Image of two plaques unveiled on wall during Pharmacy reunion. Plaque at left honouring Esli L. Woods, Dean of Pharmacy from 1928-1946. Plaque at left: "In grateful memory of / the devoted and able teaching / and service of / Esli Longworth Woods/ B.S.P., M. Sc., F.C.I.C. / Born Sept. 22, 1898 Died Dec. 31, 1951 / a member of / the faculty of Pharmacy 1928-1946 / and / dean of Pharmacy 1928-1946 / erected by / his friends and former students".

Bio/Historical Note: Dr. Esli Longworth Woods was born of Irish Canadian parents in Napanee, Ontario, in 1898. He received his schooling in Oakville, Ontario and completed a four-year drug apprenticeship in Winnipeg and Indian Head, Saskatchewan. During World War I Dr. Woods served with the Canadian Mounted Rifle Battalion in France for three and a half years. He was then transferred to the Canadian Army headquarters in England where he served as a sergeant. In 1919 Dr. Woods returned to Canada to attend the School of Pharmacy at the University of Saskatchewan where he obtained a certificate in Pharmacy in 1920. His teaching career began with his position as a lecturer and instructor in the pharmacy laboratory while a student. He was awarded a BSc in Pharmacy with Great Distinction in 1924. In 1928 Dr. Woods was appointed dean of the College of Pharmacy. At age thirty he was the youngest dean of Pharmacy in North America. Dr. Woods helped to establish the three- and four-year pharmacy programs at the U of S. In 1930 he received his MSc from the University of Wisconsin. In 1946 Dr. Woods accepted the position as head of the newly-created Department of Pharmacy at the University of British Columbia. Three years later, he became the first dean of Pharmacy when, through his efforts, the Board of Governors recognized the department as a full-fledged faculty — the Faculty of Pharmacy. Dr. Woods was widely acknowledged as having made outstanding contributions to pharmacy, particularly in the standardization of pharmaceutical education in Canada. His leadership skills helped to develop both the College of Pharmacy at the U of S and the Faculty of Pharmacy at UBC. Dr. Woods was dean of Pharmacy at UBC until his death on 31 December 1951 at age 53.

Image A: Mary R. Racz, fourth-year Pharmacy student from Kipling, Saskatchewan, demonstrates the correct method of applying artificial respiration with "patient" Joan Taylor, fourth-year student from Prince Albert and Edmonton. Checking the demonstration is J.A. McGowan, divisional officer of the #64 Ambulance Division of the St. John's Ambulance Association. A certificate in first aid is required of all students graduating in Pharmacy.
Image B: All graduates in Pharmacy are required to hold a St. John's Ambulance Association certificate in first aid. Here William E. Alexander, a fourth-year student from North Battleford, demonstrates correct first aid for a "fracture of the upper arm." The "patient" is Rea C. Knowles of Regina, also in fourth-year. T E. Rawling, superintendent of #64 Ambulance Division of the St. John's Ambulance Association, watches the demonstration.

Dr. Wes MacAulay, dean of Pharmacy, presents the Martin Prize in Pharmacy to Heather Ann Skinner at Convocation held at Centennial Auditorium.

Group photo of participants (some in uniform) of the annual Armed Services Pharmacy course given by Extension.

Bio/Historical Note: Following passage of the Saskatchewan Pharmacy Act in 1911, the newly incorporated Saskatchewan Pharmaceutical Association requested the University of Saskatchewan undertake the training and examination of pharmacists. A School within the College of Arts and Science was established in 1913 and the following year, 22 students enrolled in a one-year certificate program following a three-year apprenticeship. In 1921 the School became a College offering a four-year course leading to a Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy. Three years later the certificate program was extended to two years. In 1946 the four-year BSP was a requirement for license in Saskatchewan. In 1987 a Division of Nutrition and Dietetics was established in the College of Pharmacy. Prior to this, Nutrition and Dietetics had been offered in the College of Home Economics. In 1994 the College was renamed the College of Pharmacy and Nutrition.

A group of people, including one man with a baby on his lap, sitting in front of a Christmas tree in the Pharmacy lounge. On back of the photo: "Mrs. Al [Angela] Reigert, Mr. Al Reigert, Thelma Pepper, Dr. Tom Warren, Mrs. Tom Warren".

Students sitting around a Pharmacy crest in front of the Administration Building. A sign reading "Labatts" is on the ground.

Front entrance of main office of College of Pharmacy in the new Thorvaldson Building.

Indoor posed group photo of faculty.

Woman smiling down at a baby who is sitting on her lap during party in Pharmacy lounge. On back of photograph: "Christmas Party. Chem. Annex, Pharmacy Lounge. Mrs. [Mary] Spinks, Mrs. Lloyd {Dorothy] Trevoy & one of the twins".

Two students working in the Pharmacy lab.

Students working at different work stations in the Pharmacy Lab in the newly renovated Thorvaldson Building.

Students working in the Pharmacy Lab in the newly renovated Thorvaldson Building.

Three pharmacy students at work in a laboratory.

Head and shoulders image of Dr. Lloyd Trevoy, Department of Chemistry, 1948-1957.

Bio/Historical Note: Dr. Lloyd Woodbury Trevoy was born 6 April 1920 and grew up in Saskatoon. He completed a PhD in organic chemistry at the University of Chicago. In 1948 Dr. Trevoy began a nine-year career with the Department of Chemistry at the University of Saskatchewan. He also spent a post-doctoral year at the Imperial College of Science and Technology, London. He moved to Edmonton in 1957 to continue his career in research at Chemcell (Celanese) and later Syncrude. Dr. Trevoy (with others) received Canadian patents for three inventions relating to the Alberta Tar Sands; two in 1979 and one in 1983. Lloyd Trevoy died on 27 December 2015 in Edmonton at age 95.

Dr. Bruce Schnell, dean of Pharmacy and vice-president (academic); Peter Millard, professor of English who retired in 1992, and Reta Cowley, distinguished Saskatoon artist, examine one of the works at an exhibition of recent art acquisitions including several works from a bequest from the late Dr. Jean E. Murray. The works are part of the permanent collection.

Bio/Historical Note: Peter T. Millard was born in 1932 in Treorchy, Wales, and first came to Canada in 1955 to attend McGill University. He received a BA from McGill in 1959, and continued his education at Wadham College, Oxford, from which he received a BA and a PhD. Millard joined the University of Saskatchewan in 1961 as an Instructor in English; he eventually became head of the department. His subsequent academic career was distinguished. Besides authoring numerous books and articles, he served as the University’s don of residence, as chair of the English Department and as chair of the Faculty Association.He also served a one-year term as head of the Faculty Association. In 1973 he joined Saskatoon’s burgeoning gay liberation movement and quickly became an organizer and spokesperson in most of the province’s early battles to advance equal rights for gays and lesbians. He held leadership roles in the Gay Community Centre of Saskatoon, the Committee to Defend Doug Wilson, and the Coalition for Human Equality. On campus he organized a Gay Academic Union in 1975 and became the mentor/protector of two generations of lesbian and gay students. In 1991 he taught the University’s first gay studies course, an examination of social attitudes towards homosexuality in literature. In 1994 the University established the Peter Millard scholarship, Canada’s first university-administered scholarship for research in gay and lesbian studies. After his academic retirement in 1992, one of Millard’s chief pursuits was the writing of a personal memoir with the working title Or Words to That Effect. After his death the completed manuscript was added to the Peter Millard fonds at the University of Saskatchewan Archives. The memoir covers many aspects of Millard’s rich and wide-ranging life, including his student and academic careers and his dedication to the visual arts in both England and Saskatoon. He writes at length of his emotional life as a gay man and of his many experiences in gay activism. He retired from the U of S in December 1991. Peter Millard died 8 December 2001 after a short battle with a rare form of leukemia.