Dr. James Dosman (standing), professor, Pulmonary Research Laboratory, and Bob Ledington, a PHD student, demonstrate a volume displacement body plethysmograph with which the volume and rate that air is expired can be measured simultaneously and recorded immediately on a graph. By comparing the results obtained with air and with a mixture of oxygen and helium, the researchers believe they can detect obstruction of the peripheral airways, which is likely due to smoking but would probably not show up on a routine pulmonary function test. The reason is that whereas non-smokers increase their flow rate when they switch from air to the lighter helium mixture, many smokers do not. Current evidence indicates this is due to obstruction which might lead to irreversible lung damage.

Student standing beside machinery in Mechanical Engineering lab. Chalkboard reads "Steam Engine Test".

A certificate being exchanged between Evan A. Hardy (left) and John G. Rayner.

Image of students posing on the St. Thomas More College float during the Homecoming Parade.

Student in a lab coat demonstrates a piece of medical equipment.

Group of people look at a display featuring a "Blue Rabbit" in a cage.

Student in a lab coat demonstrates a set of chest x-rays to a crowd.

Student in a lab coat and a crowd of people look at Ion Exchange Columns.

Madge McKillop, director of Nursing, and Dr. Arnold L. Swanson, director, University Hospital, standing in front of Ellis Hall, the nurses' residence. More nurses in uniform visible near entrance.

Bio/Historical Note: Madge McKillop was born in 1918 in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan. She obtained her early education at the Moose Jaw General Hospital of Nursing and completed her bachelor of nursing at McGill University. During World War II McKillop was a lieutenant in the Canadian Army Nursing Service, serving four years in Canada, England, Europe and North Africa. She was stationed at No. 13 Canadian General Hospital in England where her brother, Flight Officer Duncan McKillop, recovered after being shot down. She moved to No. 20 Canadian General Hospital, the hospital her brother was eventually released from. Upon her return to Canada, she worked at the Royal Edward Chest Hospital in Montreal. In 1964 she left her position as director of nursing to become the nursing administrator at University Hospital in Saskatoon. McKillop served as president of the Saskatchewan Registered Nurses’ Association from 1969-1971. She was in the 1980s the Saskatchewan representative of the National Advisory Council on Aging. McKillop was appointed chairperson of the Saskatchewan Senior Citizens’ Advisory Council in 1990, and was also chair of the Grants Committee of the Saskatoon Community Foundation. McKillop retired from University Hospital in [1984]. Madge McKillop died in 1997.

Head and shoulders image of Dr. John Boyle Ritchie, honourary Doctor of Laws degree recipient at the Special Convocation held in connection with the formal opening of University Hospital in 1955. Image possibly taken near time of presentation.

Bio/Historical Note: Dr. John Boyle Ritchie was born in Bruce County, Ontario and spent most of his boyhood in Port Arthur (now Thunder Bay). Graduating in Arts in 1910 and Medicine in 1916 from Manitoba University, he then joined the Canadian Army Medical Corps and went overseas. On his return to Canada he was posted to Calgary to organize a military hospital in that city. Upon the end of World War I Dr. Ritchie retired with the rank of Major, and was awarded the Mons and Vimy Medals. Later he received the Efficiency Decoration for his services. After practicing in Saltcoats, Saskatchewan, in 1919, Dr. Ritchie moved to Regina in 1920 to begin practice in association with Dr. Hugh MacLean. In 1934 he was chairman of the Regina Public School Board, in which capacity he was instrumental in the promotion of the inoculation of diphtheria toxoid in the Regina area, which eliminated diphtheria from that area. Dr. Ritchie died in Regina in 1961.

Elevated view of members of the Senate sitting at tables set up in Convocation Hall.

Group of students posed in front of one of the residences.

Second year degree students, back row: Bailey, Bayduza, Boxall, Brodie, Cave, Christensen, Coleman, Correnti, Cowan, Davidson, Doyle, Drewry, Edgar. Fourth row: Eichel, Finell, Floyde, Ford, Fredrickson, Anne George, Linda George, Godin, Hansen, Hanson, Jean Heinrich, Joan Heinrich. Third row: Henke, Hulings, King, Kirkman, Larson, Lemke, McConnell, McLeod, Marchyshyn, Machalenki, Moffat, Morrison, Morrow, Neufeld. Second row: Obst, Polovnikoff, Purves, Rayner, Robson, Rosser, Sallans, Saranchuk, Shaw, Smith, Spencer, Stan, Stewart, Swetleshnoff, Thiel. First row: Weinbender, Wndel, Wright, Woodhead. Absent: Belsher, Fiesler, Kaufman, Kochan, Pepper, Mrs. Schmidt, Trombley, Wollk, Wendel.

Delegation of three women and three men from Ukraine sitting around a colourfully decorated table.

Dr. Keith Downey, professor of Agriculture, looking at plants.

Bio/Historical Note: Dr. Richard Keith Downey was born in 1927 in Saskatoon. He received a BSA in 1951 and an MSc in 1952, both from the University of Saskatchewan. Dr. Downey received his PhD from Cornell University in 1961. In 1951 Dr. Downey began working for Agriculture Canada in Saskatoon, becoming Senior Research Scientist Emeritus in 1993. He started his own firm and is President of Canoglobe Consulting Inc. He worked with Dr. Baldur Stefansson to develop a variety of rapeseed that could be used as an edible oil. This is known as canola and is one of Canada’s top edible oils and one of the largest oilseed crops in the world. Dr. Downey became known as the "Father of Canola". He is the breeder and co-breeder of 13 rapeseed/canola varieties and five condiment mustard varieties. Dr. Downey was named an officer of the Order of Canada (1976) and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada (1979). He is also a Fellow of the Agriculture Institute of Canada and an honourary life member of the Canadian Seed Growers Association and of the Saskatchewan Rapeseed Association. He received an honourary Doctor of Science degree from the U of S in 1994 and the Eminent Scientist Award at the Ninth International Rapeseed Congress in 1995. In 1996 he was inducted into the Saskatchewan Agricultural Hall of Fame, and in 2002 into the Canadian Agricultural Hall of Fame. In 1998, "Downey Street" at a research and development park in Saskatoon was named in his honour.