Thorvaldson Building - Official Opening
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- 6 June 1966
Ross Thatcher, Premier of Saskatchewan, delivers an address at the opening of the Thorvaldson Building. Plaque at left; seated dignitaries at right.
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Thorvaldson Building - Official Opening
Ross Thatcher, Premier of Saskatchewan, delivers an address at the opening of the Thorvaldson Building. Plaque at left; seated dignitaries at right.
Dr. Choi C. (Chuck) Lee, professor, Department of Chemistry, takes readings from a machine in the Thorvaldson Building.
View of College Building, Qu'Appelle Hall, Saskatchewan Hall, Physics Building and Engineering Building with the Bowl at centre. Appended is a photograph of Chemistry Building at left of photograph.
View looking towards Thorvaldson Building from the side of the Arts-Commerce-Law Complex.
Looking east at University Hospital and Ellis Hall in foreground, Chemistry Building; north wing of Murray Memorial (Main) Library in background.
Campus - Scenic - Students Changing Classes
Looking southwest at students changing classes in winter. University buildings in background (from l to r:) Saskatchewan Hall, Qu'Appelle Hall, Medical College, Murray Memorial (Main) Library, and Chemistry Building. Image taken from Administration Building.
University Hospital - Construction
View of the start of construction of the University Hospital. Included are boulders and a storage shed. Thorvaldson Building in the background.
Bio/historical note: Designed by Webster and Gilbert, architects, and built between 1948 and 1955 by Smith Bros. and Wilson, contractors, at a cost of $7,000,000.00, the 6-storey, 7-wing University Hospital was officially opened by Bentley, T.J., Saskatchewan Minister of Health on May 1955.The name was officially changed to Royal University Hospital 23 May 1990.
Campus - Scenic - Thorvaldson Building
View of Thorvaldson Building looking north. Students walking on sidewalk; trees in foreground.
Dr. Choi C. (Chuck) Lee, professor, Department of Chemistry, stands next to a desk in the Thorvaldson Building.
Chemistry Building - Opening Ceremonies
Crowd gathered at the doorway; Walter C. Murray, University President, and Steward Basterfield, professor of Chemistry, facing the crowd during the service.
Chemistry Building - Opening Ceremonies
Dignitaries on the steps of the Chemistry Building include Walter C. Murray, University President; F.W.G. Haultain, University Chancellor; Steward Basterfield, professor of Chemistry; Sir David Bruce, president, British Association for the Advancement of Science; William R. Motherwell, Saskatchewan Minister of Agriculture; Samuel J. Latta, Saskatchewan Minister of Education; and Charles A. Dunning, premier of Saskatchewan.
Chemistry Building - Opening Ceremonies
Crowd gathered in front of the Chemistry Building; [F.W.G. Haultain, University Chancellor], addressing the crowd.
Elevated view of Chemistry and Arts buildings and the north wing of the Murray Memorial (Main) Library with students walking on pathway. Red Ensign flag flies a-top Chemistry Building.
Thorvaldson Building - Official Opening
J.W.T. Spinks, University President, greets Dr. Edith C. Rowles Simpson, Dean of Home Economics, at official opening of the Thorvaldson Building.
Bio/Historical Note: The Chemistry Building was enlarged with an addition and was renamed in honour of Dr. Thorbergur Thorvaldson, professor and dean of Chemistry from 1919-1959. The Thorvaldson Building opened on 6 June 1966. Architect John B. Parkin’s modern design continued with exterior stone cladding. The near windowless, stone three-storey addition provided classrooms, undergraduate and research laboratories, offices, a library and service facilities.