Caricature sketch done by L.G. Saunders of W.P. Thompson, third University President, at time of retirement.

Bio/Historical Note: Walter Palmer Thompson was born 3 April 1889 near Decewsville, Ontario. He graduated from the University of Toronto with a BA (1910), and from Harvard with an AM (1912) and PhD (1914). Thompson came to the University of Saskatchewan as professor and head of the Biology Department in 1913. He was an important figure at the university for the next fifty years. Thompson served in a variety of administrative positions: dean of Junior Colleges (1934); dean of Arts and Sciences (1938); acting president (1942); director of Summer School (1948); and president of the University (1949). Dr. Thompson retired in 1959 and became President Emeritus. During his academic career Thompson gained international recognition for his work as a geneticist, particularly for the development of rust resistant wheat hybrids. The W.P. Thompson Biology Building, opened in 1960, was named in his honour. Upon his retirement as president Thompson was appointed chairman of the Advisory Committee on Medical Care. The recommendations of this committee were an important foundation for the provincial Medicare system. In 1967 he was made a Companion of the Order of Canada, one of the first to receive this award. He was awarded an honourary Doctor of Laws degree in 1960 by the U of S. Walter Thompson died in Toronto in 1970.

[W.P Thompson] dressed in winter attire and wearing a hat, standing at the end of an alleyway with cattle in their stanchions on either side in a barn.

Head and shoulders image of W.P. Fraser, Federal Officer in-charge of the Dominion Laboratory of Plant Pathology in Saskatoon.

Bio/Historical Note: William Pollock Fraser (1867-1943) was professor of Biology from 1925-1937.

Head and shoulders image of William Pollock Fraser, Federal Officer in-charge of the Dominion Laboratory of Plant Pathology in Saskatoon.

Bio/Historical Note: William Pollock Fraser (1867-1943) was professor of Biology from 1925-1937.

Photograph on a postcard of 17 men labelled Worthy of Their Country - Whitewood Boys - November 1915

A group of soldiers in uniform, marching down Main Street in Biggar, Saskatchewan

Airplane at Anglia Sports Day. Harvey Hyslop's airplane.

Lion statue with church spire in background, St. Martin-in-the-Fields, London.

Crown Jewels at the Tower of London.

John Diefenbaker and "King Neptune" on an airplane during the world tour.

John and Olive Diefenbaker and official party, walking down shaded road near Khyber pass.

Official party standing on rise behind sign marking Pakistani border at Khyber Pass.

Unidentified stream in New Zealand, Dec 1958. [Perhaps Huka Falls near Lake Taupo, North Island, New Zealand]

Photo of building on far side of valley in New Zealand forest, Dec 1958.

Portion of the official party in Wellington, New Zealand Dec 1958. Photograph taken on Bunny Street outside Waterloo Hotel and opposite central railway station, with parliament buildings in the background.