F.H. Auld, University Chancellor, making presentation of an honourary Doctor of Civil Law degree to Wilbur R. Jackett at Convocation held in Physical Education gymnasium.

Bio/Historical Note: Wilbur Roy Jackett, OC QC (1912-2005) was born in Tompkins, Saskatchewan, Jackett moved with his family to Kamsack, Saskatchewan in 1920 at the age of eight. After graduating from high school in Kamsack, Jackett graduated with degrees in both Arts and Laws from the University of Saskatchewan. In 1933 he was elected a Rhodes Scholar and went to study at the University of Oxford. Jackett was called to the Bar of Saskatchewan. From 1957-1960 Jackett was the eighth Deputy Minister of the Department of Justice. In 1960 he became general counsel for the Canadian Pacific Railway. He was later appointed president of the Exchequer Court of Canada. He was the first Chief Justice of the Federal Court of Canada from 1971-1979. In 1981, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada. Jackett died in 2005 in Ottawa at age 93.