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Honourary Degrees - Addresses - A.W.R. (Fred) Carrothers

A.W.R. (Fred) Carrothers, honourary Doctor of Laws degree recipient, speaking from podium during Convocation held at Centennial Auditorium.

Bio/Historical Note: Born in Saskatoon on 1 June 1923, the son of W.A. Carrothers, professor of Economics at the University of Saskatchewan, Alfred William Rooke (Fred) Carrothers earned a BA in 1947 and an LLB in 1948 as part of the first graduating class in law at the University of British Columbia. He received a Master of Laws degree in 1951 from the Harvard Law School and a Doctorate of Juridical Science in 1966. He was called to the Bars of British Columbia in 1948, of Ontario in 1965, and of Alberta in 1969. He started his career as an academic at the University of British Columbia where he was a lecturer from 1948 to 1950. Carrothers was an assistant professor at Dalhousie University from 1951 to 1952. In 1952, he joined the University of British Columbia as an assistant professor, becoming an associate professor in 1955, and a full professor in 1960. From 1960 to 1962 Carrothers was also director of the Institute for Industrial Relations. In 1964 he became Dean and a professor of Law at the University of Western Ontario. Carrothers was President of the University of Calgary from 1969 to 1974. From 1974 to 1977 he was founding president of the Institute for Research on Public Policy, Canada's oldest non-partisan public policy think tank. Carrothers was Dean of the Common Law Section of the Faculty of Law at the University of Ottawa from 1981 to 1983. In 1965 he was appointed by the government of Canada to head the Advisory Commission on the Development of Government in the Northwest Territories, which became known as the Carrothers Commission. Fred Carrothers died in 1998 in Victoria, British Columbia.

Convocation - Addresses - Christine Pastershank Devrome

Christine Pastershank Devrome, chairman, Board of Governors, speaking from podium during Convocation held at Centennial Auditorium.

Bio/Historical Note: Christine Devrome’s education culminated with a Master of Education in Educational Psychology in 1994 from the University of Saskatchewan preceded by a BA in 1970. Devrome’s Masters work focused on career development in changing organizations. She worked as a career development specialist integrating career counselling into an educational setting. She has accomplished this in her capacity as Program Head/Educational Counsellor in the Career Services department at SIAST in Saskatoon. Devrome was involved with the President's Institutional Renewal Committee and participated through the International Education Office with a career services program project with the Community Colleges Council of Jamaica. She also chaired the Campus Faculty Council from 1989-1993. As the executive director of the Saskatchewan Council of the Ukrainian Canadian Committee/Congress, Devrome administered coordination requirements and public relations for 250 Ukrainian organizations in Saskatchewan. Professional organizational posts were with the Saskatchewan Guidance and Counselling Association as Associate Editor and as alternate member on a Psychiatric Review Panel. The first Ukrainian woman to be appointed to the Board of Governors, University of Saskatchewan, Devrome served six years, with three as Board chairman. In addition to committee work, including that of the Status of Women she was involved in a search for President and a Dean of Education, amongst others. Devrome also participated in the renegotiation of the Exchange Agreement between the University of Saskatchewan and the University of Chernivtsi in Ukraine. Her Ukrainian community involvement included translation from Ukrainian into English of her mother's historical publication on the Ukrainian Catholic Churches in Saskatchewan. Educationally she organized and taught the first sadochok/nursery school at St. George's Cathedral Parish. Devrome served as President of the Ukrainian Professional and Business Association, was on the Vesna Festival Board as well as the Saskatchewan-Ukraine Advisory Committee. With the UCC she was responsible for the Ukrainian Arts Program selections, for community development programs in the three Prairie Provinces and was a provincial and national liaison. Devrome was a member of the Saskatchewan Provincial Council of Ukrainian Canadian Congress from 2011-2012.

Installation - President - Dr. Leo F. Kristjanson

Dr. Leo F. Kristjanson, newly-installed University President, speaking from podium during ceremony held at Centennial Auditorium.

Bio/Historical Note: Dr. Leo Friman Kristjanson was born on 28 February 1932 at Gimli, Manitoba. He attended the University of Winnipeg, earning a BA and an MA in history. In 1957 he began studies in Agricultural Economics at the University of Wisconsin. Upon finishing his course work in 1959, he accepted a position with the Centre for Community Studies at the University of Saskatchewan. The Centre was established to undertake a program of applied social research related to the development of Saskatchewan communities. In 1960 he began lecturing in the Department of Economics and Political Science, and completed his PhD in 1963. In 1965 Dr. Kristjanson joined the Department of Economics and Political Science. He was vice-president (Planning) of the University from 1975 to 1980, and in 1980 he became president of the U of S. Illness prevented him from completing his second term, and he retired in 1989. The atrium in the Agriculture building at the U of S is named in honour of Dr. Kristjanson’s contribution to the University. As president he sought funding for agricultural research and a new College of Agriculture building. He formed a “Sodbuster’s Club” to raise planning funds and undertook a leadership role in raising over $12 million from private sources for the construction of the building. Dr. Kristjanson was also instrumental in improving the Soil Testing Laboratory, the Poultry Centre, the Kernan Crop Research Laboratory, the Horticulture Field Service Building, the Saskatchewan Institute of Pedology’s Field Facilities, and the Large Animal Research Facility. Dr. Kristjanson was also instrumental in having an art gallery become part of the new College of Agriculture building, named in honour of the first resident artist at the university, August (Gus) Kenderine. Also during his term as president, the Centre for the Study of Co-Operatives, Toxicology Research Centre and the Centre for Agricultural Medicine were established. Dr. Kristjanson made major contributions to rural Saskatchewan as a consultant to farm organizations, co-operatives, credit unions, and governments. He served on boards and participated in projects designed to improve living conditions for farmers and their communities. Dr. Kristjanson was chairman of the Saskatchewan Natural Products Marketing Council from 1973 to 1979; a member of a committee to recommend restructuring of the Department of Co-operation; and chairman of the Board of Public Inquiry into the Poplar River Power Project, a provincial study of the environment. Dr. Kristjanson also wrote extensively and has given many public speeches on co-operatives, population and rural development, marketing boards, and commissions. He retired as president in 1989 due to health reasons, a year before the end of his second term. In 1990, Dr. Kristjanson was made a Member of the Order of Canada. He was inducted into the Saskatchewan Agricultural Hall of Fame the same year. After retirement, Dr. Kristjanson moved back to his hometown of Gimli, where he died on 21 August 2005.

Better Farming Train - Exterior

Two box cars and two flat cars with "Better Farming Train" banner along top of one car. Tilled field and fence in foreground.

Bio/Historical Note: From 1914 to 1922 a Better Farming Train (BFT) toured the province providing lectures and demonstrations and presenting exhibits on matters pertaining to agriculture. Funded by the Agricultural Instruction Act, equipped jointly by the Department of Agriculture and the College of Agriculture, and staffed by the University of Saskatchewan, the BFTs were operated free of charge by the railways. Consisting of between 14 to 17 cars they toured the province for several weeks each summer. During part of one summer two trains operated. The train was divided into five sections: Livestock; Field Husbandry; Boys and Girls; Household Science; Poultry; and Farm Mechanics. A converted flat car acted as a platform for the display and demonstration of the "well-selected" horses, cattle, sheep, swine and poultry. Each section usually contained a lecture car accompanied by one or more demonstration cars.

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