F.H. Auld, University Chancellor, making presentation of an honourary Doctor of Laws degree to Sir John Cockcroft, Nobel prize-winning British scientist, during 51st annual Convocation at Physical Education gymnasium. N.K. Cram, University Registrar, hoods recipient.

Bio/Historical Note: Sir John Douglas Cockcroft, OM, KCB, CBE, FRS (1897-1967) was a British physicist who shared with Ernest Walton the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1951 for splitting the atomic nucleus, and was instrumental in the development of nuclear power.

F. Hedley Auld, University Chancellor, making presentation of an honourary Doctor of Laws degree to T.C. Douglas at Convocation held in Physical Education gymnasium. Norman K. Cram, University Register, prepares to hood recipient.

Bio/Historical Note: Thomas Clement Douglas PC CC SOM (1904-1986) was a Scottish Canadian politician who served as Premier of Saskatchewan from 1944-1961 and Leader of the New Democratic Party from 1961-1971. A Baptist minister, he was elected to the House of Commons of Canada in 1935 as a member of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF). He left federal politics to become Leader of the Saskatchewan Co-operative Commonwealth Federation and then the seventh Premier of Saskatchewan. His cabinet was the first democratic socialist government in North America and it introduced the continent's first single-payer, universal health care program. After setting up Saskatchewan's universal healthcare program, Douglas stepped down and ran to lead the newly formed federal New Democratic Party (NDP), the successor party of the national CCF. He was elected as its first federal leader in 1961. Although Douglas never led the party to government, through much of his tenure the party held the balance of power in the House of Commons. He was noted as being the main opposition to the imposition of the War Measures Act during the 1970 October Crisis. He resigned as leader the next year, but remained as a Member of Parliament until 1979. Douglas was awarded many honorary degrees, and a foundation was named for him and his political mentor M. J. Coldwell in 1971. In 1981, he was invested into the Order of Canada, and he became a member of Canada's Privy Council in 1984, two years before his death. In 2004, a CBC Television program named Tommy Douglas "The Greatest Canadian", based on a Canada-wide, viewer-supported survey.

W.C. McAulay, Dean of Pharmacy, presents the graduates to F.H. Auld, University Chancellor, as N.K. Cram, University Secretary, hoods a female graduate at Convocation ceremony in Physical Education gymnasium.

Bio/Historical Note: Following passage of the Saskatchewan Pharmacy Act in 1911, the newly incorporated Saskatchewan Pharmaceutical Association requested the University of Saskatchewan undertake the training and examination of pharmacists. A School within the College of Arts and Science was established in 1913 and the following year, 22 students enrolled in a one-year certificate program following a three-year apprenticeship. In 1921 the School became a College offering a four-year course leading to a Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy. Three years later the certificate program was extended to two years. In 1946 the four-year BSP was a requirement for license in Saskatchewan. In 1987 a Division of Nutrition and Dietetics was established in the College of Pharmacy. Prior to this, Nutrition and Dietetics had been offered in the College of Home Economics. In 1994 the College was renamed the College of Pharmacy and Nutrition.

F.H. Auld, University Chancellor, making presentation of an honourary Doctor of Civil Law degree to Wilbur R. Jackett at Convocation held in Physical Education gymnasium.

Bio/Historical Note: Wilbur Roy Jackett, OC QC (1912-2005) was born in Tompkins, Saskatchewan, Jackett moved with his family to Kamsack, Saskatchewan in 1920 at the age of eight. After graduating from high school in Kamsack, Jackett graduated with degrees in both Arts and Laws from the University of Saskatchewan. In 1933 he was elected a Rhodes Scholar and went to study at the University of Oxford. Jackett was called to the Bar of Saskatchewan. From 1957-1960 Jackett was the eighth Deputy Minister of the Department of Justice. In 1960 he became general counsel for the Canadian Pacific Railway. He was later appointed president of the Exchequer Court of Canada. He was the first Chief Justice of the Federal Court of Canada from 1971-1979. In 1981, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada. Jackett died in 2005 in Ottawa at age 93.

A group of children, in costume, posing for a group photo in front of a building
Some of the children are holding posters of the Canadian provinces Coats of arms.