Seven people with tennis rackets, standing on a tennis court

Bill Stark from the University of Alberta playing in an Inter-varsity championship game, likley against Peter MacKenzie of the University of Saskatchewan Huskies. A female player, a spectator and the student residences visible in background.

Bio/Historical Note: Peter MacKenzie, a graduate of City Park Collegiate in Saskatoon, enrolled at the University of Saskatchewan (BA 1941) in 1938. He dominated intervarsity tennis competition for three years, including a victory over five-time champion Bill Stark of the University of Alberta during the 1939-40 season. MacKenzie was provincial singles champion in 1938, 1939 and 1940. He was a member of the Huskies basketball team that won the Rigby Trophy as Western Intercollegiate champions for three consecutive years and was captain of the team in 1940-41.

Posed indoor image of Bob Fuller holding a tennis racket.

Bio/Historical Note: Robert Arthur (Bob) Fuller was born in 1926 in Moosomin, Saskatchewan, and grew up in Regina. He earned a BA and an MA in Chemistry from the University of Saskatchewan. Fuller was an avid tennis player and was a member of the U of S tennis team. Later he earned a PhD in Biochemistry from the University of Minnesota. Upon graduation in 1955, he joined Johnson and Johnson Canada in Montreal as a research chemist, becoming vice-president of Research and Development in 1962. He had a distinguished career with Johnson and Johnson and was promoted to their worldwide operations in New Jersey in 1966 as vice president Research and Development. He held a number of senior management positions with a variety of Johnson and Johnson companies, completing his 30-year career as Corporate Vice President of Science and Technology. He retired in 1986. Fuller died in Toronto in 2012.

Posed indoor image of Harry Whelan, men's champion, holding a tennis racket.

Three women students (not identified), [en route] to a tennis game; the University of Saskatchewan campus is visible in the background.

W.P. Thompson, future University President, playing tennis [on campus], Unidentified woman on the court in background, house and trees in the distance.

Bio/Historical Note: Walter Palmer Thompson was born 3 April 1889 near Decewsville, Ontario. He graduated from the University of Toronto with a BA (1910), and from Harvard with an AM (1912) and PhD (1914). Thompson came to the University of Saskatchewan as professor and head of the Biology Department in 1913. He was an important figure at the university for the next fifty years. Thompson served in a variety of administrative positions: dean of Junior Colleges (1934); dean of Arts and Sciences (1938); acting president (1942); director of Summer School (1948); and president of the University (1949). Dr. Thompson retired in 1959 and became President Emeritus. During his academic career Thompson gained international recognition for his work as a geneticist, particularly for the development of rust resistant wheat hybrids. The W.P. Thompson Biology Building, opened in 1960, was named in his honour. Upon his retirement as president Thompson was appointed chairman of the Advisory Committee on Medical Care. The recommendations of this committee were an important foundation for the provincial Medicare system. In 1967 he was made a Companion of the Order of Canada, one of the first to receive this award. He was awarded an honourary Doctor of Laws degree in 1960 by the U of S. Walter Thompson died in Toronto in 1970.