Honourary Degrees - Presentation - R.F.E. Harvey
- A-6575
- Stuk
- Oct. 1977
Ray Harvey, honourary Doctor of Laws degree recipient, awaits presentation at special Convocation held at Centennial Auditorium to celebrate the Jubilee year of the College of Education. R.W. Begg, University President, is seated.
Bio/Historical Note: Ray Francis Ethelred Harvey was born in 1915. During World War II he served as a Royal Canadian Air Force navigator. Harvey obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree and a Bachelor of Education degree from the University of Manitoba and a Ph.D. from the University of Alberta. He was also awarded an honourary Doctor of Laws degree from both the University of Saskatchewan and the University of Regina. 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 Saskatchewan schools, superintendent of provincial high schools and superintendent of schools in Nipawin and Medstead. In 1965, 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. Harvey was Vice-Principal of the University of Saskatchewan, Regina Campus from January 1970 to June 1972. In 1975 Harvey retired with Emeritus status. He was a member of the Joint Committee on Higher Education and was chairman of the Regina Campus Sub-Committee. Harvey died in Regina in 1999