text: 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)