Louis Horlick was born in Montreal on December 2, 1920. He attended McGill University receiving a B.Sc in 1944, M.D. C.M. in 1945 and a M.Sc in Experimental Medicine in 1953. Dr. Horlick came to the University of Saskatchewan in 1954 as a Lecturer in Medicine and Biochemistry rising through the ranks to become full professor (Medicine and Cardiology) in 1962. He served as acting head of the Department of Medicine first in 1967 and again in 1979-1980 and was the head from 1968 to 1974. Between 1983 and 1989, he served on the University of Saskatchewan Board of Governors. Dr. Horlick retired in 1989 and was named Professor Emeritus. In addition to his academic posts at the University of Saskatchewan, he was on staff at the Royal University Hospital and an attending physician at City Hospital. Dr. Horlick has authored more than sixty scholarly papers, primarily in the fields of lipids and lipoproteins in atherosclerosis, the modification of risk factors in coronary heart disease, and clinical gerontology. Among the many honours given to Dr. Horlick was the Saskatchewan Order of Merit in 1991, which recognized his efforts to establish a 9-1-1 emergency system in Saskatoon and the more than 25 years of voluntary work with the Saskatchewan Heart Foundation. Four years later he received the Order of Canada. Dr. Horlick died in Saskatoon on October 23, 2012.

Mona Holmlund earned her BA at St. Thomas More College, University of Saskatchewan; her MA at Reading University, and her PhD from Cambridge. She taught Art History at the University of Saskatchewan; and various courses on visual culture at Dalhousie University, where she holds appointments with the departments of History and Gender and Women’s Studies, and the Fountain School of Performing Arts; and is coordinator for the Certificate program in Art History and Visual Culture.

Blaine Adrian Holmlund was born at his family’s home (Section 11, Township 27, Range 7, West of the 3rd meridian),roughly 9 miles west of Strongfield, Saskatchewan, on 27 July 1930. His career began at age 12, as a hired farm labourer. He worked variously at the general store and as a mechanic at the local garage prior to joining the CPR as a relief station agent and telegraph operator (December 1948-May 1955). One of his supervisors at the CPR strongly urged Blaine to consider University – not an option considered before by Blaine or one expected by his family. Blaine entered engineering at the University of Saskatchewan and put himself through, earning his BE in 1955 and his MSc in 1961. Following his graduation in 1955, Blaine worked as a development engineer for Shell; for Atomic Energy of Canada at Chalk River; and as a communications engineer for Sask Power. He was briefly also a lecturer in electrical engineering at the University; and in 1958 returned, joining the faculty of the University of Saskatchewan where he remained for the rest of his career. From 1958-1992 he served the University in a variety of capacities: as a professor of electrical engineering; of biomedical engineering; of computational science; of finance and quantitative methods. He established, and served as first director of: the Biomedical Engineering Program; the Computational Science Department; the Hospital Systems Study Group; and the University Studies Group. He was named VP (Special Projects) in 1980 and VP (Planning and Development) in 1985. Blaine served as Acting University President in 1989. He served on the Board of the Saskatchewan Indian Federated College from 1982-1993, and from November 1990-June 1991 was on secondment from the University to serve as Acting President of the Saskatchewan Indian Federated College (now First Nations University of Canada). Blaine was awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Saskatchewan in 1998. Following his retirement Blaine volunteered for Saskatoon Habitat for Humanity, helping to initiate partnerships with employment programs and to establish the Re-Store. He died in Saskatoon on 17 June 2006.

Maiden name of Mary Hinde, who married Henry “Harry” Wake Hinde late in life. Harry was one of the owners of Valley Springs Ranch and managed the local community pasture, receiving a hundred year lease on a portion of the land in payment for his work during the Depression years. Prior to moving to Borden Saskatchewan, Mary was a Dean of Classical studies at the University of Toronto. She also served during the Second World War as a code breaker.

Joseph Hinde was born in 1862. He married Martha Wake in Derbyshire, England in 1889 where the family was a member of the Fritchley Meeting (of Quakers). The Hindes were originally situated in Birmingham where Joseph Hinde was a coal worker and furniture mover. They had eight children: Edith, Leonard, Joseph Edward "Bob", Alfred, Winifred, Henry "Harry”, Elizabeth "Elsie" Linell, and Lydia "Daisie" Margaret. The family immigrated to Canada between 1911 and 1912 and settled near Borden Saskatchewan, where they became members of the Halcyonia Meeting of the Society of Friends. Their elder children Edith and Leonard immigrated a year ahead of the rest of the family. Once settled, the family operated a successful livestock business named Valley Springs Ranch. Initially the farm was operated by Bob Hinde (who had previously worked at Cadbury chocolates in England), however after developing severe hay allergy, the operation was taken over by his siblings Harry and Elsie. Jim Olynik (who was raised on the farm) later purchased Harry’s portion and operated it for many years, before selling to the donor, David Horn (also raised for many years on the ranch).

Doris Hillis was born at Epsom in Surrey, England. She was educated in England and came to Canada in 1955 where she taught schools in Langenburg and Winnipeg. Doris completed an M.A. at the University of Manitoba, and went on to lecture at the University of British Columbia while continuing studies in literature. In 1960, the family acquired a grain farm near Macklin, Saskatchewan, where Doris spent most of her writing career, and where she and her husband, William, raised their only child, Sandy. In 1967 Doris became involved in Adult Education through the Kerrobert Unit Board, and later was appointed a Trustee of Prairie West Community College for two terms (1975-1981).
Doris began writing in 1977, her primary interest being poetry, although she also produces drama, short stories, non-fiction articles, profiles, children’s literature and book reviews. Her work has been published in literary magazines and broadcast on CBC, and she has received rewards and grants from the Saskatchewan Writers Guild and the Saskatchewan Arts Board. In her major nonfiction works, Voices and Visions (1985) and Plainspeaking (1988), Doris interviews a number of significant Saskatchewan writers, including: Edna Alford, Elizabeth Allen, Lorna Crozier (Uher), Robert Currie, Mick Burrs, Gary Hyland, Lois Simmie, Terrence Heath , John Hicks , Patrick Lane, Ken Mitchell , Brenda Riches , Glen Sorestad , Gertrude Story, Anne Szumagalski , Guy Vanderhaege, Byrna Barclay , Elizabeth Brewster , Sharon Butala , Maria Campbell , David Carpenter, Rex Deverell, Joan Givner , Barbara Sapergia, Andrew Suknaski and Geoffrey Ursell.
Doris has also hosted a number of readings and workshops for elementary, high school, and adult groups and she was a central figure of Macklin’s Literary Club. She is a member of the Saskatchewan Writer’s Guild, the Saskatchewan Playwright’s Centre, the Writer’s Union of Canada, and the League of Canadian Poets.
Doris has also had an interest in puppetry. She was a member of numerous puppetry associations worldwide, including UNIMA and the Ontario Puppetry Association. In an effort to promote the dramatic arts in her home town, Doris established the Macklin Puppeteers, a group of Macklin children who performed for about six years in Macklin, Provost, and the Saskatoon Public Library “Christopher Robin Room”. She passed away on July 26th, 2020.

Luise Hedwig Herzberg, nee Oettinger, was born in Nuremberg, Germany, on 22 November 1906. She attended the Civic High School for Girls in Nuremburg, graduating in 1925; and may have taken a year off (possibly with relatives in Texas) prior to beginning university in 1926. She studied mechanical engineering at the Technische Hochschule in Munich prior to attending the University of Göttingen. She took one year of study at the University of Texas (Austin) prior to returning to Göttingen, where she met her future husband, Gerhard Herzberg. They married in Nuremburg on 30 December 1929. She joined Gerhard in his laboratory in Bristol, England, where she began her PhD research on the spectrum and structure of beryllium oxide (BeO). She continued her studies in Darmstadt, when the couple returned to Germany in November 1930. For various reasons, her PhD examination was conducted through the University of Frankfurt; Luise received her doctorate on 29 May 1933. She was quite possibly the last Jew to receive a PhD from Frankfurt before the war; the Nazis had come to power that January. The Herzbergs left Germany in 1935, and Gerhard accepted a position at the University of Saskatchewan. Despite the birth of their two children and the majority of her time taking care of their household, Luise was able to continue with some scientific work (although not as a faculty member). In 1945 Gerhard accepted a position with the University of Chicago (at their observatory in Wisconsin); Luise was a “volunteer research associate.” In 1948, the family moved to Ottawa, where Gerhard had accepted a position with the National Research Council. Once again, Luise served as a “volunteer research associate.” By 1952 she had a summer position with the Dominion Observatory; in 1958 this became a full-time position. The final twelve years of her working career (beginning in 1959) were spent at the Radio Physics Laboratory at Shirley Bay. Luise died in Ottawa on 3 June 1971, just prior to her planned retirement and five months before her husband, Gerhard, was awarded the Nobel Prize. Their son Paul noted that not only had “Gerhard ... won the Nobel Prize with Luise’s constant support,” two of Luise’s colleagues independently suggested that “given the opportunity, Luise might have exceeded Gerhard’s accomplishments and may also have won a Nobel Prize. Such is the high esteem in which Luise was held.”

Gens Douglas Hellquist was born in 1946 in North Battleford. He was a Canadian gay rights activist and publisher, most well-knownfor his prominent role in the formation of a cohesive LGBT community inSaskatoon, and Saskatchewan. Gens was a founding member of the Gay LiberationFront, which went on to become the Zodiac Friendship Society. These groups facilitated political lobbying for LGBT rights, as well as acted as an organizing body for social activities for the Saskatchewan LGBT community. The funds from these activities led to the creation of the Avenue C Community Centre in 1973 –the second gay community centerin Canada. Hellquist was also involved in a number of prominent human rights cases, fighting against the distribution of hate speech, and promoting equality of gayand lesbian health care in Canada. In terms of his publishing work, Hellquist established and operated Gaymates, a penpal club that facilitated communications between gay men across Saskatchewan, Canada, the United States, and the world. He also established Perceptions in 1983, Saskatoon’s first LGBT publication. Gens was also involved in LGBT health activism, being a founding member of Gay and Lesbian Health Services of Saskatoon, and the Canadian Rainbow Health Coalition, as well as serving on the boardsof the Canadian AIDS Society and the Saskatchewan AIDS Network. Gens was awarded the Saskatchewan Centennial Medal in June 2005, and was inducted into the Queer Hall of Fame in 2010. He was also the first recipient of the Peter Corren Award for Outstanding Achievement.

Joseph Thaddeus Hébert was born in Botsford Portage, New Brunswick on September 25, 1890. He obtained a B.A. (1912) and an M.A. (1915) from the University of New Brunswick. He then earned an LL.B. from Harvard University. He was hired as a junior Professor of Law at the University of Saskatchewan in 1919. He taught classes at the University of Saskatchewan until 1924 when he returned to New Brunswick to practice law. He married Yvonne LeBlanc in Nova Scotia in 1926. He died on March 17, 1932 in Campbellton, New Brunswick.

Charles Hayter is associate professor, Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Toronto, and a radiation oncologist at Toronto-Sunnybrook Regional Cancer Centre. Prior to embarking on a career in medicine, he studied drama at Queen’s University and the University of Calgary, and he has remained active as a writer and actor. He is the author of An Element of Hope: Radium and the Response to Cancer in Canada, 1900-1940 (McGill-Queen’s Press, 2005). In 2001 Dr. Hayter was awarded the John B. Neilson Award for his “significant long-standing contributions to the history of health care in Canada.”

Robert Newman Hoyles Haslam was born in Toronto on November 29, 1909. His family moved to Saskatoon where he attended high school, and later enrolled at the University of Saskatchewan, earning a BA (1929) and MA (1931). In 1933, he received a PhD from McGill University. From 1933 to 1935, he studied at the University of Leipzig on a post-graduate scholarship. Dr. Haslam was appointed Instructor in Physics at the University of Saskatchewan in 1935, became Full Professor in 1951, and Department Head ten years later. In July 1964, he was appointed Dean of Arts and Science. He was subsequently appointed Vice-President of the Saskatoon Campus and Vice-President (Academic). On his retirement in 1977, he was named Professor Emeritus. He died on January 9, 1985.

Doris Hasell earned a B.I.D. [Bachelor of Interior Design] from the University of Manitoba Faculty of Architecture (1959) and an M.Ed in Art Education from the University of British Columbia (1990). She began her career at the University of Saskatchewan in 1962 as a special lecturer in Home Economics, and was promoted to assistant professor (1969) and associate professor (1974). Ms. Hasell continued to teach in the College of Home Economics until that college was phased out in 1990. She then joined the faculty of Art and Art History, where she had the rank of associate professor. She also served as acting head of that department (1993-1994). She was an associate member of both Extension Division and the Curriculum Studies Department. She retired from the University in 1996.

James Bishop Harrington, born in Chicago in 1894, came to Canada in 1911 and settled on a homestead near Maple Creek. Four years later he started what was to become a distinguished academic career when he enrolled at the University of Saskatchewan. Though his studies were interrupted by war service, he received his B.Sc. in Agriculture in 1920. Harrington continued with graduate studies at the University of Minnesota. By 1924 he had a MSc, a Ph.D. and an appointment as Assistant Professor in Field Husbandry at the University of Saskatchewan. From 1950 to 1956 served as head of his department. During his years at the U of S, Harrington built an international reputation as a plant breeder; among the better known crop varieties he developed are Apex wheat, Fortune oats, Husky barley, Royal flax and Antelope rye. In 1949 Dr. Harrington's attention turned to the agricultural problems of the third world. In 1949-1950 he worked in Egypt as consultant to the Ministry of Agriculture, and in 1952 went to India to work on rice breeding for the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations. After resigning from the U of S in 1956, Harrington continued as a consultant with the FAO in the Middle East. Harrington was a founding member of the Saskatchewan Institute of Agrology and served as president of the Agriculture Institute of Canada. The Order of Canada, Fellow of the American Society of Agronomy and a LLD from the U of S are but a few of the many honours given to Dr. Harrington during his life. He died in Ontario at the age of 85.

Evan Alan Hardy was born in Sioux City, Iowa on October 1, 1890. His father operated a small farm and a blacksmith shop, in which the young Hardy showed a keen interest in his high school years. After completing high school, Evan Hardy spent three busy years dividing his time between the farm and the blacksmith shop. He then enrolled in a course in agricultural engineering in the University of Iowa at Ames. In 1917, he earned a B.Sc., married, and accepted a teaching position at the University of Saskatchewan as an instructor in agricultural engineering at the College of Agriculture. In 1919, he became a full Professor and started teaching classes in the College of Engineering. He returned to Iowa to continue his studies and came back in Saskatoon with an M.Sc. (1923) from Iowa State College. From 1926 to 1951, Hardy was head of the department of Agricultural Engineering. During his career at the U of S, Hardy advocated the growth of mechanized farming and designed many implements for use on the prairies. For his outstanding work he was awarded a Fellowship in the Agricultural Institute of Canada in 1948. While on leave in 1951, he went to work for the United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization in northern Ceylon (Sri Lanka). He took early retirement from the University in 1952 and remained in Ceylon. In 1956, he moved to Amparai where he founded the Technical Training Institute, now known as the Hardy Institute of Technical Training. He remained there until his death on December 4, 1963. Hardy received an LL.D. from the University of Saskatchewan in 1957. Evan Hardy Collegiate, a Saskatoon public school which opened in 1965, was named in his honour. In 1964, the Hardy Laboratory for Agricultural Engineering was posthumously dedicated in his honour.