Head and shoulders image of Dr. Irwin MacAmmond Hilliard, head, Department of Medicine and physician-in-chief at University Hospital from 1954-1962.

Bio/Historical Note: Dr. Irwin MacAmmond Hilliard was born 24 March 1911 in Morrisburg, Ontario and attended medical school at the University of Toronto. He was chief of medicine, Toronto Western Hospital; first clinical chair, Department of Medicine, University of Saskatchewan; professor, University of Toronto. Dr. Hilliard [retired in 1990]. Dr. Hilliard and his wife Agnes served as United Church of Canada missionaries at Foochow, Sichuan Province, China from 1938-1944. Their elder two children were born there. Irwin Hilliard died 4 October 2000 in Scarborough, Ontario, at age 89.

Head and shoulders image of Dr. Irwin Mcammond Hilliard, head, Department of Medicine and physician-in-chief at University Hospital from 1954-1962.

Bio/Historical Note: Dr. Irwin MacAmmond Hilliard was born 24 March 1911 in Morrisburg, Ontario and attended medical school at the University of Toronto. He was chief of medicine, Toronto Western Hospital; first clinical chair, Department of Medicine, University of Saskatchewan; professor, University of Toronto. Dr. Hilliard [retired in 1990]. Dr. Hilliard and his wife Agnes served as United Church of Canada missionaries at Foochow, Sichuan Province, China from 1938-1944. Their elder two children were born there. Irwin Hilliard died 4 October 2000 in Scarborough, Ontario, at age 89.

Head and shoulders image of Dr. Ian Sutherland, University Hospital.

Bio/Historical Note: Dr. Ian Douglas Sutherland was born 21 June 21 1939 in Lethbridge, Alberta. Following his father he went to work for Canada Trust, which took him to London, Ontario then Regina. Ian then became a health care administrator for nearly thirty years and in 1982 his career brought the family to Saskatoon, where he worked at Royal University Hospital before joining the Department of Health. During this period he ably chaired the SAHO Employee Benefits Committee for twenty years. While serving as a senior administrator at the hospital he took evening classes at the College of Commerce and received his MBA at age 58. A special highlight of this course was a project in Ukraine while balancing studies and full-time work. Four days before his unexpected passing, his service to the community was acknowledged by the province with the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Medal. Ian Sutherland died 28 March 2023 [in Saskatoon].

Ian Bickle, acting News Secretary, university of Saskatchewan, looks at [graduation program]; unidentified photographer at right.

Bio/Historical Note: Ian Bickle was born 31 March 1931 in The Pas, Manitoba, He attended university at Western in London, Ontario, then moved to Saskatoon in the mid 1950s to begin a career in TV with CFQC. Bickle died in Regina in 2008.

Head and shoulders image of Dr. Iain Christison, assistant dean, College of Agriculture.

Bio/Historical Note: Dr. George Iain Christison was born 8 September 1940. He became assistant dean of Agriculture in 1998. Dr. christison died 11 December 2015.

Head and shoulders image of Dr Ian Chisholm, Department of Ophthalmology.

Bio/Historical Note: Dr. Ian A. Chisholm was born 17 February 1932 at Glasgow, Scotland. He had an outstanding career in medicine, practicing and teaching ophthalmology in Glasgow, Scotland and Saskatoon. He retired to Salt Spring Island, British Columbia, in 1992. Ian Chisholm died 25 September 2013.

Two unidentified men work in the Hydrology Lab at the Engineering Labs.

Posed image of members of the volleyball team on the court.

Posed image of team members on the court. Members: Helen Detlor, Fern Robinson, Marianne Gardiner, Joyce Wong, Florence Chabon, Doris Ball, Cynthia Barnett, Helen Sherstibitoff, Iris Coristine, Jo Vanterpool, Shirley Shields.

Five members of the figure skating team in skates on ice (l to r): C. Phillips, C. Anderson, B. Phillips, G. Mayer, C. Hung.

Six members of the women's figure skating team pose indoors, l to r: S. Hill, J. Art, Judy Gathercole, C. Hull, P. White, M. McClocklin.

Posed studio portrait of Bob Polischuk, Huskie high jumper, long jumper and triple jumper, wearing a track uniform.

Huskies women's track and field team stands in front of the Physical Education Building after a successful 1975 indoor CWUAA (CIS) meet in Edmonton, Alberta. Back row (l to r): Lyle Sanderson, coach; Nancy McKercher, Donna Bauer, Diane Jones (holding women's conference trophy), Sandy Bohun, Joanne Jones, Jill Martin, Connie Waryck, Rick Bell (assistant coach), and Ron Zerr (assistant coach). Front row (l to r): Sheila Clark, Gerry Stolar, Cindy Koroluk, Joanne McTaggart, Virginia Fisher, Janet Nicholson and Debbie Ellis. Winter scene.

Head and shoulders image of Hugh Carson, instructor, Physical Education.

Bio/Historical Note: Hugh Carson.was born in Scotland and emigrated with his family to Drumheller, Alberta, in 1923. A building boom was underway in Saskatoon and Carson was hired as a bricklayer on the Bessborough Hotel. Eventually, during the Great Depression, "Hughie" joined the University of Saskatchewan in 1926 on a part-time basis as soccer coach and athletic trainer. In 1937 he joined the Physical Education Department as a full-time teacher, coach and trainer. During Carson’s 27 years he devoted countless hours to the athletic success of the Green and White, coaching countless soccer, fencing and boxing teams. Carson retired in 1953.

Team members pose in swimsuits at the edge of Qu'Appelle Hall pool. Members (from l to r): Anne McGillivary, Mills, Betty Moore, Evelyn Thompson, Kay Taggart and Grace Hardy.

Bio/Historical Note: The University of Saskatchewan’s first pool opened in 1916. Located in the basement of Qu'Appelle Hall, it was 18 feet wide, 45 feet long and around 8 feet deep with a spring board and changing rooms. Speed swimming, diving, water polo and recreational swimming soon became popular activities in the long Saskatchewan winters. The pool closed soon after the Physical Education pool opened in October 1964.