Students in a special University program in vocational education and industrial arts working in the mill work and cabinet-making shop at the Kelsey Institute of Applied Arts and Sciences, Saskatoon.

Jane Montgomery, research technician, checks a spectrogram produced by a high resolution Laser-Raman Spectrophotometer. The spectrogram contains a record of the machine's analysis of gases and microbes.

Studio portrait of Diane Jones, Huskiette pentathlete.

Bio/Historical Note: Diane Helen Jones-Konihowski was born in 1951 in Vancouver and raised in Saskatoon. In 1967 she represented Canada internationally for the first time as a high jumper and javelin thrower. Jones won her first international medal, a high jump bronze, at the 1969 Pacific Conference Games. She represented Canada in the pentathlon at the Munich Olympics in 1972. Jones was a gold medalist in the pentathlon at the 1975 Pan American Games in Mexico City; that same year she was named Canada’s Female Athlete of the Year. Jones graduated from the University of Saskatchewan in 1976 with a BEd. In 1978 she won a gold medal at the Commonwealth Games in Edmonton and was named Canada’s Female Athlete of the Year for the second time in her career. Jones married fellow athlete John Konihowski in 1977; the wedding ceremony was carried live on CFQC-TV. In 1979 she won her second Pan American Games gold medal. Forced to miss the Moscow Olympics of 1980 due to the boycott that Jones-Konihowski strenuously opposed, she seriously considered going to the Soviet Union to compete as an athlete without a flag or nation. Jones-Konihowski eventually decided it was safer to not attend and athletically made her statement two weeks later at a pentathlon in Germany, winning gold, and beating all the Moscow 1980 Olympic medalists. During her career Jones-Konihowski ranked first in the world twice. Jones-Konihowski was awarded the Order of Canada in 1979 and inducted into the Saskatchewan Sports Hall of Fame in 1980. She was the recipient of the YWCA Woman of Distinction Sport & Recreation Award in 1988. In 1996 she was inducted into the Canadian Olympic Sports Hall of Fame. Jones-Konihowski has remained active in Canadian sports, having worked as a coach and sports administrator for many national athletic boards including Fair Play Canada, the Coaching Association of Canada, the Canadian Olympic Association, as well as the Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport. In 2000 Jones-Konihowski led Canada’s Olympic Team to the Sydney Olympics as the Chef de Mission. She was presented with an honourary Doctor of Laws degree from the U of S in 2002. In 2005 Jones-Konihowski was elected to the board of directors of the Canadian Olympic Committee. Jones-Konihowski is a member of the Canadian Sports Hall of Fame (2020) and the Canada West Conference Hall of Fame (2021).

Dr. Keith Downey (left) and Dr. Baldur R. Stefansson, co-recipients of the 1975 Royal Bank Award.

Bio/Historical Note: Dr. Richard Keith Downey was born in 1927 in Saskatoon. He received a BSA in 1951 and an MSc in 1952, both from the University of Saskatchewan. Dr. Downey received his PhD from Cornell University in 1961. In 1951 Dr. Downey began working for Agriculture Canada in Saskatoon, becoming Senior Research Scientist Emeritus in 1993. He started his own firm and is President of Canoglobe Consulting Inc. He worked with Dr. Baldur Stefansson to develop a variety of rapeseed that could be used as an edible oil. This is known as canola and is one of Canada’s top edible oils and one of the largest oilseed crops in the world. Dr. Downey became known as the "Father of Canola". He is the breeder and co-breeder of 13 rapeseed/canola varieties and five condiment mustard varieties. Dr. Downey was named an officer of the Order of Canada (1976) and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada (1979). He is also a Fellow of the Agriculture Institute of Canada and an honourary life member of the Canadian Seed Growers Association and of the Saskatchewan Rapeseed Association. He received an honourary Doctor of Science degree from the U of S in 1994 and the Eminent Scientist Award at the Ninth International Rapeseed Congress in 1995. In 1996 he was inducted into the Saskatchewan Agricultural Hall of Fame, and in 2002 into the Canadian Agricultural Hall of Fame. In 1998, "Downey Street" at a research and development park in Saskatoon was named in his honour.

Bio/Historical Note: Dr. Baldur Rosmund Stefansson was born in 1917 in Vestfold, Manitoba. He served in the Royal Canadian Army during World War II. After the war Dr. Stefansson attended the University of Manitoba where he received a Dip.Ag. in 1949, a BSA in 1950, and a MSc in 1952. He received his PhD in 1966. Dr. Stefansson worked in the Department of Plant Science for the University of Manitoba as a professor and researcher. He worked with Dr. Keith Downey of the University of Saskatchewan to develop a variety of rapeseed that could be used as an edible oil. This is known as canola and is one of Canada's top edible oil and one of the largest oilseed crops in the world. Dr. Steffansson became known as the "Father of Canola". He retired in 1986. Dr. Steffansson died in [Winnipeg] in 2002.

Senator Sid Buckwold speaks from podium during ceremony.

Sod turning ceremony for the new Diefenbaker Canada Centre. Tom Gauley, University Board of Governors, speaks from podium. On dais is R.W. Begg (third from right), University President, and Ray Hnatyshyn (second from right), Member of Parliament for Saskatoon-Biggar.

Ms. Del Koenig (standing with book) and a group of northern visitors in the College of Education's Instructional Resources Centre look over teaching aids for primary school students.

Attendees at a luncheon in honour of Freda and Reinhold Termunde who donated the Termunde family farm to the university in 1975.

Bio/Historical Note: The Johann and Johanne Sophie Termunde family established a farm near Lanigan in 1909, and it was the home for many years of the Four Square Herefords. When the last two siblings of the Termuende family remaining in Canada, Reinhold (1899-1963) and Frieda (b. 1895), retired from farming in 1964, the family farm was entrusted to the University of Saskatchewan for agricultural research. with stipulations that the wildlife habitat on the farm would be respected, and that the Termundes would remain in their home. The university managed the Termunde Research Farm until 1998 when the WBDC was established as a partnership between the university, province, and beef and forage producers to continue the research program at the farm. Since 2005 it has operated as a division of the Prairie Agricultural Machinery Institute. This year’s summer field day at the Western Beef Development Centre (WBDC) marked the end of an era at Termuende Research Ranch, but the Termuende family legacy that underpinned the development of a dedicated forage-beef research and outreach program will live on when the WBDC program moves to the new Livestock and Forage Centre of Excellence (LFCE) southeast of Saskatoon on 1 April 2018.

Posed indoor image of Brian Towriss, Huskies football defensive tackle and Canada West all-star, in uniform.

Bio/Historical Note: Brian (B.T.) Towriss (b. 1956) played defensive tackle for the University of Saskatchewan Huskies from 1974-1977. Towriss became the Huskies’ head coach in 1984 after spending four seasons as assistant coach. Towriss became CIS football's winningest head coach in 2011, surpassing Larry Haylor with his 170th overall win. He resigned as head coach in December 2016 with a U Sports football record 196 wins and 315 games coached. Towriss also holds the record for most appearances as a head coach in the Vanier Cup with nine, having won three of those in 1990, 1996, 1998. He is a member of the Saskatchewan Order of Merit, awarded in 2007. He was inducted into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame in 2017 as a builder.

Looking west at the Biology Building.

Looking east at Observatory; MacLean Hall at right. Tree branches in foreground.

Bio/Historical Note: The Observatory was designed by Gentil J.K. Verbeke and constructed in two phases using local limestone from 1928-1930 for about $23,000. The R. J. Arrand Contracting Co. was contracted to build the Observatory Tower in 1928 for a cost of $6625. The firm completed the tower $353 under budget on 14 April 1929, for $6,272. On 20 June 1929 R. J. Arrand was again awarded a contract by the University, this time to build the small classroom wing of the Observatory for $15,640. Work on the classroom wing was completed on 23 January 1930 for $15,034.50. University funding for the construction of the building was supplemented by private donations. Along with the Field Husbandry Building, the Observatory would be among the last free-standing buildings constructed on campus until after World War II. A plaque with the names of many donors still hangs inside the dome of the observatory. Saskatoon residents will find many of the names highly recognizable even today. A sundial was added to the exterior of the Observatory during the 1940s. It reads:
I am a Shadow
So art thou
The observatory facilities are available for use by both university students and visitors to the campus. The telescopes and other scientific equipment are used by students during the laboratory component of their courses. University personnel regularly offer tours of the observatory to elementary and high school classes, youth groups and other community associations. The Observatory is staffed year-round on Saturday nights so that any visitor may view celestial objects through the telescope.