Harry Lambert Welsh, 23 March 1910 - 23 July 1984

Harry Lambert Welsh began a long association with the University of Toronto with his enrolment in undergraduate physics in 1926. He brought fame to his Alma Mater with pioneering studies in molecular spectroscopy and intermolecular forces, and he played a major role in the development of the Physics Department with his introduction and establishment of research groups in theoretical, atmospheric, and high-energy physics. Undoubtedly, Harry Welsh’s greatest achievement was the stimulation for scholarly research engendered in 65 Ph.D. students who had the privilege and pleasure to study under his supervision over a period of four decades. These scientists have made, and are continuing to make, important contributions to research in a variety of ways in universities, industry, and government institutions, across Canada and in other countries.