Image of Dr. George J. Millar, Department of Physiology, College of Medicine, 1946-1980, holding a cigarette.

Bio/Historical Note: Dr. George John Millar (1914-1988) received his BA from the University of Toronto in 1939 and worked at the Banting Institute from 1939-1941. He joined the Royal Canadian Air Force in 1941 and carried out medical research for the RCAF until he was honourably discharged in 1943. Dr. Millar joined the Department of Physiology and Pharmacology at the University of Saskatchewan in 1946, and received his PhD from the U of T in 1950. One of his areas of research involved the chemistry and physiology of heparin, a substance which prevents coagulation of the blood and is useful in the treatment of thrombosis.

Posed outdoor image of participants of a research seminar with Sir Henry Dale, chairman, British Medical Council, and members of the Department of Physiology during the opening of the Medical College. Front row: T.P. Ting; Dr. John Fiddes, professor emeritus of Physiology; Dr. Louis B. Jaques, head, Department of Physiology; Sir Henry Dale. Middle row: Ms. O. Maduke; Ms. G. Johns; Erica Lepp; Ms. M. Ogilvie; Ms. H,J. Bell (who later received the first PhD awarded in the College of Medicine; J.G. Ashwin; G.J. Millar. Back row: S.W. Levy; R. Schucher; J. Lowenthal; P.F. Solvonuk; G.N.P. Musgrove.

Bio/Historical Note: A medical college was part of President Walter Murray’s design for the new University of Saskatchewan, and was consistent with his view that the university should serve the needs of the province. In 1926 a School of Medical Sciences was established, which provided the first two years of medical training. Between 1928 and 1954, 605 students completed the course and then went elsewhere in Canada for the clinical years. In 1944, a survey of the health needs of the province (Sigerist Report) recommended that the School be expanded to a “complete Grade A Medical School” and that a University Hospital of 500 beds be constructed for scientific teaching, clinical instruction, and research. A medical building was completed in 1950, a four-year degree-granting College was inaugurated in 1953, and University Hospital opened in 1955. The College admits sixty medical students per year, supervises the training of 200 residents, and provides basic science training to 330 students in Arts/Science. The aim of the program is to produce a “basic” or undifferentiated doctor capable, with further training, of becoming a family practitioner, specialist or research scientist. Between 1953 and 2003, the College of Medicine has graduated 2,134 MDs, of whom 30.5% were women.

Head and shoulders image of Frank Lovell, Alumni and News Secretary..

Bio/Historical Note: Frank E. Lovell was born 20 July 1925 in Saskatoon, where he received his early education. He was an apprentice printer and sometime sportswriter at the Saskatoon Star-Phoenix until he went east to play hockey. Lovell enlisted in the RCAf in 1943. He never saw active duty and remained active in the reserves until 1972, serving with 406 Squadron, 23 Wing Headquarters and 108 University Squadron. In 1945 Lovell enrolled at the University of Saskatchewan. He was involved in student activities and Huskies athletics and graduated in 1949 with a BComm. He received his BA in 1966. Lovell began his career at the U of S in 1949 as executive secretary of the Memorial Union Building Fund Campaign. He held a number of posts, including Alumni and News secretary, director of Alumni Affairs and editor of The Green and White. In 1964 he was appointed director of Development, a position he held until retirement in 1987. Lovell died in 1998.

Head and shoulders image of Dr. Franklin M. Loew, pathologist, Western College of Veterinary Medicine.

Bio/Historical Note: Dr. Franklin Martin Loew was born in 1939 in Syracuse, New York. He received his DVM from Cornell and a PhD in nutrition from the University of Saskatchewan. During the 1970s Dr. Loew was one of the many members of the research team that developed canola oil. In 1977 the Governor-General of Canada awarded Dr. Loew a Queen's Jubilee Medal. In the same year he became the head of the Division of Comparative Medicine at Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Loew died in 2003 in Boston.

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.

Group photo of faculty (including one woman) of the College of Pharmacy. W.C. MacAulay, Dean of Pharmacy, is seated fourth from left in front row. Pharmacy crests, pennants, and pictures on wall in background.

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.

Dr. Wes MacAulay, Dean of Pharmacy, standing with a Plymouth Savoy car presented to him by the Saskatchewan Pharmaceutical Association in recognition of his outstanding contributions to pharmaceutical education. Chemistry Building in background.

Head and shoulders image of Grant MacEwan, professor, Animal Husbandry, director, School of Agriculture, and dean, School of Agriculture,1928-1946.

Bio/Historical Note: John Walter Grant MacEwan (1902–2000) was a Canadian farmer, professor at the University of Saskatchewan, Dean of Agriculture at the University of Manitoba, the 28th Mayor of Calgary and both a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) and the ninth Lieutenant Governor of Alberta. He received an honourary Doctor of Laws degree from the U of S in 1974. MacEwan died in 2000 in Edmonton at age 97.

Head and shoulders image of Donald Maclean, fourth University Chancellor from 1946-July 1947, sitting in a chair and wearing academic robes.

Bio/Historical Note: Donald Maclean was born in 1877 at Fourchu, Richmond County, Nova Scotia, and was educated at the Pictou Academy and Dalhousie University. In 1909 MacLean moved to Saskatchewan. In the wartime Saskatchewan general election held 26 June 1917, Maclean was elected to the Saskatoon City seat. William Melville Martin of the Liberal Party of Saskatchewan became premier of the province. From 1918-1921 Maclean was elected leader of the Conservative Party and His Majesty's Loyal Opposition. During his time in office, the School Act was amended to choose English as the language of instruction in Saskatchewan's one room schoolhouses. The next Saskatchewan election was held 9 June 1921. However,i n April 1921, Maclean became a Saskatchewan judge and accepted an appointment to the Justice of the Court of King's Bench. He taught in the faculty of Law at the University of Saskatchewan until 1923. An honourary Doctor of Civil Law degree was bestowed upon him 9 May 1947 by the U of S for services rendered to the public, especially within the University of Saskatchewan. Maclean held a term of office on the U of S Board of Governors from 1932–1946. Maclean was the fourth Chancellor of the U of S and served in this position from 1946 until his death in July 1947.

View of model of Marquis Hall; Qu'Appelle Hall Addition in background.

View looking southeast of Marquis Hall, with students walking on sidewalk; trees in foreground.

Head and shoulders image of Dr. Arthur M. Marko, professor of Biochemistry, 1955-1961.

Bio/Historical Note: Dr. Arthur M. Marko worked in the Biology and Health Physics Division of the Atomic Energy Commission, Chalk River, Ontario, in 1960.

Aerial view of buildings used at the Matador International Biological Program Research Station near Kyle, Saskatchewan.

Biographical/historical note: From 1967 to 1972, plant ecologists at the University of Saskatchewan participated in the International Biological Program. As part of this worldwide study of agricultural productivity, ecologists established the Matador field station near Kyle for grassland research carried out by scientists from thirty-four countries. The Matador Project involved the study of the total grasslands ecosystem, including the interaction of animals, plants, microorganisms, soils, and the atmosphere.

Head and shoulders image of Dr. Vince L. Matthews, Professor and Head, Department of Social and Preventative Medicine, University Hospital.

Bio/Historical Note: Born in 1922 near Kincaid, Saskatchewan, Dr. Vincent L. Matthews received a BA from the University of Saskatchewan in 1943. He completed his MD at the University of Toronto in 1945, and earned a Diploma in Public Health from the University of Toronto in 1947. That same year he was assistant to the director of Regional Health Services in Saskatchewan. He served as the Swift Current region's Medical Health Officer from 1948 to 1957. His principled yet practical approach, bolstered by certification as a specialist in public health in 1953 and experience as a general practitioner in Maple Creek for two years, enabled him to help the region's administrator, board, and local physicians to make the medical, hospital, dental and public health programs function effectively. In 1957 he headed the Medical and Hospital Services Branch of Saskatchewan Health, and accepted an appointment as acting Deputy Minister of Health a few days before the Doctors’ Strike in 1962; he then became associate Deputy Minister of Health. Dr. Matthews was head of the Department of Social and Preventive Medicine (now known as the Department of Community Health and Epidemiology) in the College of Medicine at the University of Saskatchewan from 1964 until retirement in 1987. He was a celebrated national and international leader in public health, as well as a key player in Saskatchewan's evolving health system. He died suddenly in Saskatoon on 7 July 1988. To honour his memory, the college’s Dr. Vince Matthews Graduate Student Bursary was established.