Head and shoulders image of Dr. A. Marino Kristjanson, Director, Department of Extension Services, Regina Campus.

Bio/Historical Note: Dr. Arnthor Marino Kristjanson was born in 1920 in Wynyard, Saskatchewan, where he received his early education. He graduated from the University of Saskatchewan with a BA (Hons). Dr. Kristjanson served with the Royal Canadian Army in World War II. He obtained a MA in Chemistry and a PhD from McGill University. Dr. Kristjanson joined the University of Saskatchewan, Regina Campus, in 1949, when he was appointed a research associate. He became an assistant professor in 1951 and an associate professor in 1957. In 1958-1959 Dr. Kristjanson was on sabbatical leave at the Institut du Radium (Sorbonne), Paris, where he did research into the chloro-complexes of rhodium. In 1960 he was a visiting research associate in the research department of Imperial Oil Ltd. at Samia, Ontario. Dr. Kristjanson, associate professor of chemistry, became the first director of the Extension Services Department at the University of Saskatchewan, Regina Campus, in 1965. He became a full professor with his appointment. Dr. Kristjanson died in Regina in 1993.

Guests at a retirement dinner for Dr. Leo F. Kristjanson, University President, view a Bill Epp sculpture that was a gift to Dr. Kristjanson from the University Board of Governors and dinner participants.

Sid Buckwold (left), Senator and former Mayor of Saskatoon, presents Dr. Leo F. Kristjanson, University President, with a cheque for $25,000 for a feasibility study of mounting a graduate program in Nursing at the U of S. Una Ridley, Dean of Nursing, observes.

Two head and shoulders images of Dr. Leo F. Kristjanson, University President, 1980-1989.

Bio/Historical Note: Dr. Leo Friman Kristjanson was born on 28 February 1932 at Gimli, Manitoba. He attended the University of Winnipeg, earning a BA and an MA in history. In 1957 he began studies in Agricultural Economics at the University of Wisconsin. Upon finishing his course work in 1959, he accepted a position with the Centre for Community Studies at the University of Saskatchewan. The Centre was established to undertake a program of applied social research related to the development of Saskatchewan communities. In 1960 he began lecturing in the Department of Economics and Political Science, and completed his PhD in 1963. Two years later Dr. Kristjanson joined the Department of Economics and Political Science. He was vice-president (Planning) from 1975-1980, and in 1980 he became president of the U of S. The atrium in the Agriculture Building at the U of S is named in honour of Dr. Kristjanson’s contribution to the University. As president he sought funding for agricultural research and a new College of Agriculture building. He formed a “Sodbusters Club” to raise planning funds and undertook a leadership role in raising over $12 million from private sources for the construction of the building. Dr. Kristjanson was also instrumental in improving the Soil Testing Laboratory, the Poultry Centre, the Kernen Crop Research Laboratory, the Horticulture Field Service Building, the Saskatchewan Institute of Pedology’s Field Facilities, and the Large Animal Research Facility. Dr. Kristjanson was also instrumental in having an art gallery become part of the new College of Agriculture building, named in honour of the first resident artist at the university, Gus Kenderdine. Also during his term as president, the Centre for the Study of Co-Operatives, Toxicology Research Centre and the Centre for Agricultural Medicine were established. Dr. Kristjanson made major contributions to rural Saskatchewan as a consultant to farm organizations, co-operatives, credit unions, and governments. He served on boards and participated in projects designed to improve living conditions for farmers and their communities. Dr. Kristjanson was chairman of the Saskatchewan Natural Products Marketing Council from 1973-1979; a member of a committee to recommend restructuring of the Department of Co-operation; and chairman of the Board of Public Inquiry into the Poplar River Power Project, a provincial study of the environment. Dr. Kristjanson also wrote extensively and gave many public speeches on co-operatives, population and rural development, marketing boards, and commissions. He retired as president in 1989 due to health reasons, a year before the end of his second term. In 1990 Dr. Kristjanson was made a Member of the Order of Canada. He was inducted into the Saskatchewan Agricultural Hall of Fame the same year. After retirement, Dr. Kristjanson moved back to his hometown of Gimli, where he died on 21 August 2005.

Head and shoulders image of George C. Laurence, B.Sc., M.Sc., M.B.E., Ph.D., F.R.S.C. Taken at the time of the presentation of an honorary Doctor of Laws Degree by the University of Saskatchewan.

Bio/Historical Note: George Craig Laurence (1905-1987) was a Canadian nuclear physicist and received his education at Dalhousie University, and at Cambridge University under Ernest Rutherford. He was appointed as Radium and X-ray physicist to the Canadian National Research Council in 1930. In 1939-1940 he attempted to build a graphite-uranium reactor in Ottawa, anticipating Enrico Fermi's work by several months. In 1942 he joined the Anglo-French nuclear research team at the Montreal Laboratory, where he was responsible for recruiting Canadian scientists. The laboratory later transferred to the Chalk River, and built the ZEEP Reactor, the first outside the United States. In 1946-1947 he was in the Canadian delegation to the United Nations Atomic Energy Commission. He then returned to Montreal Laboratory and continued to carry out his research from 1950 to 1961. He was then at the Chalk River Laboratory, and was President of the Atomic Energy Control Board from 1961 to 1970. Laurence Court, a street in Deep River, Ontario, is named in his honour.

Series of images taken at the installation ceremony of Dr. George Ivany as University President held during Convocation held at Centennial Auditorium.

Bio/Historical Note: Jesse William George Ivany was born in 1938 in Grand Falls, Newfoundland. He attended Memorial University of Newfoundland for a BSc in Chemistry and Physics, following which he completed a diploma in Education. He went on to Teachers College, Columbia University for an MA degree in Physics Education and to the University of Alberta for a PhD in Secondary Education. Dr. Ivany's alma mater, Memorial University of Newfoundland, conferred on him the degree of Doctor of Laws in 1990. From 1966-1974 he taught at Teacher's College, Columbia University, New York where he headed the Department of Science Education for two years. He also taught at the University of Alberta and at Prince of Wales College, St. John's, Newfoundland. In 1972-1973 he was visiting fellow, Institute of Education, University of London. Dr. Ivany was Dean of Education at Memorial University for three years before accepting a 1977 appointment as Dean of the faculty of Education at Simon Fraser University. From 1984-1989 he served as Academic Vice-President and Provost at Simon Fraser and was Acting President for six months during 1983. George Ivany served as the seventh President of the University of Saskatchewan from 1989-1999.

Wayne Lautt, Professor, Department of Physiology, adjusts blood flow in a life-support system for an isolated animal liver.

Head and shoulders image of Otto E. Lang, dean of Law from 1961-1968.

Bio/Historical Note: Otto Emil Lang was born 14 May 1932 in Handel, Saskatchewan. In 1961 he was appointed dean of Law at the University of Saskatchewan, the youngest person to be appointed to that position, and served until 1969. A Rhodes Scholar, Lang holds a BA and an LLB from the University of Saskatchewan, a BCL from Oxford University (Exeter College) and an LLD from the University of Manitoba. He played for the Oxford University Ice Hockey Club, winning two Blues. Lang was elected to the House of Commons of Canada in the 1968 election, and was re-elected in the 1972 and 1974 elections as the Member of Parliament for Saskatoon-Humboldt. He served as Minister without Portfolio (1968-1970), Minister responsible for the Canadian Wheat Board (1969–79), Acting Minister of Mines, Energy and Resources (1969), Minister of Manpower and Immigration (1970-1972), Minister of Justice and Attorney General (1972-1975), Minister of Transport (1975-1979), Acting Minister of Communications (1975), Acting Minister of Justice and Attorney General (1978), and Minister of Justice and Attorney General (1978). He was defeated in the 1979 federal election by Robert Ogle of the New Democratic Party. Following his career in politics, Lang served as executive Vice-President of Pioneer Grain Co. Ltd., chairman of the Transport Institute at the University of Manitoba and as president, CEO of Centra Gas Manitoba Inc. He is currently retired, but serves as a director of several companies, including Investor's Group and the Winnipeg Airport Authority. In 2005-2006 Lang served as the co-chair of the federal Liberal election campaign for Manitoba. In 1999, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada. Lang was awarded an honourary Doctor of Laws degree by the University of Saskatchewan in 2013.

Image of Otto E. Lang, dean of Law from 1961-1968, working at his desk.

Bio/Historical Note: Otto Emil Lang was born 14 May 1932 in Handel, Saskatchewan. In 1961 he was appointed dean of Law at the University of Saskatchewan, the youngest person to be appointed to that position, and served until 1969. A Rhodes Scholar, Lang holds a BA and an LLB from the University of Saskatchewan, a BCL from Oxford University (Exeter College) and an LLD from the University of Manitoba. He played for the Oxford University Ice Hockey Club, winning two Blues. Lang was elected to the House of Commons of Canada in the 1968 election, and was re-elected in the 1972 and 1974 elections as the Member of Parliament for Saskatoon-Humboldt. He served as Minister without Portfolio (1968-1970), Minister responsible for the Canadian Wheat Board (1969–79), Acting Minister of Mines, Energy and Resources (1969), Minister of Manpower and Immigration (1970-1972), Minister of Justice and Attorney General (1972-1975), Minister of Transport (1975-1979), Acting Minister of Communications (1975), Acting Minister of Justice and Attorney General (1978), and Minister of Justice and Attorney General (1978). He was defeated in the 1979 federal election by Robert Ogle of the New Democratic Party. Following his career in politics, Lang served as executive Vice-President of Pioneer Grain Co. Ltd., chairman of the Transport Institute at the University of Manitoba and as president, CEO of Centra Gas Manitoba Inc. He is currently retired, but serves as a director of several companies, including Investor's Group and the Winnipeg Airport Authority. In 2005-2006 Lang served as the co-chair of the federal Liberal election campaign for Manitoba. In 1999, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada. Lang was awarded an honourary Doctor of Laws degree by the University of Saskatchewan in 2013.

Head and shoulders image of Dr. Gerald J. Langley, associate professor, College of Education.

Bio/Historical Note: Born on 4 February 1913 in Winnipeg, Dr. Gerald James Langley was raised in Regina, Saskatchewan. As a boy he delivered the Leader Post newspaper at a time when there was both a morning and evening edition. Dr. Langley attended Connaught Public School and Central Collegiate, followed by Regina Normal School and the University of Saskatchewan. He earned his DPhil from Columbia University. He enjoyed sports, playing hockey in his younger years and while attending the U of S he played on the Huskies rugby team from 1936 to 1939, winning the Western Canadian Intercollegiate Championship in 1936-1937. Dr. Langley’s teaching career took him to many locations in Saskatchewan, including rural schools in the Sproule school district (near Watson) and Herbert, as well as Balfour Technical Institute (Regina), and the College of Education at the University of Saskatchewan (1947 to 1980). He was a University Club member. Dr. Langley died on 13 August 2008 in Saskatoon at age 95.

Head and shoulders image of Isabelle E. Langstaff, Assistant Professor, College of Education.

Dr. J. Francis Leddy, Dean of Arts, cuts a ribbon across a large poster of the College of Arts crest to open the new Arts Building.

Head and shoulders image of John B. Leicester, Professor, School of Physical Education.

Bio/Historical Note: John Leicester, a graduate of Nutana Collegiate in Saskatoon, enrolled at the University of Saskatchewan (BA 1948; BEd 1951) in 1946 after serving in the Royal Canadian Air Force in the Second World War. Prior to joining the Huskies, he played two years for the Junior Quakers hockey club and had won several provincial and Western Canadian tennis titles. Leicester played three years on both the Huskies hockey and tennis teams, two years on the badminton team and one year on the football team. He also served on the Men's Athletic Board. Leicester went on to coach the Huskies hockey team for two years - 1949-1950 and 1950-1951, and was professor of Physical Education from 1951-1988. Leicester helped found the Young Athletes of Saskatchewan sports schools in 1970s and was also a founding member of both the Saskatchewan Parks and Recreation Association and the Canadian Association of Sports Sciences. Leicester was inducted into the Saskatchewan Sports Hall of Fame and Museum in 1984 and the Saskatoon Sports Hall of Fame in 1987.

Head and shoulders image of Matthew Lin, Professor, Department of Dairy and Food Science.

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.