View looking north of Physics Building nearing completion. Qu'Appelle Hall visible at left, with Saskatchewan Hall at right. Road leading to Physics Building in foreground.

Head and shoulders image of Blair Chomyshen, Physics.

Head and shoulders image of A. Tautorus, Department of Physics.

Students walk on pathway in front of the Physics and Geology buildings.

Dr. Akira Hirose, Department of Physics, is presented after receiving an earned DSc in Physics and Engineering Physics at Convocation held in Centennial Auditorium.

Bio/Historical Note: Dr. Akira Hirose was born in 1941 in Japan. He completed his BSc (Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering) and MSc (Department of Electrical Engineering and Applied Physics) at Yokohama National University. Dr. Hirose’s prolific research career in the field of plasma physics was acknowledged with a Fulbright Scholarship in 1967, which he took up at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Dr. Hirose completed his PhD there in the Department of Electrical Engineering in 1969. He joined the University of Saskatchewan’s Department of Physics as an associate professor in July 1977 following appointments as a research associate (1971–75) and research scientist (1975–77) in the Plasma Physics Laboratory. Dr. Hirose became a tenured professor in 1979, and later served as director of the Plasma Physics Laboratory (1994–2015) and department head of Physics and Engineering Physics (1998–2001). The U of S awarded him an earned Doctor of Science degree in 1994. Dr. Hirose died in 2017 in Saskatoon.

Animals grazing on the campus grounds with Chemistry and Physics buildings in background.

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

Elevated view looking west at Chemistry Building; view from Physics Building.

Elevated view looking east from Arts Building. Buildings from l to r: Chemistry Biology, Physics, Administration, Physics and north wing of Murray Memorial (Main) Library.