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Linear Accelerator Building - Construction

Hallway under construction at Linear Accelerator Building.

Bio/Historical Note: The building of the Linear Accelerator (Linac) was not a random event but rather the result of a series of developments on campus. The Department of Physics had over the previous decades built a reputation for experimentation and innovation. The post-war period saw the University of Saskatchewan in the forefront of nuclear physics in Canada. In 1948, Canada’s first betatron (and the world’s first used in the treatment of cancer) was installed on campus. It was used for research programs in nuclear physics, radiation chemistry, cancer therapy and radiation biology. Next the world’s first non-commercial cobalt-60 therapy unit for the treatment of cancer was officially opened in 1951. With this unit research was undertaken in the areas of radiological physics, radiation chemistry and the effects of high energy radiation on plants and animals. When the construction of the Linear Accelerator was announced in the fall of 1961, it was portrayed as the next logical step on the University’s research path. Varian Associates, Palo Alto, California, designed and built the accelerator with Poole Construction of Saskatoon employed as the general contractor. The 80 foot electron accelerator tube was to create energy six times that of the betatron. The cost of the $1,750,000 facility was split between the National Research Council and the University of Saskatchewan with the NRC meeting the cost of the equipment and the University assuming the costs of the building. The official opening in early November of 1964 was more than just a few speeches and the cutting of a ribbon. It was a physics-fest, with 75 visiting scientist from around the world in attendance presenting papers and giving lectures over the period of several days. Three eminent physicists were granted honorary degrees at the fall convocation and hundreds of people showed up for the public open house. For three decades the Linac has served the campus research community and will continue to do so as it has become incorporated into the Canadian Light Source synchrotron.

Linear Accelerator Building - Addition - Architect's Presentation Drawing

Image of the presentation drawing of Linear Accelerator Laboratory and addition. Original building at left and addition at right. Architect was Jim C. Akin Architect Ltd., Saskatoon.

Bio/Historical Note: The building of the Linear Accelerator (Linac) was not a random event but rather the result of a series of developments on campus. The Department of Physics had over the previous decades built a reputation for experimentation and innovation. The post-war period saw the University of Saskatchewan in the forefront of nuclear physics in Canada. In 1948, Canada’s first betatron (and the world’s first used in the treatment of cancer) was installed on campus. It was used for research programs in nuclear physics, radiation chemistry, cancer therapy and radiation biology. Next the world’s first non-commercial cobalt-60 therapy unit for the treatment of cancer was officially opened in 1951. With this unit research was undertaken in the areas of radiological physics, radiation chemistry and the effects of high energy radiation on plants and animals. When the construction of the Linear Accelerator was announced in the fall of 1961, it was portrayed as the next logical step on the University’s research path. Varian Associates, Palo Alto, California, designed and built the accelerator with Poole Construction of Saskatoon employed as the general contractor. The 80 foot electron accelerator tube was to create energy six times that of the betatron. The cost of the $1,750,000 facility was split between the National Research Council and the University of Saskatchewan with the NRC meeting the cost of the equipment and the University assuming the costs of the building. The official opening in early November of 1964 was more than just a few speeches and the cutting of a ribbon. It was a physics-fest, with 75 visiting scientist from around the world in attendance presenting papers and giving lectures over the period of several days. Three eminent physicists were granted honorary degrees at the fall convocation and hundreds of people showed up for the public open house. For three decades the Linac has served the campus research community and will continue to do so as it has become incorporated into the Canadian Light Source synchrotron.

Frank Lovell - Portrait

Head and shoulders image of Frank Lovell, Director of Development.

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.

Lutheran Seminary - Exterior

View looking south of the original Lutheran Seminary on Wiggins Avenue, between Osler and Temperance streets.

Bio/Historical Note: In 1913 the Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Manitoba and Other Provinces founded the Lutheran College and Seminary (LCS), which finally settled on 8th Street in Saskatoon in 1915. In 1939 the Norwegian Lutheran Church in America established the Luther Theological Seminary, first on the campus of the Lutheran College and Seminary and then, in 1946, on a separate campus in Saskatoon, on Wiggins Avenue. For almost twenty years, Lutherans in Western Canada maintained two theological schools. A merger occurred in 1968, joining the two organization into the present Lutheran Theological Seminary Saskatoon, with a faculty of six and a student body of thirty. In 1968 the school moved to its present location on the University of Saskatchewan campus.

Food Science - Research

Grace MacDonald, technician, Department of Applied Microbiology and Food Science, developed honey-fruit blends under the supervision of Dr. Nick Low (left). Janet Standish, technician, developed new methods of preventing peeled vegetables from browning.

Dr. Jack MacFadyen - Portrait

Head and shoulders image of Dr. Jack MacFadyen, lecturer in Neuropathology, College of Medicine.

Bio/Historical Note: Dr. Donald J. MacFadyen was born in Eden, Manitoba, and attended school in Kerrobert and Maple Creek, Saskatchewan. He began his career as a very young cowboy in place of the many men from Maple Creek who were lost in World War II. In 1949 he earned his undergraduate degree in Biology and Chemistry with distinction from the University of Saskatchewan and went on to graduate in Medicine in 1953 from the University of Toronto. For three years after graduation Dr. MacFadyen chose to practice as the only doctor in the northern Saskatchewan community of Loon Lake. While beginning his specialty in Neurology at University Hospital, he received an MSc in Pathology in 1961 from the U of S. Dr. MacFadyen continued his neurological training with Harvard University at Boston City Hospital and became a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons in 1963, as well as the American Academy of Neurology. In the 1970s and 1980s he taught at the U of S and UBC where he eventually headed both Departments of Neurology. Dr. MacFadyen remained dedicated to medical education and public access to medicine throughout his career of almost 50 years. In 1988 he moved to Chilliwack, British Columbia, where he practiced as the sole neurologist in the Eastern Fraser Valley until his retirement in 2000. Jack MacFadyen died in 2013 in Chilliwack.

Dr. J. Wendell Macleod - Portrait

Head and shoulders image of Dr. J. Wendell Macleod, Dean, College of Medicine, 1952-1962.

Bio/Historical Note: Dr. John Wendell Macleod was born in 1905 in Kingsbury, Ontario, and spent his formative years there. He graduated from McGill in 1929, winning the Holmes gold medal. After specialty training in gastroenterology, he practised in Montreal. During World War II Dr. Macleod served as an officer in the Royal Canadian Navy in Halifax. From 1945 to 1952 he practised internal medicine in Winnipeg. But change was imminent, in both his career and his profession. During the post-war years, a new perspective on patient care was emerging, one that emphasized social and cultural factors. To Dr. Macleod and others, these changes necessitated a major revision in medical education. Popularly known as Saskatchewan's Red Dean because of his progressive views and strong support of Canada's first medicare plan, Dr. Macleod was a charismatic pioneer in social medicine and medical education. He was an ardent believer in the social principles of health care. Dr. Macleod’s early awareness of the economic chasm that separated rich from poor provided the focal point of his career as first dean of medicine at the University of Saskatchewan - he taught that understanding the social, economic, and political world in which people lived was critical to good medical education and practice and made it the core of the curriculum. Dr. Macleod was appointed an Officer of the Order of Canada in 1980. He died in North Hero, Vermont on 10 June 2001 at age 96.

Dr. J. Wendell Macleod - Portrait

Head and shoulders image of Dr. J. Wendell Macleod, Dean, College of Medicine, 1952-1962.

Bio/Historical Note: Dr. John Wendell Macleod was born in 1905 in Kingsbury, Ontario, and spent his formative years there. He graduated with his MD from McGill in 1929, winning the Holmes gold medal. After specialty training in gastroenterology, he practised in Montreal. During World War II Dr. Macleod served as an officer in the Royal Canadian Navy in Halifax. From 1945 to 1952 he practised internal medicine in Winnipeg. But change was imminent, in both his career and his profession. During the post-war years, a new perspective on patient care was emerging, one that emphasized social and cultural factors. To Dr. Macleod and others, these changes necessitated a major revision in medical education. Popularly known as Saskatchewan's Red Dean because of his progressive views and strong support of Canada's first medicare plan, Dr. Macleod was a charismatic pioneer in social medicine and medical education. He was an ardent believer in the social principles of health care. Dr. Macleod’s early awareness of the economic chasm that separated rich from poor provided the focal point of his career as first dean of medicine at the University of Saskatchewan - he taught that understanding the social, economic, and political world in which people lived was critical to good medical education and practice and made it the core of the curriculum. Dr. Macleod was appointed an Officer of the Order of Canada in 1980. He died in North Hero, Vermont on 10 June 2001 at age 96.

Dr. J. Wendell Macleod - Portrait

Head and shoulders image of Dr. J. Wendell Macleod, Dean, College of Medicine, 1952-1962.

Bio/Historical Note: Dr. John Wendell Macleod was born in 1905 in Kingsbury, Ontario, and spent his formative years there. He graduated with his MD from McGill in 1929, winning the Holmes gold medal. After specialty training in gastroenterology, he practised in Montreal. During World War II Dr. Macleod served as an officer in the Royal Canadian Navy in Halifax. From 1945 to 1952 he practised internal medicine in Winnipeg. But change was imminent, in both his career and his profession. During the post-war years, a new perspective on patient care was emerging, one that emphasized social and cultural factors. To Dr. Macleod and others, these changes necessitated a major revision in medical education. Popularly known as Saskatchewan's Red Dean because of his progressive views and strong support of Canada's first medicare plan, Dr. Macleod was a charismatic pioneer in social medicine and medical education. He was an ardent believer in the social principles of health care. Dr. Macleod’s early awareness of the economic chasm that separated rich from poor provided the focal point of his career as first dean of medicine at the University of Saskatchewan - he taught that understanding the social, economic, and political world in which people lived was critical to good medical education and practice and made it the core of the curriculum. Dr. Macleod was appointed an Officer of the Order of Canada in 1980. He died in North Hero, Vermont on 10 June 2001 at age 96.

David Mandeville at Work

David Mandeville, photographer, Division of Audio Visual Services, prepares to set up a shot on one of his many assignments for DAVS at the University of Saskatchewan. Mandeville is preparing to photograph a surgery. The surgeon is working on a patient while two other medical staff watch; surgical tools placed on a tray in foreground.

Dr. John B. Mantle - Portrait

Head and shoulders image of Dr. John B. Mantle, head, Department of Mechanical Engineering, 1958-1966.

Bio/Historical Note: Born in 1919 in London, England, Dr. John Bertram Mantle came to Canada that same year. He attended Paynton Consolidated School in Paynton, Saskatchewan and City Park Collegiate in Saskatoon. He earned a BEng in Mechanical Engineering in 1941 from the University of Saskatchewan. After working for a year with the Canadian General Electric Co. in Peterborough and Toronto, Ontario, he joined the Royal Canadian Air Force. Dr. Mantle trained in Lachine, Quebec, and at the Aeronautical Engineering School in Montreal. He served at the Flying Service Training School in Moncton, New Brunswick and at Air Force Headquarters in Ottawa. In the fall of 1945, Dr. Mantle took up a position as instructor in Engineering at the U of S. While teaching he earned an MSc in Theoretical and Applied Mechanics from the University of Illinois at Urbana in 1947. His major area of research was photoelasticity. In 1948 Dr. Mantle was promoted to assistant professor, and in 1956 to full professor, and assumed the position of head of the Department of Mechanical Engineering in 1958. In 1967 he transferred to Regina Campus to serve as first dean of the new Faculty of Engineering, a post he held until 1979. Dr. Mantle was instrumental in developing Engineering programs and in introducing the innovative concept of co-operative education. Dr. Mantle was active in professional engineering organizations and was made a Fellow of the Engineering Institute of Canada in 1970. In recognition of his achievements in engineering education, research and leadership the Association of Professional Engineers of Saskatchewan presented him with its first Distinguished Service Award in 1979. Dr. Mantle retired from the University of Regina in 1983 and was named Professor Emeritus of Engineering. Besides his academic and professional activities, Dr. Mantle was also active for several years in air force reserve work, beginning in 1948 when he assumed command of the U of S RCAF Cadets. John Mantle died 2 June 2018 in Cranbrook, British Columbia, at age 98.

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