A.T. Bergan, Assistant Dean, College of Engineering, speaks at the official opening of the Engineering Building during the College of Engineering 70th anniversary celebrations. Dignitaries seated on dais include S.L. (Sid) Buckwold (front row left), Senator and former mayor of Saskatoon.

Norman Murray Edwards of Commerce and from Toronto awaits presentation of the President's Medal during Convocation held at Centennial Auditorium.

A young boy rides an exercise bike while a man adjusts it during the Open House. Two unidentified women watch.

Dr. Leo F. Kristjanson, University President, speaks from podium during Convocation held at Centennial Auditorium. Auditorium lectern with banner in foreground.

Dr. Naomi Hersom, dean of Education, presents the Saskatchewan Teachers' Federation Prize to Karen Lynn Kolbinson of Saskatoon during Convocation held at Centennial Auditorium. A banner reading "University of Saskatchewan - 1909-1984 - 75th Anniversary" partially visible in background.

Unveiling of the plaque marking the naming of the Murray Memorial Building. Dr. J.Francis Leddy (left), former Dean of Arts, and Emmett M. Hall, University Chancellor, chat with the plaque between them.

Dr. Leo F. Kristjanson, University President, speaks at Convocation held at Centennial Auditorium. Dignitaries seated in background include Emmett M. Hall (far left), University Chancellor; and Art R. Knight (far right), Dean of Arts. Banner hanging on wall reads: "University of Saskatchewan - 1909-1984 - 75th Anniversary".

Members of the University Senate discuss "Issues and Options" in Marquis Hall. Participants seated at tables listen to speaker addressing group from lectern.

Art R. Knight (right), dean, Arts and Science, and Dr. Gerhard Herzberg, 1971 Nobel Prize winner in Chemistry and former faculty member, unveil a plaque in honor of Dr. Herzberg at the President's Nobel Laureate's luncheon, held during the Chemical Institute of Canada Conference.

Bio/Historical Note: Dr. Gerhard Heinrich Friedrich Otto Julius Herzberg was born in 1904 in Hamburg, Germany. After completing high school at the Gelehrtenschule des Johanneums, he continued his education at Darmstadt University of Technology. From 1928-1930 he carried out post-doctorate work at the University of Göttingen at the University of Bristol. In 1930 Dr. Herzberg was appointed Privatdozent (lecturer) and senior assistant in the Physics Department of the Darmstadt Institute of Technology. In August 1935 Dr. Herzberg was notified that he would be dismissed because his astrophysicist wife, Luise Herzberg, was Jewish, and he realized they would have to leave Nazi Germany. Dr. John Spinks, a visiting scientist from the University of Saskatchewan, arranged for the Herzbergs to come to Saskatoon. Gerhard Herzberg took up a guest professorship at the University of Saskatchewan, for which funds had been made available by the Carnegie Foundation. A few months later he was appointed research professor of Physics, a position he held until 1945. From 1945-1948 Dr. Herzberg was professor of spectroscopy at the Yerkes Observatory of the University of Chicago. He returned to Canada in 1948 and was made Principal Research Officer and shortly afterwards Director of the Division of Physics at the National Research Council. In 1955, after the Division had been divided into one in pure and one in applied physics, Dr. Herzberg remained Director of the Division of Pure Physics, a position he held until 1969 when he was appointed Distinguished Research Scientist in the recombined Division of Physics. Dr. Herzberg's main work concerned atomic and molecular spectroscopy. He was well known for using these techniques that determine the structures of diatomic and polyatomic molecules, including free radicals which are difficult to investigate in any other way, and for the chemical analysis of astronomical objects. Dr. Herzberg's most significant award was the 1971 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, which he was awarded "for his contributions to the knowledge of electronic structure and geometry of molecules, particularly free radicals.” During the presentation speech, it was noted that at the time of the award, Dr. Herzberg was "generally considered to be the world's foremost molecular spectroscopist."
Dr. Herzberg authored some classic works in the field of spectroscopy, including Atomic Spectra and Atomic Structure and the encyclopaedic four volume work: Molecular Spectra and Molecular Structure, which is often called the spectroscopist's bible. The three volumes of Molecular Spectra and Molecular Structure were re-issued by Krieger in 1989, including extensive new footnotes by Dr. Herzberg. Volume IV of the series, "Constants of diatomic molecules" is purely a reference work, a compendium of known spectroscopic constants (and therefore a bibliography of molecular spectroscopy) of diatomic molecules up until 1978. Dr. Herzberg was honoured with memberships or fellowships by a very large number of scientific societies, and received many awards and honourary degrees in different countries. Dr. Herzberg received an honourary Doctor of Laws degree from the University of Saskatchewan in 1953. The Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics (now called the NRC Herzberg Astronomy and Astrophysics Research Centre), in Victoria, British Columbia, was established in 1975. ‘Asteroid 3316 Herzberg’ was named after him in 1984. The Canadian Association of Physicists has an annual award named in his honour. The Herzberg Laboratories, housing the Physics and Mathematics/Statistics departments, is located at Carleton University. Gerhard Herzberg died in 1999 in Ottawa at age 94. The main building of John Abbott College in Montreal is named after him. A public park in the College Park neighbourhood of Saskatoon honours him. The NSERC Gerhard Herzberg Canada Gold Medal for Science and Engineering, Canada's highest research award, was named in his honour in 2000.

Dr. J.W.T. Spinks, former University of Saskatchewan President (1959-1974), Mary Spinks and Dr. Gerhard Herzberg, 1971 Nobel Prize winner in Chemistry and former faculty member, pose for the camera at the President's Nobel Laureate's luncheon, held during the Chemical Institute of Canada Conference.

J.L. Blackburn, dean of Pharmacy, presents the Martin Prize to Richard Gerhard Gaertner, BA, of Tisdale at Convocation held at Centennial Auditorium. U of S logo hanging on wall in background.

Images of May Greenshields, representing the Sodbusters, and E.K. (Ted) Turner, executive director, Prairie Pools Inc., and co-chairman, fund raising committee, Agriculture Building campaign, speaking at the Sodbusters Dinner held at Marquis Hall.

Bio/Historical Note: On 13 January 1983 an announcement was made at Farm and Home Week that a "Sodbusters Club" would be created. Each member of the club contributed $1000 to a fund to enable an architect to select a site and develop a concept and pictorial representations. This initiative expedited construction when government funding for the building was announced in 1986.

Bio/Historical Note: Original plans for the Agriculture Building had it joining Kirk Hall, the John Mitchell Building and Crop Science, but the architects, Folstad-Friggstad, instructed to provide “a highly visible complex for the College,” proposed a stand-alone building intended to state the importance of the College of Agriculture to the University. It is the first major building on campus clad with glass rather than brick or stone. The original structure cost $91 million and was constructed between 1988-1991. It consisted of five floors, with 164 research labs, 38 teaching labs, 182 offices, 9 classrooms, 4 computer training facilities, 6 conference rooms, and 167 controlled environment plant growth facilities. In addition it has an impressive inner courtyard, the Atrium, and is home to the Kenderdine Gallery, named in honour of the University’s first art instructor. The structure had been designed to enable future expansion, and by 2000 a sixth floor was added at a construction cost of $10 million. The new addition was intended to house Animal and Poultry Science, Food Science, and Bioinsecticide Research.

Image of platform party at the official opening of the new Administration Building addition. L to r: Dr. Leo F. Kristjanson, University President; Lorne Hepworth, Minister, Department of Education; Cliff Wright, Mayor of Saskatoon; and Dr. Sylvia Fedoruk, University Chancellor. Displays of Administration Building in background.