Student in a lab coat demonstrates a piece of medical equipment.

Group of people look at a display featuring a "Blue Rabbit" in a cage.

Student in a lab coat demonstrates a set of chest x-rays to a crowd.

Student in a lab coat and a crowd of people look at Ion Exchange Columns.

Madge McKillop, director of Nursing, and Dr. Arnold L. Swanson, director, University Hospital, standing in front of Ellis Hall, the nurses' residence. More nurses in uniform visible near entrance.

Bio/Historical Note: Madge McKillop was born in 1918 in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan. She obtained her early education at the Moose Jaw General Hospital of Nursing and completed her bachelor of nursing at McGill University. During World War II McKillop was a lieutenant in the Canadian Army Nursing Service, serving four years in Canada, England, Europe and North Africa. She was stationed at No. 13 Canadian General Hospital in England where her brother, Flight Officer Duncan McKillop, recovered after being shot down. She moved to No. 20 Canadian General Hospital, the hospital her brother was eventually released from. Upon her return to Canada, she worked at the Royal Edward Chest Hospital in Montreal. In 1964 she left her position as director of nursing to become the nursing administrator at University Hospital in Saskatoon. McKillop served as president of the Saskatchewan Registered Nurses’ Association from 1969-1971. She was in the 1980s the Saskatchewan representative of the National Advisory Council on Aging. McKillop was appointed chairperson of the Saskatchewan Senior Citizens’ Advisory Council in 1990, and was also chair of the Grants Committee of the Saskatoon Community Foundation. McKillop retired from University Hospital in [1984]. Madge McKillop died in 1997.

Head and shoulders image of Dr. John Boyle Ritchie, honourary Doctor of Laws degree recipient at the Special Convocation held in connection with the formal opening of University Hospital in 1955. Image possibly taken near time of presentation.

Bio/Historical Note: Dr. John Boyle Ritchie was born in Bruce County, Ontario and spent most of his boyhood in Port Arthur (now Thunder Bay). Graduating in Arts in 1910 and Medicine in 1916 from Manitoba University, he then joined the Canadian Army Medical Corps and went overseas. On his return to Canada he was posted to Calgary to organize a military hospital in that city. Upon the end of World War I Dr. Ritchie retired with the rank of Major, and was awarded the Mons and Vimy Medals. Later he received the Efficiency Decoration for his services. After practicing in Saltcoats, Saskatchewan, in 1919, Dr. Ritchie moved to Regina in 1920 to begin practice in association with Dr. Hugh MacLean. In 1934 he was chairman of the Regina Public School Board, in which capacity he was instrumental in the promotion of the inoculation of diphtheria toxoid in the Regina area, which eliminated diphtheria from that area. Dr. Ritchie died in Regina in 1961.

Elevated view of members of the Senate sitting at tables set up in Convocation Hall.

Group of students posed in front of one of the residences.

Second year degree students, back row: Bailey, Bayduza, Boxall, Brodie, Cave, Christensen, Coleman, Correnti, Cowan, Davidson, Doyle, Drewry, Edgar. Fourth row: Eichel, Finell, Floyde, Ford, Fredrickson, Anne George, Linda George, Godin, Hansen, Hanson, Jean Heinrich, Joan Heinrich. Third row: Henke, Hulings, King, Kirkman, Larson, Lemke, McConnell, McLeod, Marchyshyn, Machalenki, Moffat, Morrison, Morrow, Neufeld. Second row: Obst, Polovnikoff, Purves, Rayner, Robson, Rosser, Sallans, Saranchuk, Shaw, Smith, Spencer, Stan, Stewart, Swetleshnoff, Thiel. First row: Weinbender, Wndel, Wright, Woodhead. Absent: Belsher, Fiesler, Kaufman, Kochan, Pepper, Mrs. Schmidt, Trombley, Wollk, Wendel.

Delegation of three women and three men from Ukraine sitting around a colourfully decorated table.

Dr. Keith Downey, professor of Agriculture, looking at plants.

Bio/Historical Note: Dr. Richard Keith Downey was born in 1927 in Saskatoon. He received a BSA in 1951 and an MSc in 1952, both from the University of Saskatchewan. Dr. Downey received his PhD from Cornell University in 1961. In 1951 Dr. Downey began working for Agriculture Canada in Saskatoon, becoming Senior Research Scientist Emeritus in 1993. He started his own firm and is President of Canoglobe Consulting Inc. He worked with Dr. Baldur Stefansson to develop a variety of rapeseed that could be used as an edible oil. This is known as canola and is one of Canada’s top edible oils and one of the largest oilseed crops in the world. Dr. Downey became known as the "Father of Canola". He is the breeder and co-breeder of 13 rapeseed/canola varieties and five condiment mustard varieties. Dr. Downey was named an officer of the Order of Canada (1976) and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada (1979). He is also a Fellow of the Agriculture Institute of Canada and an honourary life member of the Canadian Seed Growers Association and of the Saskatchewan Rapeseed Association. He received an honourary Doctor of Science degree from the U of S in 1994 and the Eminent Scientist Award at the Ninth International Rapeseed Congress in 1995. In 1996 he was inducted into the Saskatchewan Agricultural Hall of Fame, and in 2002 into the Canadian Agricultural Hall of Fame. In 1998, "Downey Street" at a research and development park in Saskatoon was named in his honour.

Dr. Edith C. Rowles of Extension stands in the doorway of a log building speaking to a large group of people.

Madeline Whitehawk, member of the Cote First Nation near Kamsack, Saskatchewan, trying out one of the treadle sewing machines provided by the Homemakers' Clubs of Saskatchewan.

Bio/Historical Note: The Homemakers' Clubs of Saskatchewan were created at a "special conference for women" initiated by the University of Saskatchewan in 1911. The objectives as stated in the constitution, were "to promote the interests of the home and the community". It was organized virtually as part of the university. The director of Agricultural Extension, F.H. Auld, was the ex officio secretary and managing director until 1913, when these duties fell to the newly appointed director of Women's Work, Abigail DeLury. From that time until reorganization in 1952, women's extension remained as a separate unit, reporting directly to the president of the university. After 1952, its work was still carried on independently, but with a greater degree of integration with agricultural and adult education services. Unique in Canada was the Club's official association with the University, which provided the provincial secretary, secretarial staff, and extension department resources to aid the development of the club and its programs. In 1971, the name was changed to the Saskatchewan Women's Institute and the University reduced its role to supplying free office space on campus.

Graduation portrait of Marion Bruce Pettit, Arts '12.

Bio/Historical Note: Like many early students, Marion Bruce Pettit (BA'12) was born in Ontario. She began her university career at Victoria College (University of Toronto). When her family moved west, she transferred to the University of Saskatchewan to complete her degree. Pettit earned honours in English and History, while also serving on the SRC and as a councilor for Penta Kai Deka, the society for female students established in 1911. After leaving the U of S, Pettit married lawyer George Cruise and lived in Sutherland, Saskatchewan. She died in November 1955 in Saskatoon. George Cruise died the following year. Cruise Street in Sutherland is named for the Cruise family.

Image of Diane Jones-Konihowski, pentathlete, wearing a suit.

Bio/Historical Note: Diane Helen Jones-Konihowski was born in 1951 in Vancouver and raised in Saskatoon. In 1967 she represented Canada internationally for the first time as a high jumper and javelin thrower. Jones won her first international medal, a high jump bronze, at the 1969 Pacific Conference Games. She represented Canada in the pentathlon at the Munich Olympics in 1972. Jones was a gold medalist in the pentathlon at the 1975 Pan American Games in Mexico City; that same year she was named Canada’s Female Athlete of the Year. Jones graduated from the University of Saskatchewan in 1976 with a BEd. In 1978 she won a gold medal at the Commonwealth Games in Edmonton and was named Canada’s Female Athlete of the Year for the second time in her career. Jones married fellow athlete John Konihowski in 1977; the wedding ceremony was carried live on CFQC-TV. In 1979 she won her second Pan American Games gold medal. Forced to miss the Moscow Olympics of 1980 due to the boycott that Jones-Konihowski strenuously opposed, she seriously considered going to the Soviet Union to compete as an athlete without a flag or nation. Jones-Konihowski eventually decided it was safer to not attend and athletically made her statement two weeks later at a pentathlon in Germany, winning gold, and beating all the Moscow 1980 Olympic medalists. During her career Jones-Konihowski ranked first in the world twice. Jones-Konihowski was awarded the Order of Canada in 1979 and inducted into the Saskatchewan Sports Hall of Fame in 1980. She was the recipient of the YWCA Woman of Distinction Sport & Recreation Award in 1988. In 1996 she was inducted into the Canadian Olympic Sports Hall of Fame. Jones-Konihowski has remained active in Canadian sports, having worked as a coach and sports administrator for many national athletic boards including Fair Play Canada, the Coaching Association of Canada, the Canadian Olympic Association, as well as the Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport. In 2000 Jones-Konihowski led Canada’s Olympic Team to the Sydney Olympics as the Chef de Mission. She was presented with an honourary Doctor of Laws degree from the U of S in 2002. In 2005 Jones-Konihowski was elected to the board of directors of the Canadian Olympic Committee. Jones-Konihowski is a member of the Canadian Sports Hall of Fame (2020) and the Canada West Conference Hall of Fame (2021).