Head and shoulders image of Alexander M. Runciman, honourary Doctor of Laws degree recipient; taken possibly near time of presentation.

Bio/Historical Note: Alexander McInnes (Mac) Runciman was born in Scotland in 1914. He came to Canada in 1928 with his family and farmed in the Balcarres, Saskatchewan district until 1940. After serving overseas with the Royal Canadian Army from January 1940 to 1945, Runciman farmed in the Abernethy district of Saskatchewan from 1946-1961. During 20 years as president and chief executive officer of United Grain Growers, in addition to responsibility for the affairs of the company, Runciman was involved in numerous agriculturally related organizations as well as Canadian business in general and many community activities. He was director of the Canadian Federation of Agriculture from 1961-1968; member of the Canadian Wheat Board Advisory Committee from 1961-1975; the founding president of the Canola Council of Canada and the Canada Grains Council; and a member of the Agricultural Economics Research Council of Canada. Runciman was an advisor to the Canadian delegation to the International Wheat Agreement negotiations in Geneva in 1962 and 1978 and a member of the Canadian delegation to the GATT Cereals negotiations in Geneva in 1967, Following his retirement from UGG in 1981, Runciman actively pursued many other interests. He was a member of the Board of Governors of the University of Manitoba from 1982 to 1988 and chaired the board from 1983 to 1988. Runciman was appointed an Officer of the Order of Canada in 1983, and was recipient of the Centennial Medal and the Queen’s Silver Jubilee Medal. He was awarded an honourary degree by the University of Manitoba in 1974 and from the University of Saskatchewan in 1977. He was also a member of the Saskatchewan and Canadian Agricultural Halls of Fame. Runciman died in Red Deer, Alberta in 2000.

Rosetown lawyer (firm Elliott & Macdonald) and later magistrate.

A duo-tang containing an 11-page (single-sided) biography of Alexander McCaughan, a young Irishman, who had come to Indian Head and then enlisted with the Canadian Army and fought in WWI.

Head and shoulders image of Alexander Reisman, acting head, Department of Music.

Bio/Historical Note: Alexander Reisman was born 11 October 1909.and graduated from the Eastman School of Music at the University of Rochester, New York, and earned degrees of Bachelor of Music, and Master of Music with further study at the University of California at Los Angeles. Reisman was both a cellist and arranger, and performed as a cellist with major orchestras and chamber groups. He was assistant professor of music at the University of Saskatchewan in the 1960s. Reisman was conductor of the Saskatoon Symphony Orchestra from 1960-1963. He played with South Bay Chamber Music Society, Inc., performing several concerts in 1964, much of their repertoire consisting of Classical composers such as Beethoven, Mozart, and Schubert. Five years later, he returned to the SBCMS, this time as a member of the Lyric Arts String Quartet, in a program ranging from Franz Joseph Haydn to 20th-century American composer, Samuel Barber. As an arranger, he re-worked Johann Michael Haydn’s “Trio No. 1 in G” into a wind quintet, and boiled down Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s “Valse sentimentale” for cello and piano. A performance of this latter work can be heard on the Nathaniel Rosen/Doris Stevenson 1994 release, Orientale. Reisman died 24 January 1999.

Image of Alexander Royick, instructor in Slavic languages, in his office.

Bio/Historical Note: Alexander Royick wrote a paper titled Ukrainian Settlements in Alberta in 1968.

Portrait of Alexander Stuart Campbell. Reverse reads: "Born in Saskatchewan about 1880, son of Rev Alex Campbell Presbyterian minister in Prince Albert after rebellion of 1885. He also taught high school subjects in Prince Albert before there was a high school afterwards he and his family lived in Wolseley Sask. and in Stonewall Man. Stuart Campbell went to [illegible] Michigan where he practised his profession still alive in 1952 at 654 Huron St."

Image of a teacher walking and children playing outside of Alexandra School in Moose Jaw; view from Ominica Street West.

Head and shoulders image of Alexi B. Nicolaev, Soviet economist from Moscow University, and visiting professor of Economics, Division of Social Sciences, Regina Campus, for the 1964-65 academic year.

Bio/Historical Note: Alexi B. Nicolaev's appointment was the first time that a Soviet citizen had accepted an academic post at a Canadian university. The invitation was extended with the approval of the Department of External Affairs.

Two men sitting on a fence, identified on back as "Alf Pearce. Trainman and 'Shorty' O'Neil - Lineman"

Alfalfa for seed.

Alfalfa for seed.