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St. Thomas More College

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St. Thomas More College, commonly called "STM," was established as a federated college of the University of Saskatchewan in 1936. The pre-history of the college goes back to 1913, with the public announcement by a group of Saskatoon Catholics that they hoped to establish a Catholic college at the University of Saskatchewan. In 1926, the Newman Society was formed and permission was granted for Fr. Basil Markle to come from Toronto to begin the Scholastic Philosophy Foundation at the university. In 1927 a house was constructed adjacent to the campus to provide a residence for Fr. Markle and a chapel and Newman clubrooms for the Catholic students at the university. In 1936, the bishops of Saskatchewan agreed to the establishment of a Catholic college "sometime in the future," but stated that, in view of the Depression economy, "it was absolutely impossible at this time." Still the Saskatoon laymen went ahead and called in Fr. Henry Carr of the Basilian Fathers of Toronto to meet with University President Walter Murray and see whether something could be done. As a result of the meetings of Carr and Murray and further negotiations with the bishops of Saskatchewan, St. Thomas More College was established by the Basilians and began operating as an Arts college affiliated with the University, with 39 students enrolled that first year (1936-37). The federated status of the college was formally acknowledged by the university in 1953. In 1943 an addition was added to the original white house to accommodate the larger numbers of students. A stone building was constructed and opened in 1956/57, with additional wings added in 1963 and 1969.

Bates, F. Lester

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Dr. Frank Lester Bates was born in 1909 in Colorado. He moved to Saskatchewan two years later and completed his elementary and high school education in Luseland, Saskatchewan. He attended Normal School in 1927-1928 in Calgary, Alberta, and completed a B.A. and B.Ed. at the University of Saskatchewan. He acquired a Doctor of Education degree at the University of California in Berkeley in 1947 with special emphasis on Elementary Education and Educational Psychology. His career in education in Saskatchewan included teaching at the Saskatchewan Teachers' College in Moose Jaw and Regina (1958-1963). He was Principal of the Saskatchewan Teachers' College, Regina from 1963 to 1964, then became Dean of the newly formed Faculty of Education at the University of Saskatchewan, Regina Campus (1964-1967). He continued to teach in the Faculty of Education until 1977. He is currently retired and resides in Regina.

Boan, John Alexander (Jack)

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John Alexander (Jack) Boan was born in Briercrest, Saskatchewan on December 16, 1917, where he remained until high school graduation. Following World War II, when he served in the Royal Canadian Air Force, he attended the University of Saskatchewan receiving a B.A.(Hons.) in history and political economy in 1949. He was employed as an economist with the Canadian Department of Agriculture from 1949-1956, the Defense Research Board, 1956-1960, the Department of Northern Affairs and Natural Resources, 1960-1961, and as a researcher with the Royal Commission on Health Services, 1961-1963. During this period he took leaves to undertake doctoral studies in agricultural economics at Ohio State University, where he earned a Ph.D. in 1953, and to teach full-time at the University of Alberta during the 1955-56 academic year. In 1962 Dr. Boan joined the Department of Economics at the University of Saskatchewan, Regina Campus as associate professor. By 1969 he achieved the rank of full professor, and he served as Chair of the Department, 1969-1976. Dr. Boan is the author of numerous studies and articles in the areas of agricultural and health economics, and he has actively participated in many professional and community organizations such as the Community Planning Association of Canada, the Canadian Bureau for International Education, and the University of Regina Group for Refugees. Upon his retirement in 1983 Dr. Boan was awarded the title Professor Emeritus of Economics and in the spring of 1994 the University of Regina presented him with an honorary degree. Dr. Boan and his wife, Jean who have three children, reside in Regina, where he continues his active community involvement in the areas of health, aging, and international development.

Bowen, Gail, 1942

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Gail Bowen received a Bachlor of Arts in English from the University of Toronto in 1964 and a Master of Arts in English from the University of Waterloo in 1975. She undertook post-graduate studies in Canadian Literature at the University of Saskatchewan from 1976-1979. From 1975-1979 Ms. Bowen was a Sessional Lecturer in English at the University of Saskatchewan and the Saskatchewan Indian Cultural College in Saskatoon. She then moved to Regina and worked as a Sessional Lecturer in English at the Saskatchewan Indian Federated College and the University of Regina from 1979-1985. She is currently an Assistant Professor of English at the Saskatchewan Indian Federated College. Gail Bowen has published several books: '1919: The Love Letters of George and Adelaide' with Ron Marken (1987); 'Deadly Appearances' (1990); 'Murder at the Mendel' (1991); 'The Wandering Soul Murders' (1992); 'A Colder Kind of Death' (1994) and 'A Killing Spring' (1996). The latter four are murder mystery novels set in Saskatchewan which have become popular both locally and nationally. 'The Wandering Soul Murders' was performed on CBC Radio's "Between the Covers" during May and June, 1994. As well, Bowen has written three plays: 'Dancing in Poppies', 'Beauty and the Beast' and 'The Tree', all of which were performed by the Globe Theatre in Regina in 1993 and 1994. HRH Prince Edward also performed 'Dancing in Poppies' in August 1994. Her work has been nominated for the Crime Writers Best Book of 1992 Award and the W.H. Smith-Books in Canada Best First Novel Award for 1990. In 1995 she won the Crime Writers of Canada Best Novel Award. In the role of Guest Lecturer or Artist she has delivered speeches and readings in Vancouver, Calgary, Ottawa, and entensively throughout Saskatchewan. She holds memberships in the Saskatchewan Writer's Guild and the Playwrights Union of Canada. Besides teaching and writing, Bowen has worked as an Art Columnist with CBC Radio, Regina since 1991. Nationally she has contributed to "What on Earth" on CBC Television, and has appeared several times on CBC Radio's "Morningside". She has participated on numerous committees including co-chairing of the Vision 20/20 Fundraising Campaign at the University of Regina.

Brandt, Lewis Wolfgang, 1921-

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Born in Germany September 27, 1921 to the actress Margarete Brandt-Jacoby and the writer-director-actor Oscar Ludwig Brandt. He was educated in Switzerland, graduating in 1940. He studied Latin, English, French and German, among other subjects. He spent 3 1/2 years in Swiss refugee labour camps during the war. in 1946 he graduated from the Interpreter School of the University of Geneva, having achieved a Translator Diploma in English, French and Spanish. This provided him with the training needed after the Second World War to work as a research analyst at the International War Crimes Trials in Nuremberg (1946-1947). The year following this he was an editor for United Press (1947-1948), then in 1948 he emigrated to New York. There he studied French literature at Columbia University (1949-1951) and worked variously as a searcher at the New York Public Library (1948-1951) and as a translator for Chase Manhattan Bank (1952-1953). He switched his studies from language to psychology, and in 1957 earned a Master of Arts in psychology from the New School for Social Research, NYC. After training in psychoanalysis and practicing in various clinics and privately, he began teaching at Fairleigh Dickinson University in Rutherford, New Jersey. He lectured at Upsala College in East Orange, New Jersey and Hunter College, NYC, and earned a PhD in psychology from New York University in 1963. He joined the faculty at the University of Saskatchewan, Regina Campus in 1968 as Associate Professor of Psychology, achieving the rank of full professor in 1975. Upon his retirement in 1987 he was awarded the title of Professor Emeritus of Psychology. He has published many articles in professional journals and has lectured in German at universities in Germany and Switzerland. He is married to Elisabeth H. Pasztor.

Cowasjee, Saros

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Full name: Saros Dara Cowasjee. His parents were Dara (father) and Meher (mother) Cowasjee. He has one sister, Sabar, and one brother, Shyam. Place of residence: Saros Cowasjee was born July 12, 1931 in Secundrabad, India. He lived in India until he went to England in 1957 to work on his Ph.D. He remained in England until 1960, then travelled to Bombay to be Assistant Editor at the Times of India Press. In 1963 he came to Regina, Saskatchewan, to assume the post of Instructor of English at the University of Saskatchewan, Regina Campus, the forerunner of the University of Regina. Education: He was educated at St. John's College, Agra, India, where he completed a Bachelor of Arts in 1951. He received his Master of Arts degree in 1955 from Agra College, India, then completed a Ph.D. in 1960 from the University of Leeds in England on Sean O'Casey, under the supervision of the renowned Shakespearean scholar, G. Wilson Knight. Occupation, life, and activities: After a brief stint with the Times of India Press from 1960 to 1963, Cowasjee was appointed Instructor of English at the University of Saskatchewan, Regina Campus. He attained the title of full professor in 1971. He retired and was appointed Professor Emeritus in 1995. Cowasjee was also Research Associate, University of California, Berkeley in 1970-71, Visiting Commonwealth Professor, University of Aarhus, Denmark, from January to June 1975, and has been a guest lecturer at a number of universities in Europe, Australia, North America, India, Fiji, and Singapore. In addition to his teaching, Cowasjee has been a prolific writer. He is the author of five works of criticism: 'Sean O'Casey: The Man Behind the Plays' (1963), 'O'Casey' (1966), 'Coolie: An Assessment' (1976), 'So Many Freedoms: A Study of the Major Fiction of Mulk Raj Anand' (1977), and 'Studies in Indian and Anglo-Indian Fiction' (1993). He has written three novels: 'Goodbye to Elsa' (1974), 'Suffer Little Children' (1982), and 'The Assistant Professor' (1996); two books of short stories, 'Stories and Sketches' (1970), and 'Nude Therapy' (1978); and a screenplay, 'The Last of the Maharajas' (1980). He has edited and written introductions for numerous works, among them being three anthologies on writers from the Raj period of India (published as a series by Harper Collins): 'Stories from the Raj' (1982), 'More Stories from the Raj and After' (1986), and 'Women Writers of the Raj: Short Fiction' (1990). His other Harper Collins publications include his critical introductions to Christine Weston's 'Indigo' (1993) and Sir George Otto Trevelyan's 'The Competition Wallah'. There is also 'The Best Short Stories of Flora Annie Steel' (1995), selected and edited by him, with his introduction dealing with the author's life and works. Equally important is Cowasjee's work as General Editor of Arnold Heinemann's 'Literature of the Raj' series, beginning in 1984. In the nine out-of-print fiction works published under Cowasjee's editorship, he wrote introductions to the reprints of 'Durbar' (1987), Indigo (1987), 'Siri Ram - Revolutionist' (1988), and 'Hindoo Holiday' (first published through Cowasjee's efforts in India in 1979, but later was included in this series). In addition, Cowasjee has edited and/or written introductions to other works, has contributed to various publications, and written numerous articles.

Deverell, Rex, 1941-

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Rex Deverell was born in Toronto on July 17, 1941, and was raised in Orillia, Ontario. In 1960 he moved to Hamilton to attend McMaster University and McMaster Divinity College, gaining his Bachelor of Arts in 1963 and a Bachelor of Divinity in 1966. He attended Union Theological Seminary in New York City during 1966-67 and was granted a Master of Sacred Theology degree before serving as pastor at the Edward St. Baptist Church in St. Thomas, Ontario from 1967-1970. He married Rita Shelton on May 24, 1967. They have one son, Shelton Ramsay Deverell, born in 1974. Since 1970, Rex Deverell has worked as a playwright in Toronto and Regina, serving as resident playwright at the Globe Theatre in Regina, 1975-1989. He is the author of fifty stage plays and collective creations as well as numerous radio plays, and television and film scripts. His plays have premiered in Banff, Regina, Ottawa, Vancouver, Toronto, Hamilton, and Chester, New Jersey, and many toured Saskatchewan with the Globe Theatre School Tour. Several of his plays have been published including two anthologies: 'Deverell at the Globe' (NeWest Press, 1989), and 'Plays of Belonging' (Playwrights Canada Press, 1997). Among several awards he has won, he received the 1978 Canadian Authors Award for the play 'Boiler Room Suite' and the 1986 Major Armstrong Award for 'The Riel Commission'. His radio plays, dramatizations, and commentaries have appeared locally and nationally on CBC Radio, and he has recently begun to write opera libretti. He was a founding member and president of the Playwrights Union of Canada, and has been associated with various provincial and national organizations including the Saskatchewan Writers Guild, the Guild of Canadian Playwrights, ACTRA, and the Saskatchewan Playwrights' Centre. Rex Deverell has lived in Toronto since 1989.

Givner, Joan, 1936-

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The daughter of Thomas Short and Elizabeth Parker Short, Joan Givner was born in Manchester, England on September 5, 1936. She was educated at the Bolton School (1948-1955) and the University of London where she received a B.A. (Hons.) in 1958. She moved to the United States where she lectured at Port Huron Junior College in Michigan (1960-1965), and earned an M.A. in 1962 from Washington University in St. Louis. In 1965 she commenced her association with the University of Saskatchewan, Regina Campus, working initially as a lecturer in the Department of English. Following her return to the University of London where she attained a Ph.D. in 1972, Dr. Givner was appointed assistant professor. She reached the rank of full professor in 1982 with what had by then become the University of Regina. Upon her retirement in 1995 she moved to Victoria, British Columbia. During her career Joan Givner published several books, articles, reviews, poems, and short stories. She received several Canada Council grants for writing, and in 1977-78 she was awarded the prestigious United States National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship. Her most notable publication is the biographical work 'Katherine Ann Porter: A Life' (Simon and Shuster, 1982). Joan Givner was married to David Givner in 1965 and they have two daughters, Emily Jane and Jessie Louise.

Harding, Bill

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  • 1911-198-?

William M. Harding was born on July 9, 1911 in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan. In 1914 he moved with his family to Swift Current, Saskatchewan, where he attended Elmwood School and Central Collegiate. From 1928-1934 he attended the Manitoba Agricultural College in Winnipeg, where he earned a Bachelor of Science in Agriculture. He married Beatrice Louise Lewis of Morden, Manitoba on September 21, 1935. They had a daughter and a son - Margaret Ruth, born April 13, 1938, and David James Donald [Jim Harding], born June 28, 1941. Harding's career began at the Swift Current Experimental Station (1934-1936) and the Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Act Administration (PFRA) (1937-1941), where he performed agricultural extension work and field husbandry research. In 1942 he moved to Calgary, Alberta, where he was employed as an administrator and accountant for the Calgary Exhibition and Stampede. Returning to Saskatchewan in 1945, he became Acting Director of the newly-elected CCF government's Adult Education Division in Regina. Transferring to the Saskatchewan Department of Agriculture in 1947, he became an advisor to the Minister, and established the Radio and Information Division where he wrote, produced and delivered a daily fifteen minute commentary on agricultural matters, "Your Ag. Rep. Reporter" on CHAB Radio. From 1952-1957 he served as Secretary to the Saskatchewan Royal Commission on Agriculture and Rural Life, and was Secretary of the Saskatchewan Local Government Continuing Committee and Secretary of the Board of Directors of the Centre for Community Studies from 1958-1961. In 1961 Bill Harding began his association with the United Nations, working on community development and land settlement projects in Liberia (1961-62), British Guina (Guyana) (1964-67), Somalia (1968-70), and the Philippines (1971-73). This association culminated in 1974 when he became Director of the UN Development Program Division of Information and Director of Program Policy in New York. In July, 1975 he retired and returned to Regina. Following his retirement, Harding continued his international development work, undertaking small consulting projects for the UN and the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA). He soon became heavily involved in local international development groups, serving as a director of the Regina Committee for World Development and of the Saskatchewan Council for International Development. He was instrumental in setting up the Edna Curren Memorial Fund, and served as Secretary-Treasurer since its establishment in 1977. He also taught a course on "Social Justice, Peace, and International Development" at the University of Regina School of Human Justice in 1983, 1984 and 1987. He also became active in groups opposing the expansion of uranium mining in Saskatchewan and was a charter member of the Regina Group for a Non-Nuclear Society. He participated in the Cliff Lake and Warman Refinery inquires, and traveled the province attending public meetings sponsored by the United Church, the Inter-church Uranium Committee, and the Saskatchewan Environmental Society. He was a member of the organizing committee of the First International Uranium Congress held in Saskatoon in 1988. Harding further participated in the environmental movement as a member of the Saskatchewan Ecological Alliance and the Regina Greens. Bill Harding also involved himself in provincial politics, working for the CCF at the constituency and provincial levels. He served on the Provincial Council Executive at various times, was chair of the Provincial Organizing and Education Committee, and was involved in Group Training and Farmer-Laborer-Teacher Institutes during the 1940s and 1950s. He was Director of Education and Organization for the Saskatchewan New Democratic Party prior to the 1964 election. Propelled by the "medicare crisis" and doctors' strike of 1962, Harding became the first president of the Regina Community Health Services Association, a body dedicated to the establishment of community clinics, and worked on behalf of the provincial organization in southern Saskatchewan. Besides his professional, and political life Bill Harding was involved in organizing sports and community activities. In particular he was active as a hockey referee and rules consultant. During his time in Calgary (1942-1944) he referred for the Alberta Senior League and published "Quick Reference Hockey Rules" which was widely accepted amongst hockey officials. In Swift Current during the 1930s he belonged to the Kinetic Club and was active in organizing the Frontier Days Celebration, and in Calgary is acted as Secretary for both the local and provincial Kinsmen. In 1945-46 he was a founding member and first secretary of the Lasserre Community Co-operative Association, a group planning to build a complete community of homes in Regina.

Higgs, Reginald Wayne

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Reg Higgs joined the Department of Physical Education, University of Regina in 1974. He laid the foundation for the Cougars Hockey program in 1974 and 1975 and was the head coach until 1985 when he left the University of Regina for a job as assistant coach for the New York Rangers. During his ten years as head coach, the Cougars won four Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) Championships. Higgs himself was named both GPAC and Canadian Inter-university Athletic Union (CIAU) Coach of the Year for the 1981-82 season. Reg Higgs obtained a Masters degree in physiology from Penn State University, and a Ph.D. in Educational Psychology from the University of Minnesota, where his academic work was in the area of athletic injuries and educational programs for exceptional children.

Mackenzie, Norman

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  • 1869-1936

Norman Mackenzie was born in Sarnia, Ont., on Jan. 27, 1869, and died in Regina, Sask. on Jan. 2, 1936. He married Clara Erma McMorran of Port Huron, Michigan, in 1909. They had no children. He moved to Regina in 1891. He was educated at private schools in Ontario and graduated from Osgoode Hall, Toronto. He was enrolled as a barrister in the then-North West Territories in 1891. He practiced law in Regina with George W. Brown, and later with the firm Mackenzie, Thom, Bastedo, Ward, and MacDougall. He was made solicitor for the provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan at the time of their creation in 1905. He held several public posts during his lifetime and filled positions in various business, recreational, professional and philanthropic organizations. He was also a dedicated collector of art. His personal collection - which he bequeathed to the University of Saskatchewan, Regina College, was valued at $100,000 (Cdn).

Morton, Doug, 1926-

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Visual artist Douglas G. Morton is one of the senior academic art administrators in Canada. He was born on November 26, 1926 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, where he received his primary and secondary education. After a short stint in the Canadian Army in 1945, he studied art at the Winnepeg School of art (1946), the University of Southern California in Los Angeles (1946-1948), the Academie Julian, L'Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris (1949), and the Camberwell School of Art in London (1950-1951). He also studied at the famous Emma Lake workshops of the early 1960s under Barnett Newman, Herman Cherry, Kenneth Noland, Clement Greenberg, and others. Morton's professional artistic career began in Winnipeg in 1946 as a commercial artist, and continued in 1951-53 as curator for the Calgary Allied Arts Centre. Although involved in the business world as vice-president and manager of MacKay-Morton Ltd. from 1954 to 1967, Morton remained active in his artistic endeavours. His work was shown in the National Gallery of Canada's "Five Painters from Regina" exhibition in 1961. Morton and the other "Regina five" members, Ken Lochhead, Ron Bloore, Ted Godwin and Art McKay, produced vibrant abstract works. Morton subsequently produced such important works as "Brownscape" (1961), "Fractured Black" (1964), "Green Centre" (1967) and "Token" (1970), to name a few. His paintings have been shown in galleries across Canada in one-man and group exhibitions, and are represented in various public and corporate collections. Morton's academic career began when he joined the University of Saskatchewan, Regina Campus in 1967 as Director of Visual Arts and Associate Professor of Art. He was also Acting Chairman of Fine Arts. He held a variety of posts during his tenure as Professor of Art at York University from 1969 to 1980, including Associate Dean and Director of the Graduate M.F.A. Program (1973-76), Acting Chairman, Department of Visual Arts (1978), and Vice Chairman of the Senate (1979). Morton was the Dean of the Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Victoria (1980-85), and President, Alberta College of Art (1985-87). Morton has served on Canada council juries and committees, and has taught at the Banff School of Fine Arts. He has received grants and awards for his work, and he has been active in various academic and arts organizations. He and his wife, Mickey, have six children - five daughters and a son.

Norman Mackenzie Art Gallery Society

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The Norman Mackenzie Art Gallery Society was founded on May 7, 1957. They were dissolved on July 16, 1975. Mandate: The goals of the Art Gallery Society were to create a wider interest in visual arts in the community; to sponsor special projects and to encourage artists; to increase the membership of the Art Gallery Society and to establish a trust fund for the purchase of works of art. Predecessor and successor bodies: The Friends of the Mackenzie was formed October 4, 1982. Administrative relationships: The Art Gallery Society functioned independently of the Norman Mackenzie Art Gallery. Administrative structures: The main committee under the Art Gallery Society was the Travelling Arts Committee. Names of the corporate bodies: The Norman Mackenzie Art Gallery Society did not change it's name although it is commonly referred to as the Art Gallery Society. After it dissolved Friends of the Mackenzie was formed. Names of the chief officers: The first president of the Art Gallery Society was Hero Bernend Struivig De Groot in 1957 and the last president was Bob Mitchell in 1975. Presidents were elected annually at the annual general meetings.

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