Head and shoulders image of Dr. D.V. Cormack, professor of Physics and a member of the Saskatchewan Cancer Commission from 1956-1967.

View facing northwest of Physics Building; landscaping in foreground.

Bio/Historical Note: The Physics Building was constructed by Smith Bros. & Wilson General Contractors from 1919 to 1921 for $437,000, and was designed by D. R. Brown and H. Vallance. It was officially opened in 1922. The building originally housed the Departments of Physics, Botany and Zoology, the Plant-pathology section of the Dominion Department of Agriculture, as well as the soils branch of the Canadian Department of the Interior. The Physics Building possessed non-vibratory walls, laboratories for Electricity and Magnetism, Light, Electron Physics, wireless work, a number of smaller research rooms, a dark room and a large lecture theatre, which was quickly put to use by many different colleges. The attic of the building was used as a temporary museum, with meteorological recording equipment situated on the roof. The basement was fitted with offices and classrooms, as well as with two fireproofed rooms containing the Shortt Library of Canadiana. During the 1946-1947 academic term a Physics Annex was "constructed" on campus at a cost of $46,000. Built initially to accommodate the Betatron, the Annex was a World War II air force hut that was reassembled on campus. After the completion of the Betatron Building in 1951 the annex was used to provide “temporary” classroom space for the department. Though scheduled to be demolished after the completion of the Physics Addition in 1967, the annex would remain on campus until it was destroyed in fire on 28 April 1979. A proper addition to the Physics Building was finally completed in 1967 by W.C. Wells Construction for $2,029,876.

Head and shoulders of William M. Adams, Professor, Veterinary Medicine.

Looking north with Griffiths Stadium in foreground, College Drive running through at centre, and campus buildings in background.

Image of a float lampooning Canadian politics and campus political parties at Griffiths Stadium. Students dressed in academic gowns, as mounted police and some other things. Banners on top reads "sex, excitement and money". Banner at the bottom reads "With benefits like this - Who can remain aloof? Join the Conservative Liberal or Democratic party (clod)". Also small banner reads "You can fool all the people all of the time". I the centre of the float there is a beer box "Peace Tower".

R.W. Begg, University President, speaks at the gallery opening.

Bio/Historical Note: Gordon W. Snelgrove (1898–1966) was a painter, art historian and one of the first people in Canada to receive a PhD in art history. In 1936 he served as professor of art and art history at the University of Saskatchewan’s Regina campus. Later he joined the University of Saskatchewan’s Saskatoon campus as head of the Art Department and remained in that position until his retirement in the fall of 1965. He died in February 1966. The Gordon Snelgrove Gallery was opened in the basement of the Murray Building in 1966. It serves as a venue for students to showcase their work and acts as a tribute to a man devoted to art and teaching new generations of artists. It also curates the collection for the department of art and art history, comprised of select works from graduating students that are displayed throughout the campus.

Head and shoulders of Robert A. Hickie, Department of Pharmacology, College of Medicine.

Head and shoulders image of Dr. Brian Habbick, Paediatrics.

Dr. Brian Ferguson Habbick graduated from the University of Glasgow with his MD in 1963. He was certified by the Royal College in Pediatrics in 1971. From 1976 to 1981 Dr. Habbick served on the Royal College Pediatrics Examination Board. He was a professor in the Department of Community Health and Epidemiology in the College of Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, by 1991. Dr. Habbick died 9 March 2019 in Victoria, British Columbia.

Head and shoulders image of Dr. Ian Holmes, Medicine.

Bio/Historical Note: Dr. Ian Hugh Holmes was born on 30 September 1926 in Schreiber, Ontario. He received his MD from the University of Manitoba in 1953, and his Certificate in Internal Medicine from the University of Alberta in 1960. Dr. Holmes practiced in Yorkton, Edmonton, Red Deer and Saskatoon. While practicing in Saskatoon, Dr. Holmes also taught in the Faculty of Medicine at the College of Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, until 2011. Dr. Holmes died on 19 August 2012 in Saskatoon at age 85.

Head and shoulders image of Graham Jones, Agriculture.

Head and shoulders image of E. Kostashuk, Cancer Centre.

Head and shoulders image of Dr. Jose Lopez, General Cardiology, Medicine.

Bio/Historical Note: Dr. José Lopez, along with Dr. Louis Horlick, spearheaded the cardiac care program at University Hospital in the 1950s and 1960s. He is clinical professor of Cardiology at Royal University Hospital (2019).

Head and shoulders image of Dr. Suzanne Laferté, professor of Biochemistry.

Head and shoulders image of Candace Wasacase-Lafferty, Extension.

Bio/Historical Note: Candace Wasacase-Lafferty is a Saulteaux and Cree citizen of the Kahkewistahaw First Nation, and a graduate of the University of Saskatchewan. Prior to her 20-year career with USask, she worked within her own communities and held positions with the Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations, the Saskatoon Tribal Council, and the Saskatchewan Indian Institute of Technologies. Wasacase-Lafferty began working at USask in 2001 and has held in various roles in human resources, community relations, student services, fundraising, partnership development and lead in the realization of the Gordon Oakes Red Bear Student Centre. In 2019 she began working with the Johnson Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy in partnership with Harvard University to bring the Honouring Nations program to Canada. Wasacase-Lafferty is committed to promoting and living Indigenous values and culture within the university and beyond. Wasacase-Lafferty is also the co-chair of the post pandemic shift commission for the Office of the President at the University of Saskatchewan. She is currently Co-Director of Honouring Nations Canada and Senior Director Indigenous Engagement at the University of Saskatchewan (2021). Wasacase-Lafferty serves as a member of the Board of Directors for Wanuskewin Heritage Park and the Saskatoon Regional Economic Development Authority.

Head and shoulders image of David Lepard, audio-visual technician, College of Medicine.

Bio/Historical Note: Trained at Saskatchewan Technical Institute, Moose Jaw, in radio, television, and electronics, Dave Lepard worked at the University of Saskatchewan from 1968-2003 as an audio-visual technician, first in the Division of Audio/Visual Services, later in the College of Medicine. In the union for support workers, CLC Local 54 (later CUPE 1975), Lepard served on the bargaining committee, the bursary committee, as treasurer for two terms, and as co-editor with Tonya Kaye of the newsletter The Skopein. Lepard was often elected delegate to local, provincial, and national labour conventions. He continues to be active in the labour movement after his retirement from the U of S in 2003. In the University of Saskatchewan Non-Academic Retirees Association (USNARA), Lepard served on the bursary committee (2006-2016) and as president (2015-2017). As USNARA faced dwindling membership and difficulty recruiting leaders, Lepard led the drive to have NARA merge with USRA in 2017 to form one retiree association for all U of S employees.