Emmett M. Hall, University of Saskatchewan, making presentation of an honourary Doctor of Laws degree to Lewis L. Lloyd at spring Convocation held at Centennial Auditorium.

Bio/Historical Note: Lewis L. Lloyd was born in 1898 in Brookings County, North Dakota, Lloyd was president of the United Farmers of Canada for five years, an office from which he learned much about economics. He was an associate member of the Saskatchewan Farm Union. Lloyd was chairman of two school boards in the Province of Saskatchewan. He was active in organizing the Agricultural Improvement Association and became chairman. Lloyd was manager of a local co-operative for eight years and manager of a Credit Union for seven of those years, and assisted with co-op educational work for several local co-operatives in southwestern Saskatchewan for a period of eighteen months. In 1950 Lloyd accepted a position with the Department of Co-operation with a special field officer and held this position for thirteen years. Lloyd served four terms as a Wheat Pool delegate.
His years of experience as board member and manager of local cooperatives culminated in 1944 with his election to the Board of Directors of what is now known as Federated Co-operatives Limited. At that time Lloyd held a record of twenty-four years of service, for fourteen of which he was vice-president, and for four years as president. Lloyd also served on the board of the Credit Union League, as vice-president of the Co-operative Union of Canada, and as the first president of the Western Co-operative College. Lloyd died in 1987 at age 88, and is buried at St. John Cemetery at Antelope, Saskatchewan.