College of Arts and Science - Awards
- A-9546
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- 6 Nov. 1965
Newton Haslam, dean of Arts, presents the University Prize in Arts to Henry Ronald Kloppenburg of Humboldt during Convocation held in Physical Education gymnasium.
Bio/Historical Note: Henry Ronald Kloppenburg was born 21 June 1945 at Humboldt, Saskatchewan. He attended elementary and secondary schools in Humboldt, then moved on to the University of Saskatchewan where he obtained an BA (1965) and an LLD (1968). He went to Oxford University in 1968 as a Rhodes Scholar. He graduated with a Bachelor of Civil Laws in 1970. After returning to Canada, Henry served as a law clerk to Justice Emmett M. Hall at the Supreme Court of Canada and was called to the Saskatchewan Bar in 1971. Henry continued to practice law until the time of his death, the last several years in semiretirement. A significant 55-piece donation of his collected Inuit art was donated to the university in 2011 by the Kloppenburgs and is located in the College of Agriculture and Bioresources. Since 1977, Henry practiced law with his wife, Cheryl L. Kloppenburg, (all Sask) BA’70, MA’75, JD’75. Henry Kloppenburg died 12 October 2022 in Saskatoon.
The Kloppenburgs were generous supporters across campus, with research awards in the College of Medicine in addition to their gifts to University Archives and the University Art Collection.
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