Elizabeth Angela Marguerite Bowes-Lyon (4 August 1900 – 30 March 2002) was Queen of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Commonwealth from 11 December 1936 to 6 February 1952 as the wife of King George VI. She was concurrently the last empress of India until the British Raj was dissolved in August 1947. After her husband died, she was known as Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, to avoid confusion with her daughter, Queen Elizabeth II.

John Duncan Dewar was born on 7 March 1932 in Sexsmith, Alberta. Graduating with a Bachelor of Education in Physical Education from the University of Alberta in 1955 he went on to earn a Master of Arts from the University of Ohio in 1960 and a Doctor of Education from the Florida State University in 1965. A former member of the University of Alberta Golden Bears basketball team, Dewar accepted the position of Athletic Director and Coach at the University of Saskatchewan for the 1960-61 academic year. He next moved to the University of Alberta, Calgary, where he was Assistant Professor of Physical Education, Men's Athletic Coordinator and Basketball Coach from 1961 until 1967. The next two years found him serving as Associate Professor and Director of Physical Education at St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, Nova Scotia. In 1969 Dr. Dewar joined the faculty of Laurentian University, Sudbury, Ontario. Over the next eight years he held a variety of academic and administrative positions, including: Full Professor and Dean of the Division of Physical Education, Associate Dean of Professional Schools, Acting Director of the School of Social Work, Head Administor of the School of Nursing and Acting Director of the School of Commerce. In 1977 Dewar returned to the University of Saskatchewan as Professor and Dean of the College of Physical Education. He remained Dean until 1986 and continued on faculty as Full Professor until his retirement in 1996, becoming Professor Emeritus. The bulk of Dr. Dewar's scholarly work relates to the study of sports history. Research and publications include works dealing with Dr. James Naismith, the Edmonton Grads, the Olympics, Indigenous athletes and athletics and residential schools. Dewar was member of several local, national and international societies and organizations and served on the editorial board or as a reader for several Saskatchewan sports history groups.

The Department of Family Medicine came in existence in 1971 under the Deans Dr. John Gutelius (1970-1973) and Dr. Robert Murray (1973-1983). Dr. Louis Christ was the first Head of the Department of Family Medicine from 1971-1977. He later joined the Department of Geriatric Medicine. Dr. Christ died on 9 February 1983 in Saskatoon.

Walter Charles Murray, first president of the University of Saskatchewan, was born in Kings County, New Brunswick, in 1866 and received his BA with honours in 1886 from the University of New Brunswick. Having won the Gilchrist Scholarship for Canada, for continued studies overseas, he attended the University of Berlin and the University of Edinburgh, where he received his MA with first class honours in 1891. Later that year he joined faculty at the University of New Brunswick as Professor of Philosophy and Economics. In 1892 he was appointed Professor of Philosophy and lecturer in Education at Dalhousie, where he remained until joining the University of Saskatchewan as president in 1908. Murray served as president for 26 years, retiring in 1937. Murray was successful in building a progressive university of high standards with a beautiful campus. His own work was in education and education history, but he was also a supporter of art and music. Murray served on numerous councils and commissions, including the National Research Council from 1916-1932. Murray married Christina Cameron (1866-1947), born in Fredericton, New Brunswick, in 1895. They had three daughters: Christina Cameron Murray, Lucy Hunter Murray and Jean Elizabeth Murray. Murray died in Saskatoon in 1945. The city of Saskatoon honours Murray with several landmarks: "Murray Place" in the Dundonald area; Walter Murray Collegiate Institute, opened in 1965 and located near Market Mall; the Murray Building on the University of Saskatchewan campus; and President Murray Park, located in the Varsity View neighbourhood.

Eugene Alfred Forsey PC CC FRSC (1904–1991) served in the Senate of Canada from 1970 to 1979 and was considered to be one of Canada's foremost constitutional experts.

General Henry Duncan Graham "Harry" Crerar CH, CB, DSO, CD, PC (1888 -1965) was a senior officer of the Canadian Army who became the country's leading field commander in World War II, where he commanded the First Canadian Army.

Conway James Skelly was born in Ontario in 1922. He graduated from the School of Agriculture in 1947. Skelly died in 1949.

Alfred Lewis (Lew) Parres was born 19 February 1915. He was a juvenile and junior hockey star with the Nutana Athletic Club in Saskatoon. He also excelled at track and field, winning many awards. In 1932 his brother Jim entered Geological Engineering at the University of Saskatchewan with Lew following in 1934. Lew played hockey for the Huskies and after graduation could have had a career in hockey but chose the mining business instead. Parres was a staunch Northerner. He knew the North and loved the North. His vision in proposing a new Northern Province (which he called Precambria) was to keep the wealth (especially the tremendous mineral wealth) of the North in the North working to improve the lives of Northerners. His dream was to combine Northern Manitoba and Northern Saskatchewan and a small piece of Northern Alberta into one entity. His plan was backed by the local Chamber of Commerce in the early 1950s and made headlines across western Canada.

Frances McAusland was born in Melfort, Saskatchewan, daughter of Clarance McAusland and Muriel Hadden. Frances completed her Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Saskatchewan in 1969. She married Arthur Westlund in 1970 and moved to his farm at Brownlee. During the winter months in the early 1970s, Frances and Arthur lived in Saskatoon. Frances worked at the University of Saskatchewan Library during the winter. In 1985, they moved to the Melfort area to continue farming on the McAusland family farm with Clarance McAusland.

Charles Dunning was born July 31, 1885, in Leicestershire, England. He came to Canada to farm in 1902 when he was 16, penniless, with little formal education, and no knowledge of agriculture. He spent a year working as a farm labourer around Yorkton before establishing a homestead near Beaverdale and eventually formed a Farming partnership with his father. He married Ada Rowlatt in 1913 and they had two children.

Dunning was disillusioned with the treatment of farmers and became involved with the Territorial Grain Growers Association, and later with the Saskatchewan Grain Growers Association (SGGA) local. A natural speaker, Dunning was elected district director at the 1910 SGGA convention in Prince Albert and vice-president in 1911. He was charged with investigating the country elevator system in Saskatchewan and different grain-handling options to remedy faults in the current system. His report led to the establishment of the Saskatchewan Co-operative Elevator Company. Dunning was appointed to the board of directors of the co-op and was selected its first general manager. Within four years the co-op became the largest grain-handling company in the world. By 1916, the co-op had built 230 elevators and handled over 28 million bushels of various crops. During this time Dunning served on two Royal Commissions dealing with Saskatchewan agriculture. The Grain Market Commission had little lasting influence but the Agricultural Credit Commission eventually led to government experiments in farm credit during Dunning's later political career.

In 1916 Premier Walter Scott was suffering from ill health and his government was under siege in a corruption scandal. Scott resigned and Regina MP William Martin took over as Premier. He asked Dunning to come into government as Provincial Treasurer for his business expertise and to bolster the Liberal Party's ties to the farm movement. Dunning won a by-election in the constituency of Kinistino by acclamation. In 1919, he was given added responsibility for the Department of Agriculture and he expanded the duties and responsibilities of the Labour Bureau. He used the bureau, created in 1911, to expand Saskatchewan's resource base. Dunning promoted the first commercial extraction of sodium sulfate reserves, established the first experimental Coal plant near Estevan, and undertook the first extensive prospecting for Mineral Resources in northern Saskatchewan.

The Saskatchewan Liberals officially severed ties with the unpopular federal party to avoid the creation of a farmers' party in Saskatchewan. Premier Martin later openly supported federal Liberal candidates in the 1921 federal election, upsetting many in the farmers' movement. A senior Minister resigned and with the SGGA openly discussing the option of forming a third party, Martin's authority was undermined and he resigned. The Liberals chose Dunning as Premier to reduce agrarian unrest. Dunning met with the SGGA directly to convince them that he still represented farmers and was not Prime Minister Mackenzie King's pawn. A series of provincial by-elections resulted in Liberal victories over independent progressive candidates. In 1924 the SGGA rescinded their call for a new farmers' party and the Liberals won the 1925 election. As the federal Progressive Party began to wane, Dunning became more actively involved in federal politics and was eventually able to re-establish formal ties between the provincial and federal levels of the Liberal party.

As Premier, Dunning's main concern was the falling price of Wheat due to the post-war depression. He supported farmers in their opposition to the abolishment of the Canadian Wheat Board by the federal government and worked for its reestablishment. Dunning tentatively supported the idea of voluntary pooling. After a rough start, the Saskatchewan Wheat Pool was established in 1924. The Wheat Pool then sought to buy the Saskatchewan Co-operative Elevator Company, a move that was supported by Dunning, who passed legislation allowing the sale to take place. This proved to be his last act as Premier.

Dunning was invited to become Saskatchewan's representative in the federal Cabinet and won a by-election in Regina in March 1926. The successive Liberal and Conservative minority governments fell and in September 1926 Dunning was re-elected in the general election. Dunning was appointed Minister of Railways and Canals in the Liberal majority government. He was instrumental in the construction of the Hudson's Bay Railway with Churchill as its terminus. In 1929, he was promoted to Minister of Finance until the Liberal defeat in 1930. Dunning suffered a personal defeat in Regina.

In 1930 Dunning returned to the business world until Prime Minster King pressured him to return to government when the Conservatives lost the 1935 election. The MP for Queen's County, PEI resigned, allowing Dunning easy access to the House of Commons. Dunning reassumed his post as Minister of Finance. In 1938, he suffered a heart attack; although his actions were severely limited, he struggled to continue in his post, but finally resigned in July 1939. He went to England to recuperate but returned to Canada just before World War II.

Dunning was appointed chair of the National War Loans Committee, which raised money for the war effort. He also was named chair of Allied Supplies Limited, the company established by the federal government to administer and bolster production of munitions and explosives for the British government. He was appointed chancellor of Queen's University and continued at this post until his death. After the war Dunning continued his connection with the business community, serving on the board of directors of several companies. Although he had interests in several Saskatchewan farms, Dunning retired to Montreal. He usually returned to Regina once a year until his death. He died October 1, 1958.

Raymond Pius George Yochim was born on August 17, 1935, and died July 25, 2016. He was married sixty years to wife Irene, and had three sons. He was, for much of his career, a travelling salesman, and his collecting was partially a result of his ongoing travels as well as his multitude of interests. Ray was a member of the Air Force Club, Royal Canadian Legion, Army Navy & Air Force Veterans, and Knights of Columbus. He was an avid collector of coins and stamps, books and ephemera.

Major (Manitoba Regiment) William Yeates Hunter (b.1868) of Saskatoon was KIA 1918 09 28 and is buried at Reninghelst New military cemetery southwest of Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. He was the son of Dr. William Frith Hunter and came from Margate, Kent, England, to homestead on NW21-49-4-W3, west of Shellbrook. Hunter served more than 13 years in the British Army and was with the 8th Kings (Liverpool) Regiment in the South African War. Hunter completed a BA at the University of Saskatchewan in 1915 and was a professor of English when he enlisted at Winnipeg, Manitoba, early the next year, leaving a wife Ethel Helen later of Montréal, Québec. Hunter was serving as an area commandant of part of liberated Belgium when he was killed (most likely by enemy bombs).

William M. Harding was born on July 9, 1911 in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan. In 1914 he moved with his family to Swift Current, Saskatchewan, where he attended Elmwood School and Central Collegiate. From 1928-1934 he attended the Manitoba Agricultural College in Winnipeg, where he earned a Bachelor of Science in Agriculture. He married Beatrice Louise Lewis of Morden, Manitoba on September 21, 1935. They had a daughter and a son - Margaret Ruth, born April 13, 1938, and David James Donald [Jim Harding], born June 28, 1941. Harding's career began at the Swift Current Experimental Station (1934-1936) and the Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Act Administration (PFRA) (1937-1941), where he performed agricultural extension work and field husbandry research. In 1942 he moved to Calgary, Alberta, where he was employed as an administrator and accountant for the Calgary Exhibition and Stampede. Returning to Saskatchewan in 1945, he became Acting Director of the newly-elected CCF government's Adult Education Division in Regina. Transferring to the Saskatchewan Department of Agriculture in 1947, he became an advisor to the Minister, and established the Radio and Information Division where he wrote, produced and delivered a daily fifteen minute commentary on agricultural matters, "Your Ag. Rep. Reporter" on CHAB Radio. From 1952-1957 he served as Secretary to the Saskatchewan Royal Commission on Agriculture and Rural Life, and was Secretary of the Saskatchewan Local Government Continuing Committee and Secretary of the Board of Directors of the Centre for Community Studies from 1958-1961. In 1961 Bill Harding began his association with the United Nations, working on community development and land settlement projects in Liberia (1961-62), British Guina (Guyana) (1964-67), Somalia (1968-70), and the Philippines (1971-73). This association culminated in 1974 when he became Director of the UN Development Program Division of Information and Director of Program Policy in New York. In July, 1975 he retired and returned to Regina. Following his retirement, Harding continued his international development work, undertaking small consulting projects for the UN and the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA). He soon became heavily involved in local international development groups, serving as a director of the Regina Committee for World Development and of the Saskatchewan Council for International Development. He was instrumental in setting up the Edna Curren Memorial Fund, and served as Secretary-Treasurer since its establishment in 1977. He also taught a course on "Social Justice, Peace, and International Development" at the University of Regina School of Human Justice in 1983, 1984 and 1987. He also became active in groups opposing the expansion of uranium mining in Saskatchewan and was a charter member of the Regina Group for a Non-Nuclear Society. He participated in the Cliff Lake and Warman Refinery inquires, and traveled the province attending public meetings sponsored by the United Church, the Inter-church Uranium Committee, and the Saskatchewan Environmental Society. He was a member of the organizing committee of the First International Uranium Congress held in Saskatoon in 1988. Harding further participated in the environmental movement as a member of the Saskatchewan Ecological Alliance and the Regina Greens. Bill Harding also involved himself in provincial politics, working for the CCF at the constituency and provincial levels. He served on the Provincial Council Executive at various times, was chair of the Provincial Organizing and Education Committee, and was involved in Group Training and Farmer-Laborer-Teacher Institutes during the 1940s and 1950s. He was Director of Education and Organization for the Saskatchewan New Democratic Party prior to the 1964 election. Propelled by the "medicare crisis" and doctors' strike of 1962, Harding became the first president of the Regina Community Health Services Association, a body dedicated to the establishment of community clinics, and worked on behalf of the provincial organization in southern Saskatchewan. Besides his professional, and political life Bill Harding was involved in organizing sports and community activities. In particular he was active as a hockey referee and rules consultant. During his time in Calgary (1942-1944) he referred for the Alberta Senior League and published "Quick Reference Hockey Rules" which was widely accepted amongst hockey officials. In Swift Current during the 1930s he belonged to the Kinetic Club and was active in organizing the Frontier Days Celebration, and in Calgary is acted as Secretary for both the local and provincial Kinsmen. In 1945-46 he was a founding member and first secretary of the Lasserre Community Co-operative Association, a group planning to build a complete community of homes in Regina.

Don Fry played three seasons with the football Huskies (1960-1962). He later coached the Huskies for the 1969-70, 1970-71, 1971-72, 1974-75, and 1975-76 seasons, compiling an overall 30-50 record

Dr. Donald McKay Newton was born 23 June 1932 in Cardston, Alberta. He was a gifted athlete in boxing, track & field and especially basketball. After completing his BEd/PE in 1954 at the University of Alberta, he went on to earn an MSc from Brigham Young University in 1957 and an EdD from the University of Northern Colorado in 1969. He later coached at the University of Saskatchewan from 1962-1966 and the University of Calgary from 1967-1970. He taught at the University of Calgary and was named Professor Emeritus upon his retirement in 1987. Throughout his career he was a powerful spokesman for the Canadian Association for Health, Physical Education, and Recreation (CAHPER), serving as national president from 1977 to 1978. He was honored with the Queen’s Medal for Outstanding Service and Leadership in 1977 and the R. Tait McKenzie Medal for Outstanding Service in 1980. Don Newton died 30 July 2019 in Sammamish, Washington at age 87.