise for the departing nor an eulogy to the departed: Bill Cody is very much with us and we are here simply recognizing yet another benchmark for him. In 1979 The Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club made him an honorary member for contributions to Canadian botany and 33 years of service to the Club (1980. Canadian Field-Naturalist 94(3): 345). Although appreciative and characteristically surprised by the tribute,
. The Canadian field-naturalist. 1987 News and Comment 159 A Continuing Salute: William James Cody: Managing The Canadian Field-Naturalist Don't be misled — this notice is neither tolcen praise for the departing nor an eulogy to the departed: Bill Cody is very much with us and we are here simply recognizing yet another benchmark for him. In 1979 The Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club made him an honorary member for contributions to Canadian botany and 33 years of service to the Club (1980. Canadian Field-Naturalist 94(3): 345). Although appreciative and characteristically surprised by the tribute, Bill (also characteristically) never broke stride, and now in 1987 when the awards committee wanted to mark his 41st year of continuing dedication they have had to resort to this extraordinary salute. We are fairly confident of again surprising him and even more certain that it will not diminish his focus on immediate priorities as is his style (already I can hear him questioning who is to be billed page charges for this item). Bill is first of all a botanist, and a productive one. Born 2 December 1922 in Hamilton, Ontario, he came to the Central Experimental Farm at Ottawa on 1 October 1946, the year he received a from McMaster University. He began as a Senior Agricultural Assistant, and within a year was elevated to a Principal Agricultural Assistant, later to Technical Officer, then to Agricultural Research Scientist and finally in 1967 to Research Scientist. His field work began in 1948 on Southampton Island and subsequently expanded within the Northwest Territories, to the Yukon, to Alaska, and to every province except Newfoundland. To date he has made over 35 000 plant collections. In 1959, when the Plant Research Institute was created, he became curator of the Vascular Plant Herbarium and supervised its growth from 370 305 mounted specimens at that time to the present 800 000 specimens. From 1963 to 1983 he also produced the "Index Seminum" listing the
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