A sunrise is seen over a point of land at Anglin Lake, Saskatchewan

W.J. Brennan, dean of Commerce, presents the Goodspeed Award to Maureen Yvette Gutek of Humboldt during Convocation held at Centennial Auditorium.

Bio/Historical Note: Georgia Marie (Dodie) Goodspeed was born in Battlefords, Saskatchewan. She was awarded a Governor General’s Medal while in high school, and entered the University of Saskatchewan to study accounting in 1935, earned her Bachelor of Accounting degree in 1939. Goodspeed returned to the Battlefords for three years to article with V.J. Ferguson and Company. She became an instructor in Accounting at the U of S in 1942, an assistant professor in 1950 and professor in 1956. Goodspeed earned an MBA from the University of Chicago in 1949. She was assistant dean of Commerce for many years, and was acting dean twice – in 1962, and from 1964-1965. A champion of the college, Goodspeed was instrumental in upgrading the Bachelor of Commerce program to a four-year degree, and fought hard for the establishment of the Commerce Building. She was also the first woman in Canada to be named a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants (1960). She retired in 1984 and was named Assistant Dean Emerita. Dodie Goodspeed died in [October] 1986 in Saskatoon. The Goodspeed Award is given to the top graduate of the Edwards School of Business. A state-of-the-art lecture theatre in the college was named in her honour in 2000.

Image of Dr. George Ivany seated at his desk, shortly after his installation as the University's seventh president.

The Greystone Singers perform at a reception held by [C. Irwin McIntosh], Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan, for Dr. Leo F. Kristjanson's retirement as University President.

Portrait of Stephen Gomeg.

Using the expert system she developed, Denise Stilling, Mechanical Engineering graduate student, compares an actual with a desired diving performance.

Bio/Historical Note: Dr. Denise Stilling earned three degrees from the University of Saskatchewan – a BE, MSC and PhD. Dr. Stilling’s research interests include: Value-added product and manufacturing research and development from agricultural fiber and reclaimed material; Engineering management including principles of lean manufacturing, JIT, agile manufacturing, operational management, etc.; Human Factors Engineering including ergonomics, safety design, procedures, etc.; and applied mechanical engineering analysis and design including biomechanics, vibration control, structural analysis, strength of materials, instrumentation, chaos theory and nonlinear dynamics, manufacturing processes, Dr. Stilling’s research experience in artificial intelligence includes applications in knowledge based expert systems, artificial neural networks, wavelets, etc. Dr. Stilling is currently an Associate Professor, Industrial Systems Engineering, University of Regina (2021).

Image of Dr. George Ivany seated at his desk, shortly after his installation as the University's seventh president.

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].

A sunrise is seen over a point of land at Anglin Lake.