A male lab worker operates a machine in the Pulmonary Research Laboratory.

Head and shoulders image of Dr. Frank Quance, first Dean, College of Education, 1928-1947.

Bio/Historical Note: Dr. Francis Melville Quance was born in 1883 in Elimville, Ontario. He attended Normal School in Regina before going on to the University of Alberta, where he earned both a BA (1914) and MA (1915). He received his PhD from Columbia University in 1926. Dr. Quance first taught in rural and secondary schools in Ontario, Alberta, and Saskatchewan between 1901 and 1916, and became an inspector of schools in 1916-1917. In 1917 he joined the staff of the Normal School in Regina as an assistant; by 1927 he had been appointed principal. That same year Dr. Quance came to the University of Saskatchewan to organize the School of Education, and the following year was appointed the first dean of the newly-created college. Under his leadership the College of Education developed from a one-year postgraduate certificate course to an undergraduate degree program. Dr. Quance retired in 1947 and was named Dean Emeritus. That same year he established the annual Quance Lecture Series. During his career Dr. Quance gained a reputation as a leading Canadian educator, and was particularly well-known for developing the first spellers in Canada based on research. The U of S awarded him an honourary Doctor of Laws in 1959. Dr. Quance died in Saskatoon on 10 September 1968. Quance Avenue in Greystone Heights honours him.

View looking south across the Bowl of Qu'Appelle Hall; shrubbery in foreground.

Head and shoulders photo of Dr. David L. Kaplan, Professor, Department of Music, from 1960-1991.

Bio/Historical Note: Dr. David Leon Kaplan was born in Chicago on 12 December 1923 and grew up in a musical family. His father, Joshua Samuel Kaplan, played euphonium in a Russian army band and later in Chicago brass bands. His mother, Nettie (née Lurie), born in Lithuania, was a student of the piano. David Kaplan served with the United States Army Sothern Command Variety Ensemble from 1942 until 1946 under the direction of Major Wayne King, known as the “Waltz King of America”. Dr. Kaplan credited his wartime service for exposing him to new musicians and new musical styles, including jazz. Over the next number of years he earned a series of degrees - Bachelor of Music from Roosevelt University (1948), Master of Music from Oberlin College (1950) and a PhD in Music from the University of Indiana (1978). He taught music in Chicago, rural Illinois and West Texas State University before moving to Saskatoon in 1960 and a two-year term position at the University of Saskatchewan’s College of Education. He remained at the U of S for the rest of his career and served as Department of Music head from 1966 to 1982, introducing several new programs. He taught courses in music history, theory and world music until his retirement in 1991. In addition to his academic career, Dr. Kaplan was very active in the music and social life of his newly adopted community. He conducted the Saskatoon Symphony Orchestra (SSO) from 1963-1969 and again from 1970-1971. He also composed music for plays and musical productions, adjudicated at music festivals, gave public lectures and wrote about the clarinet and music education. A number of organizations benefited from Dr. Kaplan’s involvement, including the Canadian Music Council, the Canadian Music Centre, the Saskatchewan Arts Board, the Nutana Rotary Club and the Saskatoon Multicultural Council. He was founding chair of the Saskatchewan Music Council in 1967. He co-founded the Saskatoon Festival of Faith bringing together people of different faiths, including Aboriginals, Christians, Jews, Muslims, Hindus, Buddhists, Sikhs and others, to express their spiritual traditions through speech, music and dance. Dr. Kaplan was the festival’s music director from 1985 to 1989 and wrote five choral works on multicultural themes. An impromptu jam session at a bar mitzvah at the Congregation Agudas Israel synagogue led Kaplan to found Zmarim: the Saskatoon Klezmer Band. He went on to write more than 200 arrangements for the ensemble. The inaugural Saskatoon Klezmer Music Festival was held in November 2007. Dr. Kaplan was also an avid collector of musical instruments and donated his personal collection of almost 200 instruments to the U of S in early 2013. Dr. Kaplan received numerous honours, including the Queen’s Golden Jubilee Medal, the Saskatchewan Order of Merit (2006) and induction into the Order of Canada (2002). In 2009, he was named ambassador of the Canadian Music Centre in recognition of his life’s work. Kaplan Green, in Arbor Creek, a residential neighbourhood in northeast Saskatoon, was named in his honour. Dr. Kaplan died in Saskatoon on 6 April 2015 at age 91.

Head and shoulders image of Rev. Colin Clay, University Chaplain and faculty member, St. Andrew's College.

Bio/Historical Note: The Rev. Canon Dr. Colin Clay was ordained in 1958 at the 800-year-old Southwark Anglican Cathedral in London, England. Following a deployment with the British Army to Korea, Clay studied history at Cambridge. From there he moved on to Wells Cathedral in the Mendip Hills for two years of seminary. After his ordination, he was posted to a South London parish. It was during his time there that Clay received a note from a fellow Anglican priest, now serving in Canada mentioning the need for priests in Ontario. He urged Clay to apply. In 1959 Clay accepted a posting in Sudbury, where he was involved pastorally, and also taught Religious Studies at Laurentian University. Being a Korean War veteran and a military padre, it was Clay’s involvement in that area of ministry that brought him to Saskatoon. He was in the city as an ‘examining chaplain,’ meeting with a candidate, when he heard about an ecumenical chaplaincy position that was coming available at the U of S; he was hired to the position in 1977. Clay retired in 2000 and continues in the ministry, remaining a strong advocate for world peace. Clay continues to serve as padre for the 506 Veterans Organization (2022).

Series of nine images showing staff members at work in CHSK-FM radio station's studio. Tape recording equipment and records visible in background.

Head and shoulders image of W.O. Radway, Adult Education, Department of Extension.

Dr. Kala V. Subba Rao (left), postdoctoral fellow, and Dr. J. Steven Richardson, professor of Pharmacology and Psychiatry, dissect an Alzheimer brain sample for biochemical analysis.

Image of Dr. Hildred Rawson, wife of Dr. Donald S. Rawson, the late head of the Department of Biology, receiving a framed scroll from Woodrow S. Lloyd, Premier of Saskatchewan, commemorating the naming of Rawson Bay in northern Saskatchewan. The scroll includes an aerial view of Rawson Bay on Nemeiben Lake and a portrait of Dr. Rawson.

Bio/Historical Note: Dr. Hildred I. Rawson was affiliated with the McNeil Reading Institute in Saskatoon. Dr. Rawson first became interested in helping students having blocks in reading and spelling. Later she left Saskatchewan to study with outstanding linguist specialists in Canada and the United States. Dr. Rawson attempted to develop an approach through an organized phonetic program to help these students. She developed a course where sound, sight and writing are closely interwoven and in a logical fashion. The pupils got a sense of sentence structure, spelling, reading and enjoyment. In 1962, for demonstration purposes, Dr. Rawson instructed a group of Yorkton children taken from the public schools. Later she went many Saskatchewan schools and did further demonstrations, which were followed up bv a discussion with the teachers of that particular school. Dr. Rawson earned a PhD in 1969 at the University of Alberta; her thesis was titled A Study of the Relationships and Development of Reading and Cognition. She published several papers. Dr. Rawson died in 1997 in Ottawa at age 93.

Bio/Historical Note: Dr. Donald Strathearn Rawson was born in Claremont, Ontario, on 19 May 1905. He enrolled at the University of Toronto in 1922, and earned BA, MA, and PhD degrees by 1929. Dr. Rawson demonstrated outstanding ability as a student and was awarded a doctorate at age 24; his doctoral thesis investigated the bottom fauna of Lake Simcoe. He was a champion wrestler at the U of T. Dr. Rawson joined the Biology Department of the University of Saskatchewan as Assistant Professor of Zoology in 1928 and became Head of the Department in 1949. His research in limnology covered two distinct periods. From 1928 to 1934 he concentrated on lakes of the newly established Prince Albert National Park. This work involved physico-chemical, biological, and fisheries studies, and included specific experiments in fisheries management. Dr. Rawson married Dr. Hildred Patton in 1932. From 1935 to 1941 he carried out extensive research in the National Parks of the Canadian Rockies and in Riding Mountain National Park, Manitoba. The primary aim of these investigations was the collection of limnological information as applied to fisheries management, but contributions of fundamental significance also resulted, spanning the gap between theoretical and applied science. In the late 1930s Dr. Rawson surveyed saline lakes in southern Saskatchewan. In 1942 Dr. Rawson began work on Canada's large northern lakes (including Reindeer, Athabasca and Great Slave Lakes) that brought him international fame. After 1947 he devoted most of his attention to investigations of Lac La Ronge and Amisk Lake in the Churchill River drainage system. Subsequently, many other northern Saskatchewan lakes were studied. Dr. Rawson received many honours during his lifetime. He was president of the Limnological Society of America and of the Canadian Conservation Association; director of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada; a member of the Royal Commission on Fisheries for Saskatchewan; and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. Rawson's death at age 51 on 16 February 1961, at the peak of his scientific and teaching career, was a monumental loss to science in Canada. Rawson Crescent in the College Park neighbourhood honours him.

Image of male laboratory worker using what appears to be a Geiger counter in the Chemistry annex.

Head and shoulders image of Fr. André Renaud, OMI, professor, College of Education, and head, Indian and Northern Curriculum Program, seated at his desk.

Bio/Historical Note: Concern over high turnover of teachers in northern communities, and in particular the high drop-out rate for First Nations students, led to the establishment of a special course, first offered in the summer of 1961. EDIND 357, “The School Program in Indian and Northern Communities.”, was offered in conjunction with the College of Education. The first instructor was Father André Renaud (1920-1988), OMI, who had been seconded from the Oblate Fathers’ Indian and Eskimo Education and Welfare Commission. Renaud was appointed to the Order of Canada in 1973. Renaud died in Saskatoon in 1988.

Head and shoulders image of Dr. Don Rennie, professor and head, Department of Soil Science, and director, Saskatchewan Institute of Pedology.

Bio/Historical Note: Dr. Donald Andrews Rennie was born in 1922 in Medicine Hat, Alberta and raised on the family farm southeast of Gull Lake, Saskatchewan, where he took his public and high school education. His first job was as a clerk in the Bank of Nova Scotia from 1940-1942. Dr. Rennie served as a Flight Lieutenant in the RCAF from 1942-1945, flying with the 407 Coastal Squadron on anti-submarine patrol. Following the war he completed his BSA (Soil Science, Sask.) and PhD (Wisconsin). Dr. Rennie accepted a faculty position in the Department of Soil Science of the U of S in 1952, served as head of the department from 1964 1980, and director, Saskatchewan Institute of Pedology. Dr. Rennie was appointed dean of the College of Agriculture in 1984 and remained until retirement in 1989. Dr. Rennie died in 2007.

A male laboratory worker stands at a control panel.

Image of seven University of Saskatchewan faculty members honoured at the retirement banquet sponsored by the Faculty Club at Marquis Hall. Front row (L to R): Emrys Jones; J.D.F. Beattie; and Murray Adaskin. Back row (L to R): J.W. Paul; C.E. Miller; Dr. B. Fleming; T.J. Arnason; and D.R. Robinson.

Head and shoulders image of Maureen Rever-Duwors, Assistant Professor, Department of Biology.

Bio/Historical Note: Maureen Rever-Duwors (born 1938) held provincial and Canadian records in sprint events as a high school student in the early 1950s at Luther College in Regina. She was Canadian champion in 1955 and the 60-and 100-yard events and coupled with a second place finish in broad jump and a third in the 220 yards, was the top point-getter among senior women at the meet. During Rever’s first year of university at Luther College, she competed in 100 metres (fifth in a heat), 200 metres (fifth in a heat) and the 4x100-metre relay at the 1956 Olympics in Melbourne, Australia. Rever enrolled at the University of Saskatchewan in 1956. While a student, she finished third in the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games 4×110 yards relay (with Diane Matheson, Eleanor Haslam (also from the University of Saskatchewan), and Freyda Berman). Rever was eliminated in the semi-finals of the 220 yards and in the heats of the 100 yards. Rever also played both guard and forward on the Huskiette basketball team. She was a member of the bronze-winning 4×100 metres relay team in the 1959 Pan American Games, and also finished fourth in long jump. Rever received a BA in 1959 and was the first woman on the Biology Department faculty (ca. 1970). Rever went on to become an official, administrator and internationally-rated official. She was an executive member of the Athletic Association of Canada, Saskatchewan Branch; a director of the Saskatoon Track and Field Club and was a founding member of Sask Sport. She was inducted into the Saskatchewan Sports Hall of Fame and Museum in 1977 and in the Saskatoon Sports Hall of Fame in 1986. Rever Road in Saskatoon is named in her honour. Rever is Professor Emerita of Biology (2021).