Head and shoulders image of Dr. Eric B. Moysey, professor, Department of Agricultural Engineering, and Fellow, Canadian Society of Agricultural Engineering.

Bio/Historical Note: Born 12 July 1925 in Eston, Saskatchewan, Eric Bangor Moysey was raised on the family farm and received his early education in one-room schools. University studies took him to Saskatoon, graduating from engineering at the University of Saskatchewan in 1948. Dr. Moysey then pursued graduate studies at Iowa State in Ames. In 1950 he accepted a teaching position in the College of Engineering at the U of S. Dr. Moysey will be remembered professionally not only for his teaching but for his research, particularly in the areas of farm building standards, porous windbreaks and bulk storage of oilseed crops. In 2005 he moved to Winnipeg to be closer to family. Dr. Moysey died 12 March 2016.

Head and shoulders image of Dr. Eldor Paul, assistant professor, Department of Soil Science.

Bio/Historical Note: Dr. Eldor A. Paul earned his BSc (1954) and MSc (1956) at the University of Alberta. He completed his PhD in Soil Microbiology (1958) at the University of Minnesota. Dr. Paul served as departmental chair and professor in the Department of Plant and Soil Biology at UC Berkeley, and was a faculty member of Soil Science (1970s] at the University of Saskatchewan. Dr. Paul was professor of Soil Microbiology and Biochemistry and departmental chair in the Department of Soil and Crop Sciences at Michigan State University. Dr. Paul has a lifelong interest in teaching and research in both grassland ecology and agroecosystems, ranging from wheat fields in Canada, through corn-belt rotations in the Great Lakes region of the United States, into the afforested systems in California and Colorado. Dr. Paul is currently a senior research scientist at the Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory, and a professor in the Department of Soil and Crop Sciences at Colorado State University, Fort Collins (2022).

Faculty retirees and spouses sitting at head table at annual faculty retirement banquet in Marquis Hall. Unidentified speaker addressing attendees.

J.B. Kirkpatrick, Dean, College of Education, speaking from head table at annual faculty retirement banquet in Marquis Hall.

Head and shoulders image of Graham W. Rowley, Arctic explorer; likely taken at the time of the presentation of an honorary Doctor of Laws Degree by the University of Saskatchewan.

Bio/Historical Note: Graham Westbrook Rowley was born in 1912 in Manchester, England. He attended Clare College, Cambridge, and received his BA from the University of Cambridge in 1934 and his MA from the same institution in 1936. From 1936-1939, Rowley engaged in an archaeological excavation in the Eastern Canadian Arctic. During this time, he discovered new islands in Fox Basin, carried out the original exploration of the Baffin Island coast, crossed Baffin Island by a new route, and excavated the first major site in Dorset culture. Because of his work with the Inuit and Dorset peoples, Rowley had a large island and river in the Arctic named after him. A Fellow of the Royal Canadian Geographical Society, Rowley was awarded the Society's prestigious Massey Medal in 1963 for his geographical work. As a scientist with the Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development in the early 1970s, he created a training program for Northern scientists and developed ground and air support services for scientific groups working in the Arctic. He was made an honourary member of the American Polar Society in 1985, due to his countless advancements and discoveries in the field. Rowley died in Ottawa in 2003.

John Diefenbaker in his Ottawa office looking out a window; statue of Sir John A. Macdonald in foreground.