Head and shoulders image of James Balfour Kirkpatrick, Dean of Education, 1956-1976. Possibly taken at the time of presentation of an Honourary Degree from the University in 1990.

Bio/Historical Note: James Balfour Kirkpatrick was born on a farm near Saskatoon in 1909, the same year in which the College Building was constructed. He completed his BA, BEd, and MEd degrees at the University of Saskatchewan, and his doctorate in physical education at Columbia University. From 1944-1948 he served as Director of the Physical Fitness Division for Saskatchewan. In 1948 he accepted the appointment as Director and Professor of Physical Education at McGill University. From 1956 to 1976, Kirkpatrick was Dean of Education at the U of S. In the field of physical education, as Director of the Physical Fitness Division of the Province of Saskatchewan, Kirkpatrick was insistent that its mandate be much wider than a concern for physical fitness only. As Dean of Education and through cooperation with a variety of agencies and individuals, he established many innovative practices and programs. In order to address the needs in Aboriginal education, he established the Indian and Northern Education Program in 1963, the Indian Teacher Education Program in 1973, and the North West Territory Teacher Education Program in 1975; and set the groundwork for the Northern Teacher Education Program in 1976. On 22 September 1975, Kirkpatrick suspended Doug Wilson's work as a supervisor of practice teaching in public schools, on the grounds of Wilson's open admission of his homosexuality and his public involvement in the gay liberation movement. A Committee to Defend Doug Wilson was formed to fight the university's action, and Wilson placed a formal complaint with the Saskatchewan Human Rights Commission. The inquiry was never held, as the Court of Queen's Bench ruled that sexuality was not covered by The Fair Employment Practices Act. Kirkpatrick played a prominent role in the amalgamation of the Teachers' Colleges into the University. The program reforms engineered by Kirkpatrick redirected the course content away from a purely academic orientation to one that considered the needs of children in a complex contemporary society. An innovative venture that has been widely copied and has become the core of teacher education programs today, the extended practicum or internship, was established by Kirkpatrick in 1963. Kirkpatrick was awarded an honourary Doctor of Laws degree in 1990 by the U of S. He died in Saskatoon in 1998.

Image of Dr. Hugh E. Hendry speaking at the official opening of the electron microprobe and image analysis research facility in the Geology Building.

Head and shoulders image of Trevor Horwitz, Assistant Professor, Medical Imaging.

Robert McKercher (left), graduate of Law, presents the donation to fund the Stack Lectureship to Dr. Leo F. Kristjanson (centre), University President, at a ceremony attended by Peter MacKinnon, Dean of Law.

Image of Dr. Nick Low, Professor, Department of Applied Microbiology and Food Science, standing in a laboratory in front of a computer and holding a sample of California Valencia orange juice, which he has just tested for sugar adulteration.

A sunrise is seen over a point of land at Anglin Lake, Saskatchewan

W.J. Brennan, dean of Commerce, presents the Goodspeed Award to Maureen Yvette Gutek of Humboldt during Convocation held at Centennial Auditorium.

Bio/Historical Note: Georgia Marie (Dodie) Goodspeed was born in Battlefords, Saskatchewan. She was awarded a Governor General’s Medal while in high school, and entered the University of Saskatchewan to study accounting in 1935, earned her Bachelor of Accounting degree in 1939. Goodspeed returned to the Battlefords for three years to article with V.J. Ferguson and Company. She became an instructor in Accounting at the U of S in 1942, an assistant professor in 1950 and professor in 1956. Goodspeed earned an MBA from the University of Chicago in 1949. She was assistant dean of Commerce for many years, and was acting dean twice – in 1962, and from 1964-1965. A champion of the college, Goodspeed was instrumental in upgrading the Bachelor of Commerce program to a four-year degree, and fought hard for the establishment of the Commerce Building. She was also the first woman in Canada to be named a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants (1960). She retired in 1984 and was named Assistant Dean Emerita. Dodie Goodspeed died in [October] 1986 in Saskatoon. The Goodspeed Award is given to the top graduate of the Edwards School of Business. A state-of-the-art lecture theatre in the college was named in her honour in 2000.

Image of Dr. George Ivany seated at his desk, shortly after his installation as the University's seventh president.