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View from the south of Chemistry (Thorvaldson) Building, Administration Building, Saskatchewan Hall, Qu'Appelle Hall and the Bowl.
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View from the south of Chemistry (Thorvaldson) Building, Administration Building, Saskatchewan Hall, Qu'Appelle Hall and the Bowl.
Thorvaldson Building - Exterior
Unidentified man walks on pathway in front of Thorvaldson Building.
Thorvaldson Building - Exterior
Looking north at Thorvaldson Building; cars parked in front.
Thorvaldson Building - Exterior
Students walking to entrance of Thorvaldson Building; bushes in foreground.
Thorvaldson Building - Official Opening
E.M. (Ted) Culliton, University Chancellor, drawing back a curtain from a plaque fixed to an easel. Dignitaries seated behind him.
Bio/Historical Note: The Chemistry Building was enlarged with an addition and was renamed in honour of Dr. Thorbergur Thorvaldson, professor and dean of Chemistry from 1919-1959. The Thorvaldson Building opened on 6 June 1966. Architect John B. Parkin’s modern design continued with exterior stone cladding. The near windowless, stone three-storey addition provided classrooms, undergraduate and research laboratories, offices, a library and service facilities.
Thorvaldson Building - Official Opening
Ross Thatcher, Premier of Saskatchewan, delivers an address at the opening of the Thorvaldson Building. Plaque at left; seated dignitaries at right.
Thorvaldson Building - Official Opening
J.W.T. Spinks, University President, greets Dr. Edith C. Rowles Simpson, Dean of Home Economics, at official opening of the Thorvaldson Building.
Bio/Historical Note: The Chemistry Building was enlarged with an addition and was renamed in honour of Dr. Thorbergur Thorvaldson, professor and dean of Chemistry from 1919-1959. The Thorvaldson Building opened on 6 June 1966. Architect John B. Parkin’s modern design continued with exterior stone cladding. The near windowless, stone three-storey addition provided classrooms, undergraduate and research laboratories, offices, a library and service facilities.