Image of children playing in the winter, around 1920.

Image of children playing in the winter, around 1920.

This is a picture of Abraham Evans of Wawota. He was lost in a blizzard March 8, 1892. His feet and part of his nose was amputated. Mrs. Ramage, a neighbour who had asked for a life home from Moosomin perished in the storm.

Head and shoulders image of A.C. (Colb) McEown, first Vice-president (academic).

Bio/Historical Note: Alpheus Colborne McEown was born in 1901 in London, Ontario, and was a graduate of Nutana Collegiate in Saskatoon. Aside from his academic career at the University of Saskatchewan, McEown had a lengthy athletic career as a player, trainer, and coach. He played forward for the Arts and Science Hockey Club in 1918-1919. From 1921-1922 McEown was player and trainer for the U of S hockey team. In 1921 he was also acting manager of the Saskatoon Hilltops. McEown was also a major driving force behind the establishment of Rutherford Rink, which opened on campus in 1929. In 1932 he was hired by Walter Murray and Joe Griffiths to coach the university men’s basketball team. McEown coached the men’s basketball team to eight Rigby Cup Championships between 1932 and 1948. These eight titles came in consecutive years, beginning in 1935. He coached the Huskies football team in 1939, 1940, 1943, 1944, and 1945. McEown taught at both Bedford Road Collegiate and the U of S. He joined the U of S in 1949 as first assistant to the President. In 1961 he became the first vice-president (academic) at the U of S. His responsibilities included general administration as well as managing the university’s finances. McEown also served on the University Senate, on the Board of Governors and was president of the U of S Alumni Association. In early 1968 McEown was appointed vice-president of the U of S. McEown held this position until his death on 8 April 1968. The McEown Park residences, on the corner of 14th Street East and Cumberland Avenue South, as well as McEown Avenue in Nutana are named in his honour. The Colb McEown Award is given annually to the U of S sports coach of the year.

Head and shoulders image of A.C. (Colb) McEown, first Vice-president (acad)emic).

Bio/Historical Note: Alpheus Colborne McEown was born in 1901 in London, Ontario, and was a graduate of Nutana Collegiate in Saskatoon. Aside from his academic career at the University of Saskatchewan, McEown had a lengthy athletic career as a player, trainer, and coach. He played forward for the Arts and Science Hockey Club in 1918-1919. From 1921-1922 McEown was player and trainer for the U of S hockey team. In 1921 he was also acting manager of the Saskatoon Hilltops. McEown was also a major driving force behind the establishment of Rutherford Rink, which opened on campus in 1929. In 1932 he was hired by Walter Murray and Joe Griffiths to coach the university men’s basketball team. McEown coached the men’s basketball team to eight Rigby Cup Championships between 1932 and 1948. These eight titles came in consecutive years, beginning in 1935. He coached the Huskies football team in 1939, 1940, 1943, 1944, and 1945. McEown taught at both Bedford Road Collegiate and the U of S. He joined the U of S in 1949 as first assistant to the President. In 1961 he became the first vice-president (academic) at the U of S. His responsibilities included general administration as well as managing the university’s finances. McEown also served on the University Senate, on the Board of Governors and was president of the U of S Alumni Association. In early 1968 McEown was appointed vice-president of the U of S. McEown held this position until his death on 8 April 1968. The McEown Park residences, on the corner of 14th Street East and Cumberland Avenue South, as well as McEown Avenue in Nutana are named in his honour. The Colb McEown Award is given annually to the U of S sports coach of the year.

F. Hedley Auld, University Chancellor, congratulates an unidentified male graduate at the Special Golden Jubilee Convocation held in Physical Education gymnasium.

Dr. Akira Hirose, Department of Physics, is presented after receiving an earned DSc in Physics and Engineering Physics at Convocation held in Centennial Auditorium.

Bio/Historical Note: Dr. Akira Hirose was born in 1941 in Japan. He completed his BSc (Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering) and MSc (Department of Electrical Engineering and Applied Physics) at Yokohama National University. Dr. Hirose’s prolific research career in the field of plasma physics was acknowledged with a Fulbright Scholarship in 1967, which he took up at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Dr. Hirose completed his PhD there in the Department of Electrical Engineering in 1969. He joined the University of Saskatchewan’s Department of Physics as an associate professor in July 1977 following appointments as a research associate (1971–75) and research scientist (1975–77) in the Plasma Physics Laboratory. Dr. Hirose became a tenured professor in 1979, and later served as director of the Plasma Physics Laboratory (1994–2015) and department head of Physics and Engineering Physics (1998–2001). The U of S awarded him an earned Doctor of Science degree in 1994. Dr. Hirose died in 2017 in Saskatoon.

Dr. Chanan Singh, Engineering, awaits presention of an earned DSc in Electrical Engineering at Convocation held at Centennial Auditorium.

Bio/Historical Note: Dr. Chanan Singh earned his MSc and PhD in Electrical Engineering from the University of Saskatchewan and BSc (honours) from the Punjab Engineering College in Chandigarh, India. Dr. Singh was awarded an earned Doctor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from the U of S in 1997. From 1997 to 2005 he served as department head of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Texas A&M and later, from 2012 to 2015, Dr. Singh served as interim head. He held a position as a guest professor at Tsinghua University, Beijing, China. He also served as program director at the National Science Foundation of USA. Dr. Singh is principal and vice-president of Associated Power Analysts Inc. a firm that specializes in developing software and conducting reliability studies of the electric power grid (2024).

Hazel B. Keeler, director of Nursing, presents a BSc to Betty Anne Reynolds, the top graduate in Nursing, at Convocation held in Physical Education gymnasium. Dr. Wes MacAuley, dean of Pharmacy, visible in background.

H. Burnstien and D.J. Reddekopp being presented with the first Bachelor of Religious Studies degrees awarded by the University of Saskatchewan at spring convocation held at Centennial Auditorium.

Dr. Howard R. Nixon, dean of Physical Education, makes presentation of a BSc in Physical Education with great distinction to John Nikolas Evanochko during Convocation held at Centennial Auditorium.

Dr. R.G. Murray, dean of Medicine, makes presentation of a Doctor of Medicine degree with great distinction to James George Herman during spring convocation held at Centennial Auditorium.

F. Hedley Auld, University Chancellor, makes presentation of a PhD to A.G. MacNamara.

E.M. (Ted) Culliton, University Chancellor, makes presentation of an academic degree to an unidentified female graduand at Convocation held in Physical Education gymnasium. Norman K. Cram, University Registrar, places hood on recipient's shoulders.

John G. Diefenbaker, University Chancellor, makes presentation of a Master of Science in Rehabilitation Medicine degree to Edith Bernardine Murray during Convocation held at Centennial Auditorium.

Bio/Historical Note: Dr. Edith Bernardine Murray was born 3 November 1933 in Edinburgh, Scotland, and after a childhood of sports and academics, trained as a physiotherapist. She worked originally at Stoke-Mandeville Rehabilitation Centre, an international spinal cord rehab centre and travelled in the U.S. She acquired a BA at the University of Manitoba, then an MA at the University of Saskatchewan. Dr. Murray established a gait research lab at the U of S; her work led to a teaching position as assistant professor at the U of S. She then joined the teaching staff in the program of Health Sciences in Hamilton, Ontario which culminated in a position of associate professor (tenured) at McMaster University. Dr. Murray moved from the academic world to the country and took on sheep farming and gardening, while being the director of Physiotherapy at Enderby Hospital. She took up the challenge of starting things: The lab in Saskatchewan, the Research Section at the Canadian Physiotherapy Association, one of the first physiotherapists in Canada to get an MA, and the sheep farm in Enderby. Edith Murray died 6 January 2017 in [Vernon, British Columbia].