Three negative images of an honourary degree presentation to and address from Dr. David L. Thomson, honourary Doctor of Laws degree recipient, during Convocation held in Physical Education gymnasium. Image 1: Unknown speaker at podium. Image 2: Unknown speaker at podium, with (from far left) Norman K. Cram, University Registrar; Dr. Thomson; F. Hedley Auld, University Chancellor, and unknown speaker at podium. Image 3: David L. Thomson addressing the crowd.

Bio/Historical Note: David Landsborough Thomson (1901-1964) was a Canadian biochemist, best known for the co-discovery of Adrenocorticotropic hormone (adreno-cortical thyroid hormone or ACTH) He was also vice-principal of McGill University.

Head and shoulders image of Flora Geissler wearing a University Hospital badge, as well as a two buttons which read "Canadian healthcare Volunteer We Care" and "Lungs are for life".

Portrait of Stephen Gomeg.

Five different images of W.P. Thompson, third University President. Three portraits and two images of him sitting at a desk with a microscope, one with a pipe in his mouth.

Bio/Historical Note: Walter Palmer Thompson was born 3 April 1889 near Decewsville, Ontario. He graduated from the University of Toronto with a BA (1910), and from Harvard with an AM (1912) and PhD (1914). Thompson came to the University of Saskatchewan as professor and head of the Biology Department in 1913. He was an important figure at the university for the next fifty years. Thompson served in a variety of administrative positions: dean of Junior Colleges (1934); dean of Arts and Sciences (1938); acting president (1942); director of Summer School (1948); and president of the University (1949). Dr. Thompson retired in 1959 and became President Emeritus. During his academic career Thompson gained international recognition for his work as a geneticist, particularly for the development of rust resistant wheat hybrids. The W.P. Thompson Biology Building, opened in 1960, was named in his honour. Upon his retirement as president Thompson was appointed chairman of the Advisory Committee on Medical Care. The recommendations of this committee were an important foundation for the provincial Medicare system. In 1967 he was made a Companion of the Order of Canada, one of the first to receive this award. He was awarded an honourary Doctor of Laws degree in 1960 by the U of S. Walter Thompson died in Toronto in 1970.

Head and shoulders image of Dr. Syed.

Looking east at the Livestock Pavilion; Rutherford Rink at left in background.

Bio/Historical Note: The Livestock Pavilion, one of the five original campus buildings, was designed by Brown and Vallance and constructed between 1910-1912. Built of red brick, slate and translucent glass panels (some of which could be opened for ventilation), it included a large show arena with seating. The Pavilion had a slaughter room and cold storage for the butchery courses. It was demolished in 1986.

Portrait of E.W. Stinson.

Using the expert system she developed, Denise Stilling, Mechanical Engineering graduate student, compares an actual with a desired diving performance.

Bio/Historical Note: Dr. Denise Stilling earned three degrees from the University of Saskatchewan – a BE, MSC and PhD. Dr. Stilling’s research interests include: Value-added product and manufacturing research and development from agricultural fiber and reclaimed material; Engineering management including principles of lean manufacturing, JIT, agile manufacturing, operational management, etc.; Human Factors Engineering including ergonomics, safety design, procedures, etc.; and applied mechanical engineering analysis and design including biomechanics, vibration control, structural analysis, strength of materials, instrumentation, chaos theory and nonlinear dynamics, manufacturing processes, Dr. Stilling’s research experience in artificial intelligence includes applications in knowledge based expert systems, artificial neural networks, wavelets, etc. Dr. Stilling is currently an Associate Professor, Industrial Systems Engineering, University of Regina (2021).

Hans Stich, Cancer Research. One image of Hans Rich holding a rat standing in front of rat cages, another image of him sitting by a microscope.

Canadian International Development Agency contract signed at international conference on soil quality and semi-arid agriculture. L to r: John Stewart, head, Department of Soil Science; Don Ravis, MP for Saskatoon East; and Leo Kristjanson, University President, signing the contract.

J.W.B. (John) Stewart, head, Department of Soil Science, speaks at the official opening of the new quarters of the Saskatchewan Soil Testing Laboratory.

Head and shoulders graduation image of Donald Neil Southam, University Prize winner, Arts and Science, Regina Campus.

Men working with equipment.

Head and shoulders image of Duff Spafford, professor, Political Studies.

Bio/Historical Note: Dufferin Stewart Spafford was born 18 March 1936 at Weyburn, Saskatchewan, where his grandfather Dufferin Charles Spafford homesteaded in 1902. Living with his family on the farm and then in a succession of small towns left Duff with an enduring attachment to rural Saskatchewan. He grew up playing sports and played on hockey and baseball teams throughout his youth. After Duff’s high school years in Shellbrook, where he had a job at the weekly Chronicle and learned to set type, he worked as a city reporter and sometime sports editor at the Prince Albert Herald. There Duff became acquainted with the high school columnist, Shirley King, his future wife. As a student at the University of Saskatchewan, he was editor of The Sheaf in 1956-1957 and worked part-time at the Western Producer. After graduation, he went on to study at the London School of Economics, returning to Saskatchewan to teach, first in the joint Department of Economics and Political science, and then in Political Studies. Over Duff’s forty years as a professor, he made notable contributions to political studies and research on elections. Beyond academic life, he was full of ideas and enthusiasms, among them collecting, gardening, sports, and books. Duff assembled a significant collection of Saskatchewan archival materials and artifacts, including clay works made by the university's Department of Ceramics. He was a founding member and first treasurer of the Saskatchewan Perennial Society. After retirement Duff started the College Building Book Collection of writings by University of Saskatchewan student authors. He was passionate about the university and its history, particularly the achievements of its alumni, and in the course of his research discovered long forgotten notable graduates. In [2014] Duff was awarded an Alumni Achievement Award and was the first recipient of the USRA (University of Saskatchewan Retirees Association) Duff Spafford Award for Exceptional Service to the University Community, named in his honour. Duff died of a brain tumour on 14 May 2014 in Saskatoon.

Head shot of Josef Spalatin, Veterinary Medicine.