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Dr. P.J. Thair - Portrait

Three images of Dr. P.J. Thair, associate professor of Agriculture.

Bio/Historical Note: Dr. P.J. (Phil) Thair was born and raised in the Lumsden-Regina area and took his high school at Luther College in Regina. He obtained his teaching certificate from Regina Normal School, where he was president of the student association. He obtained his BSA (1942) and MSc (1944) from the University of Saskatchewan and joined the Canada Department of Agriculture as an agricultural economist. He was awarded a Social Science Research Council Fellowship in 1947 and obtained a PhD from Iowa State College in 1953. From 1949-1955 Dr. Thair was part of the Canadian brain drain serving the United States Department of Agriculture as an agricultural economist in Fargo, North Dakota. He returned in 1955 to join the Department of Farm Management at the U of S. Dr. Thair was appointed head of Agricultural Economics in 1969.

Bishop G. Emmett Carter - Portrait

Head and shoulders image of Bishop G. Emmett Carter, speaker at Regina Campus in December 1966, discussing "The Direction Imparted to Religious Evolution by Vatican II". Part of the "Plain Talk" series of public meetings, arranged by the Division of the Social Sciences, University of Saskatchewan, Regina Campus.

Bio/Historical Note: Gerald Emmett Cardinal Carter CC (1912–2003) was a Canadian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Toronto from 1978 to 1990, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1979.

Honourary Degrees - Addresses - Dr. David L. Thomson

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.

W.P. Thompson - Portrait

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.

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