W.P. Thompson, former University President, sitting with a group on a platform along with J.W.T. Spinks and Mrs. Spinks, Sid Buckwold, former Mayor of Saskatoon, and Clarice Buckwold, while Roland Michener, Governor General of Canada, speaking from the podium in Convocation Hall.

Bio/Historical Note: W.P. Thompson was the third president of the University of Saskatchewan (1949–1959).

Close up of Pierre Trudeau speaking at a Liberal rally [in Saskatoon] for Otto Lang.

Bio/Historical Note: Otto Emil Lang, PC OC QC, was born 14 May 1932 in Handel, Saskatchewan. In 1961, he was appointed Dean of Law at the University of Saskatchewan, the youngest person to be appointed to that position, and served until 1969. A Rhodes Scholar, Lang holds a B.A. and an LL.B. from the University of Saskatchewan, a B.C.L from Oxford University (Exeter College) and an LL.D. from the University of Manitoba. He played for the Oxford University Ice Hockey Club, winning two Blues. Lang was elected to the House of Commons of Canada in the 1968 election, and was re-elected in the 1972 and 1974 elections as the Member of Parliament for Saskatoon-Humboldt. He served as Minister without Portfolio (1968-1970), Minister responsible for the Canadian Wheat Board (1969–79), Acting Minister of Mines, Energy and Resources (1969),.Minister of Manpower and Immigration (1970-1972), Minister of Justice and Attorney General (1972-1975), Minister of Transport (1975-1979), Acting Minister of Communications (1975), Acting Minister of Justice and Attorney General (1978), and Minister of Justice and Attorney General (1978). He was defeated in the 1979 federal election by Robert Ogle of the New Democratic Party. Following his career in politics, Lang served as the Executive Vice-President of Pioneer Grain Co. Ltd., Chairman of the Transport Institute at the University of Manitoba and as President, CEO of Centra Gas Manitoba Inc. He is currently retired, but serves as a director of several companies, including Investor's Group and the Winnipeg Airport Authority. In 2005-2006 Lang served as the co-chair of the federal Liberal election campaign for Manitoba. In 1999, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada. Lang was awarded an honourary Doctor of Laws degree by the University of Saskatchewan in 2013.

View of circular table in meeting room of Commerce Building.

Dais of dignitaries at official opening of new Commerce Building. Speaker at podium at right.

Bio/Historical Note: The Commerce and Law Buildings were designed and constructed as part of a single project between 1965 and 1967. The architect was John Holliday-Scott of the Saskatoon firm Holliday-Scott & Associates.

Three employees work on the nose cone of a space rocket in preparation for a spin test.

Bio/Historical Note: The University of Saskatchewan's Institute of Space and Atmospheric Studies joined in 1965 with university scientists and researchers to form the Space Engineering Division (later known as SED Systems Incorporated). SED supplies both systems and services to the satellite industry. SED is located in the Innovation Place Research Park on the U of S campus.

Buildings sitting in open field with gravel road in foreground.

Bio/Historical Note: From 1967 to 1972, plant ecologists at the University of Saskatchewan participated in the International Biological Program. As part of this worldwide study of agricultural productivity, ecologists established the Matador field station for grassland research carried out by scientists from thirty-four countries. The field station was located near Kyle, thirty miles north of Swift Current, in an area of natural grassland that was potentially the best wheat growing soil in the brown soil zone of Saskatchewan. The land (three square miles) was originally leased for 21 years from the Government of Saskatchewan; the lease (for $1/year) has since been renewed and currently expires in 2009. The Matador Project involved the study of the total grasslands ecosystem, including the interaction of animals, plants, microorganisms, soils and the atmosphere. Robert T. Coupland, Head of the Department of Plant Ecology, served as Director of the Matador Project.

Three men observing the equipment

Top row: Drake, Margaret, Cuelenaere, Lynne; Chomos, Joan
Second row: Hrabchek, Sister Mary; Kesler, Linda; Long, Barbara; Macfie, Janet; Macleod, Helen; Marlowe, Nora; Matheson, Sandra; McDonald, Margaret; McKenzie, Eleanore; Mickelson, Karen
Third row: Milos, Gloria; Mitchell, Margaret; Neumeyer, Margaret; Nokleby, Joyce; Olson, Marlene; Opheim, Mavis; Page, Janis; Panasiuk, Donna; Pasichnyk, Adeline
Fourth row: Popp, Claudette; Richardson, Carol; Rose, Lois; Ruten, Mary; Sather, Linda; Sawatzky, Dorothy; Scholz, Wenie; Scott, Marie; Sharkey, Andrea
Fifth row: Smith, Carol [Mabel?]; Sopatyk; Sonia; Stevenson, Gayle; Stewart, Heather; Thomas, Christine; Touet, Carol; Townsend, Leslie; Warkentin, Ruth; Watson, Judith
Bottom row: Watson, Margaret; West, Wanda; Westrum; Heather; Willms, Evangeline; Wilgenbusch, Rosella; Wurtz, Norma; Young, Doreen; Zabawski, Pauline; Zuk, Phyllis

Graduates, top row: Boyer, Barbara; Callaghan, Jean; Ebert, Karen; Goodman, Dona; Grandfield, Norma (Mrs.); Hammond, Lorraine; Jaiswal, Indu (Mrs.). Bottom row: Martsinkiw, Elizabeth; Mlazgar, Rita (Mrs.); Schendel, Brenda; Snider, Ruth; Wilson, Sheilda (Mrs.)

Back row: Ang, bruce, Cadman, Cameron, Davidson, Donaldson, Good, Gross, Ham, hansen, Martin, Hart.
Third row: Haskins, Hicks, Huber, Kalin, Kassen, Korchinski, Lavallee, Ledding, MacCarty, Turner, Pollock.
Second row: Pylypchuk, Sheffield, Shore, Smandych, Steger, Stein, Stilwell, Sutherland, Van Vliet (S).
Front row: Veale, Wagner, Gibney, Jacobsen, Manning, Mills, peterson, Young (G.B), Young (J.R).
Absent: Gibson, Isherwood, Little, Maber, Van Vliet (J.S.)

Exterior view of the farm located at the St. Elizabeth's Convent in Humboldt, Saskatchewan