Eleanor Frances Linnell (married name Stundon) was originally from Summerberry, Saskatchewan. She entered the Regina General Hospital School of Nursing in 1940, graduating in 1943. Linnell worked at the Regina General Hospital for a period of time immediately after graduation. By 1950, she was living in Ottawa, Ontario, but returned to Regina during the decade. From 1959 to 1964, she served as Operating Room Instructor for the Regina General Hospital School of Nursing. On 1 June 1964, Linnell assumed the position of Associate Director of Nursing Education, and then in 1966, the position of Director of Nursing Education. In 1967, she was granted a one-year leave of absence from her position in order to complete her degree in education at the University of Saskatchewan, Regina Campus. She returned to the hospital in 1968 as the Director of the School of Nursing, remaining until the school closed in 1972. After her departure from the School, Linnell moved to Grenfell, Saskatchewan, and married Mr. [?] Stundon.

Born in Denver, Colorado on 25 February 1936, Richard Douglas Sullivan spent his formative years studying Latin, Greek and History at Regis Preparatory School and College. He earned a BA (1959) from the University of Chicago, and a PhD (1970) at the University of California, Los Angeles. In addition to his studies at UCLA, Sullivan spent much of the 1960s researching and teaching at various institutions, including the American School of Classical Studies in Athens, the Vergilian Society in Naples, Harvard, Berkeley, and Oxford. In 1967 Sullivan was appointed Lecturer in Classics at the University of Saskatchewan; by 1977 he had been promoted to full Professor. He resigned from the University in 1980 to accept a at Simon Fraser University. In 1984, he became the Historian for the National Geographic Society's Kavouvi Project in Crete. Sullivan was a prolific scholar of international scope and reputation. Perhaps his most lasting contribution to the U of S was in connection with his work as a papyrologist; he secured for the Library film and slide reproductions of papyrus documents housed at major museums around the world. To his credit are three books and more than 25 published articles and reviews. Sullivan died in Vancouver in 1988 at the age of 53.

Jack Summers was born in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, on October 9, 1919. In 1938, he joined the militia and enlisted in the Prince Albert and Battleford Volunteers. He transferred, in 1942, to the South Alberta Regiment of the 4th Canadian Armoured Division fighting in North West Europe, where he was awarded the Military Cross. Summers continued his military service after the war with the militia. At the time of his retirement from the militia in 1974, he had reached the rank of Brigadier General and Commander of the Prairie Militia. He also served as Honorary Lieutenant Colonel of the Saskatchewan Dragoons, Honorary Colonel of the North Saskatchewan Regiment, a member of the Saskatoon Board of Police Commissioners, and as a member of the Board of Corps Commissionaires. Summers wrote extensively on military history, coauthored the book Military Uniforms in Canada 1665-1970, and authored Tangled Web - Canadian Infantry Accoutrements 1855-1985. After returning from the war in 1946, Summers also enrolled in the College of Pharmacy, University of Saskatchewan, and graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy in 1949. In 1952, he completed a Master of Science degree from the State University of Iowa. Summers was a member of the faculty of the University of Saskatchewan from 1949 until 1987. He was the first director of Pharmaceutical services at the University Hospital. He was President of the Canadian Society of Hospital Pharmacists (1956-1957), President of the Council of the Canadian Pharmaceutical Association (1964), and President of the Association of Faculties of Pharmacy of Canada. Summers, at the time of his death remained the only pharmacist to have presided over all three associations. He also edited the Canadian Journal of Hospital Pharmacy from 1961 to 1981. Jack Summers died January 26, 1994 at the age of 74.

Jack Sures was born 20 November 1934 in Brandon, Manitoba. He studied Painting and Printmaking at the University of Manitoba for both his undergraduate degree and his masters degree at the University of Michigan. Though he attended only one academic Ceramics course, Sures worked in The Chelsea Pottery studio and a ceramic cat factory while traveling in England after his graduation in 1959. After traveling extensively overseas he returned to Winnipeg in 1962 and set up a ceramics studio, building his own gas kiln (the first in Manitoba), and fashioning a pottery wheel out of a farmers' milk separator. Sures ran this studio, selling his work and offering studio space to other artists until 1965 when he was hired by the University of Saskatchewan (now the University of Regina) to set up the Ceramics and Printmaking programs. This position allowed him to teach and focus on the development his own practise. Over the course of his teaching career at the University of Regina, Jack Sures completed numerous large-scale commissions, including installations at the Canadian Museum of Civilization, Sturdy Stone Provincial Office Building, The University of Saskatchewan, and the Wascana Rehabilitation Centre. His art has been awarded nationally and internationally, winning, among many others, the Grand Prize at the International Ceramics Competition in Mino Japan in 1989. Sures was honoured with the investiture of the Order of Canada, as well as repeated recognition by The University of Regina for excellence in Teaching and Research. Upon his retirement in 1998 he was named professor emeritus, and he continues to be recognized for his contributions receiving Saskatchewan's' highest honour, The Order of Merit (2003), and a commemorative medal for the 125th anniversary of the Canadian Confederation. Through-out his career he has participated in a multitude of solo and group exhibitions, workshops, and several art boards and organizations, exemplifying his expansive passion for the Fine Arts. Jack Sures continues to exhibit and produce work, and contribute his expertise at the University of Regina.

Curator and Director of the Swift Current Film Society from September 1998 to December 1999

A native of Scotland, Ronald George Sutherland was born May 4, 1935. He earned a B.Sc. from Strathclyde University in 1959 and a Ph.D. from St. Andrew's University in 1962. He spent time as a Fellow and Lecturer at Columbia University, the California Institute of Technology and St. Andrew's University. He was appointed Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering at the University of Saskatchewan in 1967 rising to the rank of Professor in 1974. Dr. Sutherland held several administrative posts including Head of the Department of Chemistry and Associate Dean of the College of Arts and Science. He was named Professor Emeritus in 2002. His interests in chemical and biological weapons and environmental modification as a method of warfare dates back to the 1970s. His studies are related to the Biological and Toxin Weapon Convention, the ENMOD Convention and the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC). These studies (BTWC) all relate to the contributions of science and technology to the multilateral verification of the above conventions and problems relating to weapons of mass destruction. Recent work includes: allegations of use of chemical/biological weapons, national implementation of a Chemical Weapons Convention, the international organization to prohibit chemical weapons (OPCW), a handbook on all chemicals included in the CWC, the destruction of chemical weapons, the support of the Canadian CWC National Authority, and the problem of toxins.

Spencer Sutherland was born in 1900 in Truro, Nova Scotia. He moved with his family to Unity, Saskatchewan in 1911. Mr. Sutherland was admitted to the bar in 1924, and moved to Humboldt in 1928 where he opened the S.M. Sutherland Law Office. Mr. Sutherland practiced law in Humboldt until his death in 1981

grandson of David Joseph Lafond

Peter Michael Swan was born on October 4, 1931 in the village of Kennedy, Saskatchewan. He earned three degrees from the University of Saskatchewan: a B.A. Honours (1952), M.A. (1957), and B.Ed (1959). He completed a Ph.D. in Classical Philology from Harvard University in 1965. Dr. Swan became a permanent faculty member of the University of Saskatchewan in 1962. He held a variety of administrative posts and played an important role in the creation of the University's Museum of Antiquities. Dr. Swan served as the Assistant Dean of Arts and Science, Acting Head of the Departments of Art, Classics/Greek and Roman Studies, and Modern Languages and as the Director of the Learned Society Conference, University Studies Group and Undergraduate Programs and Students in the Department of History. His scholarly specialties are the early Roman Empire, in particular the reigns of Augustus, Tiberius, Caligula, Claudius, and Nero (31 B.C. - A.D. 68), and the Roman historian Cassius Dio, on whom he has written various articles and edited two books. In 2004, his book, "The Augustan Succession", was published by Oxford University Press. Dr Swan was honoured by the University of Saskatchewan at its 1989 Spring Convocation with the Master Teacher Award. He was named Professor Emeritus of History upon his retirement in 1999.

Christian Swanson was born August 6, 1859, in Härjedalen, Sweden. He moved to the United States ca. 1880 with his brothers Peter and Sven and settled in New Effington, South Dakota. Christian married Julia Johanneson the following year in Sisseton, South Dakota. In 1910, they moved to Hankinson, North Dakota. Two of their children died of illness in February 1913. On May 15, 1913, the Swansons and their remaining three children arrived at their new homestead 15 miles south of Cadillac, Saskatchewan. After Julia and their youngest daughter settled in Swift Current, Christian continued to live on the farm with his son Emil but moved in with his eldest son John and his family in Milestone, Saskatchewan, after Emil’s death in 1937. He would spend summers with his daughters in Swift Current. Christian died on January 31, 1955, and is buried in the Beaver Valley Cemetery.

Emil Alexander Swanson was born September 28, 1904. His twin brother, Edwin Garfield, died of illness in February 1913. Emil lived at the family farm south of Cadillac, Saskatchewan, until his death in 1937.