Writer and teacher Sharon Butala was born in Nipawin, Saskatchewan in 1940. She was educated in that province, and at the University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon where she earned a B.A. and B.Ed. degrees. After working as a special education teacher for several years, she gave up teaching to become a novelist, short story writer and writer of creative non-fiction. Her work has appeared in numerous periodicals and she is the author of several books: 'The Garden of Eden' (1998); 'The Perfection of the Morning' (1994); 'The Gates of the Sun' (1994); 'The Fourth Archangel' (1992); 'Luna' (1988, 1994); and 'Fever' (1990), all published by Harper Collins. Butala received the Writers' Choice Award in 1986, the Canadian Authors Award for fiction in 1992, the Saskatchewan Book Award for non-fiction in 1994, and she has been shortlisted for the Commonwealth Writers' Prize (1991), and twice for the Governor General's Award (1994, 1986).

Daniel Alexander Cameron was born in Ottawa on August 7, 1880 but moved to Winnipeg as a boy. He was well-known in Saskatchewan and across Canada for his association with the music field, and in particular for his vocal work. He began his music career as a voice teacher at Albert College in Belleville, Ontario. Before coming to Regina, Cameron studied with Herbert Witherspoon, Oscar Saenger (famed coach and interpretation expert), Dr. Ferey Lulek, Carl Odell and George Sweet, all of New York. He served in the First World War overseas with the Canadian Expeditionary Force, and returned to Ottawa to hold a position with the Federal government looking after veterans' affairs. During his time in Ottawa he was soloist at one of the leading churches. By 1923 Cameron had returned to the music field when he was appointed to the Regina Conservatory of Music to head the voice department. Shortly after his arrival in Regina, he began to write a music and drama column, book reviews, concert news, music festival reports and interviews for the Leader Post. After 1940 he wrote on a range of topics and became an editor. Besides his teaching at the Conservatory and his writing, Dan Cameron was involved in a great number of professional music associations in Regina. From the Regina Orchestral Society to the Knox-Metropolitan Church choir, Cameron sang and organized a great many singers in Regina. He died in November, 1963.

Born in Paddockwood, Saskatchewan, poet and writer Anne Campbell attended school in Saskatoon and Hanley, Saskatchewan. Following graduation from the Hanley High School, she studied drama at the Conservatory of Music, University of Saskatchewan, Regina College (1960-1962), and has continued to take courses and workshops on writing and other topics of interest. She has worked in the area of public relations and communications for several cultural and arts organizations, including the Norman Mackenzie Art Gallery in Regina (1975-1978), the Glenbow Museum (1979-1980), and the Heritage Park Society (1980-1981) in Calgary. She has been Head of the Public Relations Department at the Regina Public Library since 1981. Anne Campbell has published four collections of poetry: 'No Memory of a Move' (1983); 'Death is an Anxious Mother' (1986); 'Red Earth, Yellow Stone' (1989); and 'Angel Wings All Over' (1994). Her poetry and prose have been featured in numerous journals, magazines, and anthologies, and have been broadcast on CBC Radio, local and national. She has garnered a number of awards for her writing including a Saskatchewan Arts Board Award (1990) and Saskatchewan Writers Guild Major Awards (1984, 1989). She has presented readings, talks and workshops across Canada, and was a founding member of the Correction Line Poetry Group. She is an active member of several professional organizations including the Saskatchewan Writers Guild, League of Comedian Poets, and the Writers Union of Canada. Beyond her writing, Anne Campbell is interested in issues related to museums and heritage preservation. She has served on the Regina Municipal Heritage Advisory Committee (1986-1989), and is a member of numerous museum, heritage, arts and cultural organizations.

Dr. Lester G. Crossman was with the English Department of the University of Regina from 1945 to 1980. Born in Rosetown on 24 May 1913, he attended the Saskatoon Normal School from 1932 to 1933, after which he taught in rural schools near Rosetown for two years. Crossman attended the University of Saskatchewan from 1935 to 1941, where he received a B.A. in 1938, Honours English in 1939, and a B.Ed. in 1941. After a teaching stint at the Rosetown High School in 1941-1942, he joined the Royal Canadian Air Force, became a navigator, and was stationed in England until his discharge and appointment at Regina College in 1945. In the meantime, he married Margaret Hutcheon in 1944. Crossman completed his M.A. from the University of Saskatchewan in1946, and his PhD from the University of Washington in 1957. He was Supervisor of Matriculation and Adult Admissions programs from 1965-1973, Chairman of the English Department from 1967-1970, a member of the Division IV English Curriculum committee which published revisions for Saskatchewan schools in 1970-1980, and member of the selection committee for the Leacock Medal for Humour from 1977-1980. He also served on various federal, provincial and municipal arts and academic bodies. After his retirement in 1980, Dr. Crossman became Professor Emeritus of English, and received an Honorary Degree from the University of Regina in Spring of 1983 in recognition of his service to the University. He currently resides in Victoria, British Columbia.

David A. Givner, Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at the University of Regina, received his academic education at the University of Maryland (B.A., M.A.) and at Columbia University (Ph.D.). In 1965 he took up a position of Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the University of Saskatchewan, Regina Campus, rising to Associate Professor in 1970. He served as acting chair of the Philosophy Department during 1971-72. With a name change of the department, in 1973, he became Associate Professor of Philosophy and Classics, and was promoted to the rank of full Professor in 1985. From 1980-1982 he served as Head of the Department of Philosophy and Classics at the University of Regina. He is retired and currently resides in Victoria, British Columbia, with his wife, writer and biographer Joan Givner, who was also a Professor at the University of Regina before her retirement.

Lyn Goldman was born in Regina on December 11, 1932. Following graduation from Central Collegiate she attended Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario, then worked in Los Angeles as a secretary at Columbia Pictures and as a film booker. She returned to Regina in 1959 and worked as a writer-producer for CKCK television, leaving again in 1963 to work as a freelance television producer in Toronto and Los Angeles. Back in Regina, she worked as Performing Arts Officer for the Saskatchewan Centennial Corporation, and in 1968 she was appointed Director of Publicity and Public Relations at the University of Saskatchewan, Regina Campus. After leaving this position to complete an M.A. in English at the University of Regina, in 1977 Ms. Goldman joined the University's Extension Department where she served as Communications and Programming Officer and as Acting Head of Fine Arts and Humanities, 1980-1981. Following another term as Public Relations Director for the University of Regina, 1981-1985, she rejoined Extension serving as Head of Certificate Programs until her retirement in 1990. Lyn Goldman appeared for many years as a freelance commentator on CBC Radio, and hosted CKCK Radio's 'This Sunday' program, 1979-1980. She was on Cable Regina's board of directors and served on the City of Regina's Arts Policy Committee, 1978-1981. She is actively involved in numerous professional and arts organizations including the Saskatchewan Writers' Guild, Regina Little Theatre, the Canadian Public Relations Society, and the Regina Women's Network, and she served on the Saskatchewan Committee for the International Year of the Disabled. In 1982 Ms. Goldman received the Regina YWCA Women's Award in the business and professional category.

Leonard Herman Greenberg was born October 5, 1925 in Calgary, Alberta. He was married in 1950, and had five children. He was divorced from his first wife in 1968 and married his wife Anne in 1973. Greenberg attended school in Calgary, entering the University of Alberta in Eedmonton in 1944. He graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree with distinction from the University of Alberta in 1948. He took a Radioisotope Technique course from the Oak Ridge Institute of Nuclear Studies in 1949. He obtained his Master of Science degree in Physics also from the University of Alberta, in 1950, and his PhD in Physics from the University of Saskatchewan in 1957. His thesis was on photo alpha reactions in the elements comprising nuclear emulsions. From 1948 to 1950 he was a Special Lecturer in Physics at the University ofAlberta, and from 1950 to 1951 he was a Research Officer in the Radiation Section of Division of Applied Physics at the National Research Council of Canada in Ottawa. In 1952 he became a Special Lecturer at the University of Saskatchewan, Regina College. He was promoted to Assistant Professor in 1953, Associate Professor in 1957, and Professor in 1972. From 1955 until 1960, Greenberg was a half-time Physicist at the Allan Blair Memorial Clinic, Saskatchewan Cancer Commission in Regina in addition to his appointment at the University of Saskatchewan, Regina College. When the Clinic hired a full-time physicist, Greenberg became a consultant to the Clinic. Greenberg retired July 1st, 1991. He currently resides in Lumsden, Saskatchewan.

Ray Francis Ethelred Harvey was a professor and administrator at the Unversity of Saskatchewan, Regina Campus. Prior to joining the University faculty in 1965, he was Deputy Minister of the Department of Education, and before that had served as chief superintendent of schools in Nipawin and Medstead. In 1965, Dr. Harvey was appointed Professor of School Administration in the Faculty of Education. When the School of Administration was granted Faculty status in 1968, he was named its first dean. He became Vice-Principal of the University of Saskatchewan, Regina Campus from January 1970 - June 1972.

Myrna Ann Kostash is an investigative journalist and writer of regional and national acclaim. She was born in Edmonton, Alberta on September 2, 1944. She attended the University of Alberta, receiving a Bachelor of Arts in 1965, majoring in Russian. She then pursued graduate studies in Slavic language and literature at the University of Washington (1965-1966), and at the University of Toronto where she received a Master of Arts in 1968. Kostash is the author of four books: "All of Baba's children" (1977); "Long Way from Home: the Story of the Sixties Generation in Canada" (1980); "No Kidding: Inside the World of Teenage Girls" (1987); and "Bloodlines" (1993). Her articles and short stories have appeared in several anthologies, and extensively in periodicals such as "Chatelaine", "Maclean's", "Saturday Night", and "Canadian Forum". She has contributed radio, television, and film scripts to the CBC and the National Film Board, and has written stage plays. She has lectured widely in Canada and has taught courses, workshops, and seminars across the country. Myrna Kostash has been heavily involved with a number of professional organizations, serving on the executive of the Writers Union of Canada, the Periodical Writers of Canada, and the Alberta Writers Guild. She was on the Board of Directors of NeWest Press from 1982-1989. She was named Max Bell Professor of Journalism at the University ofRegina in 1989, and received the Alberta Achievement Award in 1989. Myrna Kostash resides in Edmonton.

Printmaker and screen shop operator Bill Lobchuk was born in Neepawa, Manitoba in 1942. He studied under Ken Lochhead and received a Diploma of Art from the University of Manitoba in 1966. In 1968 he opened the Screen Shop at 50 Princess Street in Winnipeg. By the early 70s he had operated the Screen Shop, the Printmakers Gallery and the Sunnyside Sign Company. These were replaced by the Grand Western Canadian Screen Shop which he formed with partner Len Anthony in 1973. The Shop was a focal point for many printmakers and artists through the 1970s. Artists such as Judith Allsopp, Ted Howorth, Chris Finn, Robert Archambeau, Don Proch and Tony Tascona, from Winnipeg and David Thauberger, Vic Cicansky, Joe Fafard and Russ Yuristy from Saskatchewan printed many of their works at or through the Shop. Both Lobchuk's own works and those printed through and by his screen shop have received recognition in Canada and throughout the world, with shows and works in France, Poland, Yugoslavia, Holland, Norway and Japan. Bill Lobchuk was also active in various professional organizations. He was President of the Canadian Artists' Representation, Manitoba, from 1972 to 1975, National Representative of the same organization from 1976 to 1978, and National Director from 1978 to 1980. He was a member of the Manitoba Arts Council from 1974 to 1976, President of the Canadian National Committee of the International Association of Art (1977-80), on the Advisory Committee to Gallery Oseredok of the Ukrainian Cultural and Educational Centre and fund-raiser for the Jack Chambers Foundation.

Born in London in 1919, John Bertram Mantle came to Canada that same year. He attended Paynton Consolidated School in Paynton, Saskatchewan and City Park Collegiate in Saskatoon. From the University of Saskatchewan he earned a Bachelor of Engineering degree in 1941, majoring in Mechanical Engineering. After working for a year with the Canadian General Electric Co. in Peterborough and Toronto, Ontario, he joined the Royal Canadian Air Force, trained in Lachine, Quebec and at the Aeronautical Engineering School in Montreal, and served at the Flying Service Training School in Moncton, New Brunswick and at Air Force Headquarters in Ottawa. Following the war, in the fall of 1945, Mantle took up a position as Instructor in Engineering at the University of Saskatchewan. While teaching he earned a M.Sc. in Theoretical and Applied Mechanics from the University of Illinois at Urbana in 1947. His major area of research was photoelasticity. In 1948 he was promoted to assistant professor, and in 1956 to full professor, and assumed the position of Head of the Department of Mechanical Engineering in 1958. In 1967 he transferred to Regina Campus to serve as first Dean of the new Faculty of Engineering, a post he held until 1979. He was instrumental in developing Engineering programs and in introducing the innovative concept of co-operative education. John Mantle was active in professional engineering organizations and was made a Fellow of the Engineering Institute of Canada in 1970. In recognition of his achievements in engineering education, research and leadership the Association of Professional Engineers of Saskatchewan presented him with its first Distinguished Service Award in 1979. He was made a life member of both these groups, as well as the Association of Professional Engineers of British Columbia and the American Society for Engineering Education. Professor Mantle retired from the University of Regina in 1983 and was named Professor Emeritus of Engineering. Besides his academic and professional activities, John Mantle was also active for several years in air force reserve work, beginning in 1948 when he assumed command of the University of Saskatchewan R.C.A.F. Cadets. John Mantle married Nina Dorothy Akchurst of Saskatoon on June 9, 1942 in Toronto. They have two sons, Brian John (1945) and Gregory Lionel (1950). Since his retirement Professor and Mrs. Mantle have resided in Creston, British Columbia.

Painter and art professor Arthur McKay was born in Nipawin, Saskatchewan in 1926. He studied art at the Alberta Institute of Technology and Art in Calgary (1946-1948), the Academie de la Grande Chaumiere in Paris (1949-1950), and at Columbia University in New York and the Barnes Foundation in Merion, Pennsylvania (1956-1957). He also attended the Emma Lake Artists Workshops under Jack Shadbolt (1955), Joe Plaskett (1956), Will Barnet (1957), Barnett Newman (1959), and Jules Olitski (1964). In 1952 Art McKay was appointed Special Lecturer in Art at the School of Art, University of Saskatchewan, Regina College. He was Head of the School from 1964-1967, eventually retiring from the University of Regina as Associate Professor in 1987, whereupon he was named Professor Emeritus. During a leave from the University, McKay also taught at the Nova Scotia College of Art in Halifax, 1967-1969. Art McKay is a member of the famous 'Regina Five' abstract painters who received international attention when their work was featured in an exhibition entitled 'Five Painters from Regina' organized by the National Gallery of Canada in 1961. His work has been shown across Canada and internationally and is represented in many public and private collections. He currently lives in British Columbia.

Margaret Messer was born in Qu'Appelle, Saskatchewan. She and her family then moved to Saskatoon where she attended public and high school. After graduating from Nutana Collegiate she attended the University of Saskatchewan and received her Bachelor of Arts in 1939 and her Bachelor of Education in 1942. She did graduate work throughout Canada, the United States and Europe. She received her Master of Arts in Fine Art Education from Columbia University in 1958. Messer taught high school for four years in North Battleford before moving to Balfour Technical School in 1944 where she taught for 23 years. She taught commercial art at Balfour and played a major role in the organization and opening of the present art department. She was also an advisor to the "Beacon", the Balfour yearbook, and was involved in many of the dramatic and musical productions put on by the school. In 1952, Messer was an exchange teacher at Dame Allan's School for Girls in Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, Great Britain. She was appointed Assistant Professor of Art Education at the University of Saskatchewan, Regina Campus in 1966 and remained with the Faculty of Education until 1973. Messer was involved in several organizations. She was a chartered member of the Canadian College of Teachers, an honorary member of the Saskatchewan Technical Teachers Association and the Saskatchewan Teachers Federation, and a member of the Canadian Society for Education through Art, the University's Women's Club and the National Art Education Association (USA). She was past president and secretary for the Regina Local of the Saskatchewan Society for Education through Art and the first woman president of the Saskatchewan Historical Society. Margaret Messer illustrated many books and journals, from historical books and instructional books on sewing to children's coloring books and science workbooks. In 1986, she designed many of the stained glass windows for St. Matthew's Anglican Church in Regina. She wrote several articles for the Regina Leader Post on everything from the history of Saskatchewan artists, and the first Saskatchewan settlers to the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II.

Kenneth Ronald Mitchell was born in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan and received his elementary and secondary education there. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1965 and a Master of Arts (English) in 1967 from the University of Saskatchewan, Regina Campus. He has taught English at the University of Regina and it's predecessor University of Saskatchewan, Regina Campus, since 1967, specializing in Canadian Literature. He has also travelled to China, the Philippines, Korea, Mexico, and Scotland for various colloquia and teaching stints, and has instructed at the University of Victoria (1975-76), the Banff School of Fine Arts (1977,1978,1980), and the Saskatchewan Summer School of the Arts (1970-75). As a writer, whose work deals chiefly with prairie themes, Mitchell has tackled many genres (novels, poetry, drama, short stories, film scripts, and criticism), and he has also worked as an editor and actor. He is the author of several published works including, "Wandering Rafferty" (1972), "Sinclair Ross: a Reader's Guide" (1981), "Cruel Tears: a Country Opera" (1976), "The Shipbuilder" (1990), and "Stories for the Dalai Lama" (1993). His poems, interviews, stories and plays have been published in over 45 anthologies and collections, and in numerous journals. He has written more than 20 plays, which have been produced in Canada, the United States, England, Germany, New Zealand, China, and Ireland, and his work has been adapted for radio, television, and film. His play "Gone the Burning Sun" won the 1985 Canadian Authors Association Award for Drama, and was nominated for a Governor General's Award. Besides giving literary readings and creative writing workshops internationally, Ken Mitchell has participated in a number of professional activities, most notably as a founding member and frequent executive officer of the Saskatchewan Writers Guild, founding editor of the literary journal "Grain", and a founding member of the Saskatchewan Writers' Colony.

The son of Swedish immigrants, Lloyd Hjalmen Person was born and grew up in Aylesbury, Saskatchewan. Following service with the Canadian Army during World War II, he studied French and German at university, obtaining a B.A. from the University of Saskatchewan and earning a doctorate in French at the University of Nancy in France. During the 1950s he taught French and German at the University of Saskatchewan, Regina College before returning, in the 1960s, to studies in the U.S. and receiving an M.A. in cultural anthropology from the University of Washington. Then he taught anthropology at Regina Campus until he assumed the position of Director of Fine Arts and Humanities with the Department of Extension in 1971. Mr. Person published two fiction books which related the experiences of a boy growing up in a small prairie town, 'Growing Up in Minby' (1974) and 'No Foot in Heaven' (1978). Also for several years he organized popular film series sponsored by the Extension Department. Upon his retirement from the University of Regina in 1981, a scholarship fund was established in his name and he was designated Professor Emeritus. Lloyd Person died in Regina on December 8, 1985 at the age of 67 years.