W.P. Thompson, head, Biology, and third University President, speaks during the official opening of the [W.P. Thompson] Biology Building.

Bio/Historical Note: The W.P. Thompson Biology Building is named after Walter Palmer Thompson, the University of Saskatchewan's third president and founder of the Biology Department (1913). Designed by Izumi, Arnott and Sugiyama, it was constructed between 1957 and 1959 and officially opened in 1960. Set back from the Bowl, the flat-roofed cube style building was located between the Collegiate Gothic architecture of the Chemistry and Physics Buildings. It originally consisted of a teaching wing and a research wing but a header and greenhouse complex was added in 1962. Unlike many other Canadian universities the Department of Biology remained a single unit, balancing diverse sub-disciplines rather than separating into several distinct departments. Prior to the building's opening in 1960, work in biological sciences was scattered among four campus locations. Perhaps the most striking of the building’s features is the mural of mosaic tiles that adorns the south and west exterior walls. The mural depicts the four main stages of cellular mitosis. The artist, Roy Kiyooka, chose chromosome patterns as a testament to Dr. Thompson's important discoveries regarding the genetics of wheat rust. In 1986, the Geology Building was completed on the south side of Biology, resulting in the transformation of the south façade from an exterior into an interior wall, part of a new atrium.

J.W.T. Spinks, newly-installed University President, shaking hands with Arthur Moxon, Queen's Counsel of Saskatoon, after his official greetings speech during Installation ceremony held at Physical Education gymnasium. Both wearing academic gowns; other dignitaries seated in background.

Bio/Historical Note: John William Tranter Spinks was born in 1908 at Methwold, England. He received his PhD in Science from the University of London in 1930 and that same year joined the University of Saskatchewan as assistant professor of Chemistry. While on leave in Germany in 1933 he worked with Gerhard Herzberg, future Nobel prize winner in Chemistry, and was instrumental in bringing him to Canada. In 1938 Dr. Spinks became a full professor of Chemistry. During WWII Dr. Spinks developed search-and-rescue operations for the RCAF and took part in the early work on atomic energy. His scientific research led to major international achievements in radiation chemistry and his work included over 200 scientific papers. Dr. Spinks was appointed head of the department of Chemistry in 1948; Dean of the College of Graduate Studies in 1949 and was installed as President of the University, which he led through a very active period of development from 1959-1975. Dr. Spinks received many honours: Companion of the Order of Canada (1970); the Saskatchewan Agricultural Hall of Fame (1982), Saskatoon's Citizen of the Year (1985), and the Saskatchewan Order of Merit (1996). He married Mary Strelioff (1910-1999) on 5 June 1939 in Rugby Chapel on the U of S grounds. Dr. Spinks died in 1997 in Saskatoon at age 89. The north-facing four-storey Spinks Addition is home to the departments of Computer Science and Chemistry. It was completed in 2003. Spinks Drive in College Park honours Dr. Spinks. The University of Saskatchewan open source computer labs were named the Spinks Labs.

Dr. Harold Johns, President, University of Alberta, speaks from podium during J..W.T. Spinks' installation ceremony as University President. Dignitaries seated on dais; audience in foreground.

Bio/Historical Note: John William Tranter Spinks was born in 1908 at Methwold, England. He received his PhD in Science from the University of London in 1930 and that same year joined the University of Saskatchewan as assistant professor of Chemistry. While on leave in Germany in 1933 he worked with Gerhard Herzberg, future Nobel prize winner in Chemistry, and was instrumental in bringing him to Canada. In 1938 Dr. Spinks became a full professor of Chemistry. During WWII Dr. Spinks developed search-and-rescue operations for the RCAF and took part in the early work on atomic energy. His scientific research led to major international achievements in radiation chemistry and his work included over 200 scientific papers. Dr. Spinks was appointed head of the department of Chemistry in 1948; Dean of the College of Graduate Studies in 1949 and was installed as President of the University, which he led through a very active period of development from 1959-1975. Dr. Spinks received many honours: Companion of the Order of Canada (1970); the Saskatchewan Agricultural Hall of Fame (1982), Saskatoon's Citizen of the Year (1985), and the Saskatchewan Order of Merit (1996). He married Mary Strelioff (1910-1999) on 5 June 1939 in Rugby Chapel on the U of S grounds. Dr. Spinks died in 1997 in Saskatoon at age 89. The north-facing four-storey Spinks Addition is home to the departments of Computer Science and Chemistry. It was completed in 2003. Spinks Drive in College Park honours Dr. Spinks. The University of Saskatchewan open source computer labs were named the Spinks Labs.

Elevated view of dignitaries seated on dais with audience in foreground during J.W.T. Spinks' installation ceremony. View from back of Physical Education gymnasium looking towards dais.

Bio/Historical Note: John William Tranter Spinks was born in 1908 at Methwold, England. He received his PhD in Science from the University of London in 1930 and that same year joined the University of Saskatchewan as assistant professor of Chemistry. While on leave in Germany in 1933 he worked with Gerhard Herzberg, future Nobel prize winner in Chemistry, and was instrumental in bringing him to Canada. In 1938 Dr. Spinks became a full professor of Chemistry. During WWII Dr. Spinks developed search-and-rescue operations for the RCAF and took part in the early work on atomic energy. His scientific research led to major international achievements in radiation chemistry and his work included over 200 scientific papers. Dr. Spinks was appointed head of the department of Chemistry in 1948; Dean of the College of Graduate Studies in 1949 and was installed as President of the University, which he led through a very active period of development from 1959-1975. Dr. Spinks received many honours: Companion of the Order of Canada (1970); the Saskatchewan Agricultural Hall of Fame (1982), Saskatoon's Citizen of the Year (1985), and the Saskatchewan Order of Merit (1996). He married Mary Strelioff (1910-1999) on 5 June 1939 in Rugby Chapel on the U of S grounds. Dr. Spinks died in 1997 in Saskatoon at age 89. The north-facing four-storey Spinks Addition is home to the departments of Computer Science and Chemistry. It was completed in 2003. Spinks Drive in College Park honours Dr. Spinks. The University of Saskatchewan open source computer labs were named the Spinks Labs.

J.W.T Spinks, newly-installed University President, and Mary Spinks shaking hands with T.J. Arnason and his wife at the tea after Installation ceremony.
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Bio/Historical Note: John William Tranter Spinks was born in 1908 at Methwold, England. He received his PhD in Science from the University of London in 1930 and that same year joined the University of Saskatchewan as assistant professor of Chemistry. While on leave in Germany in 1933 he worked with Gerhard Herzberg, future Nobel prize winner in Chemistry, and was instrumental in bringing him to Canada. In 1938 Dr. Spinks became a full professor of Chemistry. During WWII Dr. Spinks developed search-and-rescue operations for the RCAF and took part in the early work on atomic energy. His scientific research led to major international achievements in radiation chemistry and his work included over 200 scientific papers. Dr. Spinks was appointed head of the department of Chemistry in 1948; Dean of the College of Graduate Studies in 1949 and was installed as President of the University, which he led through a very active period of development from 1959-1975. Dr. Spinks received many honours: Companion of the Order of Canada (1970); the Saskatchewan Agricultural Hall of Fame (1982), Saskatoon's Citizen of the Year (1985), and the Saskatchewan Order of Merit (1996). He married Mary Strelioff (1910-1999) on 5 June 1939 in Rugby Chapel on the U of S grounds. Dr. Spinks died in 1997 in Saskatoon at age 89. The north-facing four-storey Spinks Addition is home to the departments of Computer Science and Chemistry. It was completed in 2003. Spinks Drive in College Park honours Dr. Spinks. The University of Saskatchewan open source computer labs were named the Spinks Labs.

J.W.T. Spinks, University President, shaking hands with Dr. D.S. Rawson, head, Department of Biology, after handing him a key during the official opening of the [W.P. Thompson] Biology Building.

Bio/Historical Note: The W.P. Thompson Biology Building is named after Walter Palmer Thompson, the University of Saskatchewan's third president and founder of the Biology Department (1913). Designed by Izumi, Arnott and Sugiyama, it was constructed between 1957 and 1959 and officially opened in 1960. Set back from the Bowl, the flat-roofed cube style building was located between the Collegiate Gothic architecture of the Chemistry and Physics Buildings. It originally consisted of a teaching wing and a research wing but a header and greenhouse complex was added in 1962. Unlike many other Canadian universities the Department of Biology remained a single unit, balancing diverse sub-disciplines rather than separating into several distinct departments. Prior to the building's opening in 1960, work in biological sciences was scattered among four campus locations. Perhaps the most striking of the building’s features is the mural of mosaic tiles that adorns the south and west exterior walls. The mural depicts the four main stages of cellular mitosis. The artist, Roy Kiyooka, chose chromosome patterns as a testament to Dr. Thompson's important discoveries regarding the genetics of wheat rust. In 1986, the Geology Building was completed on the south side of Biology, resulting in the transformation of the south façade from an exterior into an interior wall, part of a new atrium.

Students seated taking instruction from Ken Lochhead. Paintings on wall in background.

Bio/Historical Note: Kenneth Campbell Lochhead, OC (1926-2006) was a Canadian professor and painter. Born in Ottawa, Ontario, he attended the Summer Art School at Queen's University in 1944. From 1945-1948, he attended the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in Philadelphia. From 1946-1948, he studied at the Barnes Foundation near Philadelphia. From 1950 to 1964, he was the director of the School of Art at the University of Saskatchewan – Regina Campus. Among his pupils there was Joan Rankin. In 1961, he exhibited his paintings as part of the Regina Five at the National Gallery of Canada with Art McKay, Ron Bloore, Ted Godwin, and Doug Morton. From 1964-1973, he was an associate professor in the School of Fine Arts at the University of Manitoba. In 1970, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada "for his contribution to the development of painting, especially in Western Canada, as an artist and teacher.” From 1973-1975, he was a professor in the Department of Visual Arts, Faculty of Fine Arts at York University. From 1975 to 1989, he was a professor in the Department of Visual Arts at the University of Ottawa. In 2006, he was awarded the Governor General’s Awards in Visual and Media Arts. He was made a member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts. Lochhead died in Ottawa in 2006.

P.A. Forsyth stands beside the equipment that records impulses from the ionosphere.

Bio/Historical Note: The Institute of Upper Atmospheric Studies (also called the Institute of Upper Atmospheric Physics) was a graduate school at the University of Saskatchewan.

Two women stand near a counter. Three purses or bags are displayed upon the counter.

Press conference regarding the announcement of construction of a new university in Regina. Seated at table are (l to r): Henry Baker, W.A. Riddell, dean, Regina Campus; J.W.T. Spinks, University President; F. Hedley Auld, University Chancellor; and Allan E. Blakeney, MLA for Regina City.

One image depicts freshmen lining up for class registration in the Administration building in convocation hall. Many are wearing frosh beanies. The second image shows students at the entrance to the Administration Building, again wearing frosh beanies. Two students stand guard at the door in roman costume holding spears.

image of Dr. Charles D. (CD) Stewart, Professor and Head, Department of Agricultural Engineering, sitting at his desk.

Back row: Anderson, Back, Baldwin, Bamford, Bell, Bradley, Brown, Butterly, Cameron, Caspell, Chapelle, Clawson, Cochran, Dobson, Duke, Duncan
Third row: Easson, Gorniak, Green, Gustauson, Hale, Hykawy, Jones, Keyser, Kinzel, Kubinec, Lamb, Leiter, Mayer, Mihalchuk
Second row: Near, nelson, Nicholson, Paul, Rathgeber, Rennie, Renwick, Rollo, Ryan, Sandness, Sawatzky, Shein, Sherbatiuk, Smith, Soulier
First row: Spence, Stanley, Teske, Thompson, Tisdale, Walling, Ward D., Ward S., Wilson, Wunsch, Yaeger, Yeske, Gow
Absent: Glover

Has a note in pencil which reads "1971"
Top row: MacDounald, Annabelle Louise; McDougal, Carol Alexandra; McLead, branda June; Magnus, Mirian Vera; Malanchuk, Donna Jean; Meinert, Sharon Lee; Miller, Charlotte Mabel; Moats, Catherine Lulu; Moebis, Freda Elaine; Moir, Marjolyn Deanna; Oster, Diana Mary Elizabeth.
Third row: Pattison, Carol Helen; Pawlyshyn, Brenda Corrine; Peters, Veda June; Pletch, Patricia Ellen; Polowyk, Marlene; Potter, Sharon Elaine; Robinson, Ardene Louise; Sambrook, Sandra Jean; Sawyer, Marjorie Anne; Schamber, Velma Marie.
Second row: Sewell, Angeline Mary; Slotsve, Imogene Martha Louise; Slykhuis, Helen Emma; Smith, Heather Gail; Soron, Darlene Lnda Marie; Snowden, Donna Mildred; Stalder, Irene Evron; Stephenson, Shelly Anne; Tanaka, Veronica Maria Gloria; Tell, Sharon Irene; Thibault, Lorraine.
Bottom row: Thrasher, Judith Diane, Toombs, Susan; Waldron, Marie Ann Patricia; Waslenko, Darlene Faye; Wiebe, Marion Helen; Wiens, Sharon Elizabeth; Wigmore, Marmorie Elizabeth; Wood, Marian Loma; Zilka, Jean.
Absent: Olivier, Ann Marie.

Also says "second years 1970-71"
[first photo]
Back row: Adams, Gaylene; Andrusek, June; Beatty, Jill; Behrman, carol; Bell, jean; Berube, Brenda; Boser, Catherine; Bouvier, Laraine; Brown, Susan; Bryson, Delores.
Third row: Chorney, Doris; Clarke, Coleen; Craven, Laura; Dreger, Sandra; Eaton, Charlene; Engstrom, Donna; Findlay, Isabel; Franklin, Fern; Funk, Eleanor; Gabrielson, Bonnie.
Second row: Haaland, Cheryl; Hanowski, Florence; Harvey, Marilyn; Hawkins, Mary Ellen; Hedlin, Linene; Hill, Karen; Ingimarson, Paulette; Irwin, Helen; Jerred, Marsha; Johnston, Louise.
Front row: Jones, Sharon; Kirk, Brianna; Klapko, Linda; Knight, Ethel; Kowbel, Ethel; Kudel, Mary; Kinkel, Penelope; Neil, Susan; Rutherford, Sandra; Setrakov, Kathryn
Absent: Alexander, betty; Baldwin, Darlene; Bidulka, Jean; Fry, Deborah; Hawryluk, Barbara; Link, Sandra; Morgan, Margaret; Winger, Bonny; Zakaluzny, Theresa; Zimmerman, Joyce
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Back row: Bolton, Diana; Griffith, Patricia; Laberge, Kathleen; Lees, Lorna; Lenz, Shirley; Mandziak, Iris; Matheson, marion; Maxwell, Carol
Third row: McGillivray, Peggy; McKeen, Marion; McNeil, Dawn; Mehrer, Sharlene; Mochoruk, Gail; Njaa, Marlene; Nordin, Kaye; Peterson, Shelley
Second row: Raab, Dina; Randall, Donna; Robinson, Judith; Russell, Cheryl; Sampson, Brenda; Solheim, Joyce; Stadnyk, Joanne; Stayner, Margaret; Stockan, Deborah
Front row: Wagner, Joan; Wasyluk, Linda; Webb, Diana; Weiers, Elaine; Zdunich, Brenda; Zurowski, Dawn
Absent: Caton, Margaret; Parkinson, Debrah; Piper, Linda; Prefontaine, Louise; Rollo, Kathleen; Schmidt, Joan; Schmidt, Joyce; Zakus, Paulette