John G. Diefenbaker in graduation cap and robes.

Dr. Jim Pepper, professor of Chemistry, reading a newspaper in an airplane on his way to University Day, Yorkton Branch, U of S Alumni.

Head and shoulders image of Martin Ruby, Huskie football line coach.

Bio/Historical Note: Martin Owen Ruby (1922-2002) was an offensive tackle and defensive tackle for the New York Yankees and the Brooklyn Dodgers in the All-America Football Conference; New York Yanks of the National Football League; and the Saskatchewan Roughriders of the Western Interprovincial Football Union. Ruby played for the Roughriders from 1951-1957. He was selected as one of six Roughriders named to the 1956 Canadian Press Western Interprovincial Football Union All-Star Team. Ruby and a teammate, defensive back Larry Isbell (who also had a University of Saskatchewan Huskies football connection), barely missed taking an ill-fated Vancouver to Montreal Trans-Canada Airlines plane which experienced engine failure above Hope, British Columbia, on 10 December 1956. They had tickets on the following flight to Montreal after passing on the earlier flight. The missing plane's pilot turned back at Princeton, British Columbia, while facing snow and ice. The Trans Canada airliner, carrying 62 people, went down in the Chilliwack Mountain region of British Columbia. Ruby had just finished playing in the East–West All-Star Game.

Head and shoulders image of Joseph W. Sifton, Superintendent of Education in Moose Jaw, and early member of the University of Saskatchewan Senate.

Bio/Historical Note: Joseph W. Sifton received an honourary degree from the University of Saskatchewan in 1932 in recognition of his eminent services to education in Saskatchewan.

Head and shoulders image of Frank H. Underhill, Department of History, 1914-1927.

Bio/Historical Note: Frank Hawkins Underhill was born in 1889 in Stouffville, Ontario, He was educated at the University of Toronto and the University of Oxford where he was a member of the Fabian Society. He was influenced by social and political critics such as Bernard Shaw and Goldwin Smith. Underhilln taught history at the University of Saskatchewan from 1914 until 1927 with a long interruption during World War I during which he served as an officer in the Hertfordshire Regiment of the British Army on the Western Front. He also taught from 1927 until 1955 at the U of T. He left there due to a dispute with the administration and later joined the faculty at Carleton University. During the Great Depression, Underhill joined several other left wing academics in forming the League for Social Reconstruction. He was also a founder of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation and helped write its Regina Manifesto in 1933. Underhill joined the editorial staff of the leftist Canadian Forum in 1927 where he wrote a column of political commentary called "O Canada" from 1929 on and served for a time as chair of that journal's editorial board. Despite these progressive leanings, Underhill had a conservative view of the historical profession and impeded the careers of several women historians. During World War II, Underhill moved away from socialism and became a left-wing liberal continentalist. He remained a committed anti-imperialist and was almost dismissed from the U of T in 1941 for suggesting that Canada would drift away from the British Empire and draw closer to the United States. Underhill’s struggle with the university became a landmark in the history of academic freedom in Canada. Underhill's most important writings are collected in the 1960 book of essays, In Search of Canadian Liberalism. In the essays Underhill covered many Canadian concerns such as politics before and after the Canadian Confederation, relations with the United States and Britain and assessments of the actions of Canadian public figures. Underhill's other notable works include Canadian Political Parties, 1957; The Image of Confederation, 1964; and Upper Canadian Politics in the 1850s, 1967. Underhill was a strong supporter of the United States during the Cold War. He also became a supporter of the Liberal Party of Canada, particularly once his long-time friend, Lester Pearson joined the government. In his later years, Underhill served as a lecturer and Chair of the Department of History at Carleton University in Ottawa. He received an honourary Doctor of Laws degree in 1962 from the U of S. In 1967 he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada. Underhill died in 1971.

Head and shoulders image of Dr. Terry Tollefson, assistant professor of Agriculture.

Bio/Historical Note: Dr. Terrance Stephen (Terry) Tollefson was born in Moose Jaw on 19 March 1951 and grew up on the family farm west of Mossbank, Saskatchewan. He took most of his schooling in Vantage and Mazenod then completed grade 12 at Mossbank School. Upon graduation Dr. Tollefson moved to Saskatoon to attend the University of Saskatchewan, obtaining a BSc in Biology (1973) and an MSc in Soil Science (1976). Dr. Tollefson joined the College of Agriculture at the U of S in 1983 as assistant professor and taught Soil Science classes. In 2005 he accepted a full time appointment in the college relating to the new Agronomy programs for both diploma and degree. Dr. Tollefson died on 24 February [2013] in Saskatoon.

Oval-shaped head and shoulders image of Douglas J. Thom, Regina lawyer and member of University Senate.

Bio/Historical Note: Douglas J. Thom was born in 1879 and educated in Ontario. He received his BA from the University of Toronto and studied law at Osgoode Hall. Thom was admitted to the bar in 1903 and was appointed King's Counsel in 1917. He served on the Regina Collegiate Board from 1913-1926 and was a member of the Board of Governors of Regina College from 1910-1934. He was president of the Civic Relief Fund and the first president of the Regina Community Chest. Thom was author of The Canadian Torrens System, a treatise which has since become a standard text in law libraries across Canada. A high school in Regina was named “Thom Collegiate” in 1963. Douglas Thom died in 1964.

Head and shoulders image of Dr. P.J. Thair, associate professor of Agriculture.

Bio/Historical Note: Dr. P.J. (Phil) Thair was born and raised in the Lumsden-Regina area. He ttook his high school at Luther College in Regina, graduating in 1932. He obtained his teaching certificate from Regina Normal School, where he was president of the student association. He obtained his BSA (1942) and MSc (1944) from the University of Saskatchewan and joined the Canada Department of Agriculture as an agricultural economist. He was awarded a Social Science Research Council Fellowship in 1947 and obtained a PhD from Iowa State College in 1953. From 1949-1955 Dr. Thair was part of the Canadian brain drain serving the United States Department of Agriculture as an agricultural economist in Fargo, North Dakota. He returned in 1955 to join the Department of Farm Management at the U of S. Dr. Thair was appointed head of Agricultural Economics in 1969.

Dr. Margaret M. Cameron, head of the Department of French, accepts a scroll from Dr. J. Francis Leddy at an unidentified event, [perhaps Dr. Cameron's retirement in 1963, or her honourary degree ceremony in 1967].

Bio/Historical Note: Dr. Margaret M. Cameron, a native of Nova Scotia, received her early education in Sydney. She graduated with a BA from McGill University in 1916, obtained an MA from Radcliffe the following year, and later completed a doctorate at the University of Paris. She joined the faculty of the University of Saskatchewan as assistant professor of French in 1924. In 1945 Dr. Cameron became head of the department until her retirement in 1966. She was one of the first women in Canada to head a department not devoted exclusively to so-called women’s work. Dr. Cameron's record of service includes offices held in a number of organizations such as the Saskatoon women’s division of the Canadian Institute of International Affairs, the local branch of the Humanities Association, the University Faculty Club, the Canadian Federation of University Women, and the Canadian Association of University Teachers of French. After retiring, Dr. Cameron translated three volumes of Gustave Lanctot’s historical work and the English version of Guy Fregault’s La Guerre de la Conquete. Dr. Cameron retired in 1963 and was awarded an honourary Doctor of Laws degree from the U of S in 1967. The Margaret M. Cameron Prize in French is awarded annually.

Durward Thomas, LLB '29 (Sask), registrar of the Court of Queen's Bench and former Saskatoon alderman, pulls a cord revealing painting of F.C. Cronkite, Dean of Law from 1930-1961, on display.

Bio/Historical Note: Born on a New Brunswick farm on 22 December 1894, Frederick Clinton Cronkite received his early education locally, including a BA from the University of New Brunswick. Upon graduation he studied at Harvard, obtaining both an MA in economics and government and an LLB. Cronkite returned to New Brunswick were he practiced law until 1924, when he joined the faculty of Law at the University of Saskatchewan. In 1930 he succeeded Dr. Arthur S. Moxon as Dean. During his tenure enrollment in the College of Law increased and the College broadened its curriculum, providing classes in both labour and administrative law. Cronkite was active in civic politics, serving as an alderman for ten years. He was also active provincially and nationally, aiding in the presentation of the Saskatchewan case to the Rowell-Sirois Royal Commission on Dominion-Provincial Relations, serving on the Royal Commission on Transportation, corresponding on various other royal commissions, and serving on the Saskatchewan Reconstruction Council, the Committee on Urban Assessments, and on the Saskatchewan Health Services Planning Commission. Between 1945-1961 he was asked to hear several labour arbitration cases. Upon Cronkite's retirement in 1961 he was named Dean Emeritus; and in 1967 the U of S awarded him an honourary Doctor of Laws degree. Dr. Cronkite died in April 1973.

Head and shoulders image of Gwyn Jones.

Bio/Historical Note: Gwyn Owain Jones CBE (1917-2006), often known as G.O. Jones, was a Welsh physicist and academic, who moved from being a professor at the University of London to become director of the National Museum of Wales.

Posed indoor image of Archibald P. McNab, member, University Board of Governors.

Bio/Historical Note: Archibald Peter (Archie) McNab was born 29 May 1864 in Glengarry, Ontario, He moved west to Winnipeg in 1882 before homesteading at Virden, Manitoba. Successive years of drought forced McNab to give up farming by 1887, after which he became a grain buyer for Ogilvie Flour Mills. In 1902 he was transferred to Rosthern where he invested in two grain elevators. McNab later sold his interest and moved to Saskatoon. There he established the Dominion Elevator Company and helped found the Saskatchewan Central Railway Company and the Saskatchewan Power Company. McNab's political career began in 1908 with his election as Liberal MLA for Saskatoon City. Shortly after he was named commissioner of Municipal Affairs and in 1912 was named minister of Public Works. In addition to overseeing the construction of some of the province's most notable public buildings, McNab played an instrumental role in acquiring the University of Saskatchewan for Saskatoon. In 1926 he secured a position on the local government board until accusations of impropriety forced his resignation four years later. Although he had been comfortably retired for six years, McNab accepted the vice-regal appointment on 1936. During McNab's two terms as Lieutenant-Governor, the frugal character of Government House reflected the prevailing mood of a province suffering through drought and war. Nevertheless, an appropriate welcome was extended to King George VI and Queen Elizabeth during their visit to Government House in 1939. McNab also welcomed children to play on the grounds of the vice-regal residence before the CCF government announced the home's closure in September 1944. The last Lieutenant Governor to live in Government House, McNab resigned on 26 February 1945, due to failing health. Archie McNab died of pneumonia on 29 April 1945 in Regina.

image of the Right Honourable Louis St. Laurent (at centre), Prime Minister of Canada; and from l to r: Russell Hopkins (left), Law '32, Ottawa branch president; George Hugh Castleden, MP, Arts '35 (CCF-Yorkton); Neil Harris, Arts '47, Director of Musical Production, Saskatchewan Golden Jubilee Committee, all standing amongst the female choir in the Railway Committee Rooms at Ottawa.

Group photograph of four women in black academic robes, one holding a piece of paper. L to r: Caroline Fraser (Bruce); Elsie Hall, LLB '20; Agnes Mary Valens (Balfour) (holding paper), LLB '21; Iva Zella Young (Conboy), LLB '21.

Bio/Historical Note: Agnes Valens Balfour, BA '14, LLB '21, died in Saskatoon on 23 August 1944. Iva Zella Conboy, LLB '21, died in Chilliwack, British Columbia, on 23 December 1970.