The obituary notice in the Ottawa Citizen was quite brief and probably just as Helen would have wished but perhaps the general reader should have been advised of the great contribution she made to her profession and country! When she was invested as a Companion of the Order of Canada back in 1992 she was described as Dr. Helen K. Mussallem, C.C., DStJ, BN, MA, EdD, LLD, DSc, DU, FRCN -- these initials reflect her accomplishements and honours. Indeed, the U.K. Royal College of Nursing described her as "Canada's most distinguished nurse in her generation...acclaimed for her role in fundamentally reshaping Canada's nursing education system and revered for her efforts in improving the status of nurses worldwide." Helen was the long-term Executive Director of the Canadian Nurses' Association, a past-president of the Victorian Order of Nurses and Consultant to the World Health Organization. Her position with the CNA in Ottawa led her to join the Institute of Association Executives (now the Canadian Society of Association Executives). She was the only woman in the founding group of the IAE. We were fellow directors of the Ottawa chapter and she continued to attend CSAE meetings for old times' sake until she was well into her 80s. Those of us who knew Dr. M. have only the most pleasant of memories of her and I would like to extend my sincere condolences to members of her family.