Ann-Marie John, winner of the Hope Hunt Scholarship, standing with Dr. Milt Bell and Dr. Hope H. Hunt, donor of the award and retired dean of Home Economics, after presentation at Convocation held at Centennial Auditorium.

Bio/Historical Note: Dr. Hope H. Hunt attended public and high school in Calgary. She earned a BAHSc from the University of Toronto, an MSc from Columbia University and a PhD from the University of Minnesota, where she held a faculty position. In 1940 she accepted an appointment as head of the School of Household Science at the University of Saskatchewan. In 1941, when the school became a college, Dr. Hunt became the first dean of a College of Household Science in Canada. Her research involved the evaluation of cooking qualities of fruits and was conducted in conjunction with the Horticulture Department. Dr. Hunt was responsible for securing additional faculty members and introducing many important changes to the Home Economics curriculum, including new classes in Child Development, Family Relations, Community Nutrition, Household and Institution Management, Diet Therapy, and History and Development of Home Economics. She was instrumental in changing the name to the College of Home Economics. She laid the groundwork for curricular revisions to establish a general course to meet the needs of teachers and five majors: Dietetics and Nutrition, Housing and Design, Food Science, Clothing and Textiles and Home Management. Dr. Hunt convened a committee to plan a new home for Home Economics in the addition to the Chemistry Building. Dr. Hunt retired in 1972 and was named Dean Emerita. The Hope Hunt Scholarship was established in her honour by alumna and friends. It is awarded annually to a graduate of Home Economics, Nutrition and Dietetics, Family Studies or Consumer Studies who is pursing graduate studies at the University. Dr. Hunt died in Saskatoon in 1995 at age 97.

Home Economics volleyball team members, some dressed up in costumes, in various poses.

Two women stand near a counter. Three purses or bags are displayed upon the counter.

Clothing Laboratoy in College of Home Economics (Thorvaldson Building Addition)

Laboratory for interior design. College of Home Economics in new addition to Thorvaldson Building.

Introductory foods laboratory in College of Home Economics (Thorvaldson Building Addition)

Home drying of vegetables during wartime. Small cupboard to be used over oil stove

Students in the foods laboratory in the Physics Annex, working with an electric mixer.

Various shots of students demonstrating displays from Home Economics. Including fashion, cleaning products, a set dining table and electronic devices.

A woman wearing a dress, holding a jacket and clutch, walks down a runway, watched by a line of women, with a larger audience in the background.

Dr. Edith C. Rowles Simpson, dean of Home Economics, presents the Rutter Prize in Home Economics to Helen Lorraine Franklin of Birch Hills at Convocation at Centennial Auditorium.