Joe Griffiths, director of Physical Education, leading a college cheer in Convocation Hall.

image of the Joe Griffiths Trophy for swimming excellence.

Bio/Historical Note: A newer Joe Griffiths Trophy was designed and created by sculptor Douglas Bentham; it was being awarded by 2016. The Joe Griffiths Trophy is awarded by the Saskatchewan Games; it goes to the district team showing the greatest percentage improvement from their final standing at the previous Games.

On back of photo: "The third annual class reunion celebration was held on May 13-14 with the classes of 1930 and 1945 honored guests. Each year at convocation time the University and Alumni Association jointly sponsor the reunions of the classes on their 10th and 25th anniversary. Alumni attended from as far distant as Quebec and British Columbia. The members of the classes were guests of the University on Convocation day and attended convocation in the morning, tea in the afternoon, and the Convocation banquet and ball in the evening. On Saturday the group toured the Memorial Union Building in the morning, had a class photograph taken, and then held a class reunion luncheon in the dining room of Saskatchewan Hall. Shown below in the reunion photo taken on the steps of Qu'appelle Hall are:
Front row: Dr. Orvald A. Gratias, MSc '30, Montreal; R.F. Rudd, Acc. '30, Vancouver; Mrs. J.F. Whiteley (Helen Betty Cooke) Arts '30, Melfort; M.J. Willis, MLA (Member of Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan), Educ. '30, Eston; A.W. (Allan) Shattuck, Eng. '30, Regina; L. "Gus" Bell, Agric '30, Saskatoon; Dr. William (Bill) S. Kinnear, Sc '30, Saskatoon; J. W. Tomecko, Arts '30, Senneville, P.Q.
Second row: Dr. L.C. Paul, Sc. '30, Saskatoon; Mrs. C.A. Mair (Mildred May Mundell), Arts '30, Saskatoon; Dr. Howard Dixon Hart, Arts '30, Saskatoon; C.I. Johnson, Eng. '30, Regina; A.A. McCallum, Sc. '30, Regina; P. Winnie Rowles, Sc. '30, Dewittville, P.Q.; Dr. J. Francis Leddy, Arts '30, Saskatoon; W.L. (Wally) Foss, Eng. '30, Lethbridge, Alta.
Third row: Miss E. G. Cooke, Educ '30, Regina; Mrs. J. W. Stechishin (Stella Wawyniuk), Arts '30, Saskatoon; Mrs. A.R. Pine (Grace Davis McKinnon), Sc. '30, Saskatoon; Mrs. E. K. Phillips (Jessie Wille), Arts '30, Saskatoon; A.E. Baughen, Pharm '30, Imperial, Saskatchewan; W.A. Cripps, Acc '30, Saskatoon; Dr. C.B. Orchard, Sc. '30, Saskatoon.
Fourth row: Miss H.R. Craik, Educ. '45, North Battleford; Miss Ida J. Young, Arts '30, Saskatoon; Miss H.S. Gold, Arts '30, Saskatoon; Miss Phyllis L. Bouschard, Arts '45, North Battleford; Helen D. Schwanbeck, Arts '30, Saskatoon; H. W. Mead, M.Sc. '30, Saskatoon.
Back row: R.G. Ellis, Arts '45, Regina; A.A. Kirk, Agric '45, Kerrobert; Mrs. G. H. Wilks (N. Ruth King), Arts '45, Saskatoon.
Registered but not present for the class photograph were the following: Mrs. H.S. Hay (Beulah F. Bridgeman), HSc '30, Saskatoon; T. Howard Gerrie, M.Sc. '30, Saskatoon; J.H. Marvin, Pharm. '30, Nokomis; Mrs. L.C. Paul (Mildred A. Wright), Educ. '30, Saskatoon; P.E. Reynolds, Arts '30, Saskatoon; Mrs. D.H. Bocking (Martha Merle Armstrong), Arts '45, Melfort; O.P. Bristol, Agric '45, Regina; H.R. Clark, Agric '45, Saskatoon; Mrs. D. Warren (Joan E. Cooke), HSc. '45, Saskatoon; Dr. J.H. Cumming, Arts '45, Saskatoon; Dr. A.A. Dick, Arts '45, Saskatoon; B.M. Ellis, Eng.'45, Saskatoon; R.B. McFarland, Mus '45, Saskatoon.

E.M. (Ted) Culliton, University Chancellor, making presentation of an honourary Doctor of Laws degree to Joe Griffiths at Convocation held in Physical Education gymnasium.

Presentation of scroll to Joe Griffiths, director of Physical Education, 1919-1951, during the first Athletic Alumni reunion banquet held at Marquis Hall.

Joe Griffiths, director of Physical Education (in a tiny pair of shorts), leading students in exercising [on campus]; trees and building in background. This was taken during the great thaw of January 1942.

Head and shoulders image of Dr. Bruce Reeder, Community Health & Epidemiology.

Bio/Historical Note: Dr. Bruce Reeder, MD, DTMH, MHSc, FRCPC, is Professor Emeritus, Community Health and Epidemiology (2023). Dr. Gary Groot, professor, Community Health and Epidemiology, led the Saskatchewan COVID-19 Evidence Support Think Tank and was assisted by Dr. Reeder (2022).

Head and shoulders image of Dr. Bruce R. Schnell, Dean of Pharmacy and Vice-President (Academic).

Bio/Historical Note: Dr. Bruce Robert Schnell was born in 1937 in Maymont, Saskatchewan. A 1960 University of Saskatchewan pharmacy graduate, he later earned a MBA degree at the University of Toronto and a PhD from the University of Wisconsin. He joined the faculty of the College of Pharmacy of the U of S in 1966, became dean in 1976, and vice-president (academic) in 1982. Dr. Schnell was responsible for the establishment of the Master Teacher Award program and was intimately involved in the academic reorganization resulting in the creation of the current College of Pharmacy and Nutrition. Named professor emeritus in 1994, Dr. Schnell subsequently served as the first executive director of The Canadian Council for Accreditation of Pharmacy Programs and developed the first accreditation standards for academic pharmacy in Canada. He is a Fellow of the Canadian Society of Hospital Pharmacists. Dr. Schnell directed two national research projects that significantly influenced hospital pharmacy standards and practice in Canada and abroad -- the Study of the Unit-Dose System of Drug Distribution in Canada and the Development of a Canadian Hospital Pharmacy Workload Measurement System. Dr. Schnell was a member of the Medical Research Council of Canada, associate editor of the Canadian Journal of Hospital Pharmacy and, for 28 years, chaired the editorial advisory panel of the Canadian Compendium of Pharmaceuticals and Specialties (CPS), the primary source of pharmaceutical product information for health professionals in Canada. He was chair of the Formulary Committee of the Saskatchewan Prescription Drug Plan for 17 years. In 2014 Dr. Schnell authored Pharmacy: An Art, a Science, a Profession - Reflections on 100 Years of Pharmacy Education in Saskatchewan. He was awarded an honourary Doctor of Laws degree by the U of S in 2015.

Head and shoulders image of Dr. Bruce R. Schnell, associate professor, College of Pharmacy.

Bio/Historical Note: Dr. Bruce Robert Schnell was born in 1937 in Maymont, Saskatchewan. A 1960 University of Saskatchewan pharmacy graduate, he later earned a MBA degree at the University of Toronto and a PhD from the University of Wisconsin. He joined the faculty of the College of Pharmacy of the U of S in 1966, became dean in 1976, and vice-president (academic) in 1982. Dr. Schnell was responsible for the establishment of the Master Teacher Award program and was intimately involved in the academic reorganization resulting in the creation of the current College of Pharmacy and Nutrition. Named professor emeritus in 1994, Dr. Schnell subsequently served as the first executive director of The Canadian Council for Accreditation of Pharmacy Programs and developed the first accreditation standards for academic pharmacy in Canada. He is a Fellow of the Canadian Society of Hospital Pharmacists. Dr. Schnell directed two national research projects that significantly influenced hospital pharmacy standards and practice in Canada and abroad -- the Study of the Unit-Dose System of Drug Distribution in Canada and the Development of a Canadian Hospital Pharmacy Workload Measurement System. Dr. Schnell was a member of the Medical Research Council of Canada, associate editor of the Canadian Journal of Hospital Pharmacy and, for 28 years, chaired the editorial advisory panel of the Canadian Compendium of Pharmaceuticals and Specialties (CPS), the primary source of pharmaceutical product information for health professionals in Canada. He was chair of the Formulary Committee of the Saskatchewan Prescription Drug Plan for 17 years. In 2014 Dr. Schnell authored Pharmacy: An Art, a Science, a Profession - Reflections on 100 Years of Pharmacy Education in Saskatchewan. He was awarded an honourary Doctor of Laws degree by the U of S in 2015.

Head and shoulders image of Dr. Bruce R. Schnell, assistant professor, Pharmacy.

Bio/Historical Note: Dr. Bruce Robert Schnell was born in 1937 in Maymont, Saskatchewan. A 1960 University of Saskatchewan pharmacy graduate, he later earned a MBA degree at the University of Toronto and a PhD from the University of Wisconsin. He joined the faculty of the College of Pharmacy of the U of S in 1966, became dean in 1976, and vice-president (academic) in 1982. Dr. Schnell was responsible for the establishment of the Master Teacher Award program and was intimately involved in the academic reorganization resulting in the creation of the current College of Pharmacy and Nutrition. Named professor emeritus in 1994, Dr. Schnell subsequently served as the first executive director of The Canadian Council for Accreditation of Pharmacy Programs and developed the first accreditation standards for academic pharmacy in Canada. He is a Fellow of the Canadian Society of Hospital Pharmacists. Dr. Schnell directed two national research projects that significantly influenced hospital pharmacy standards and practice in Canada and abroad -- the Study of the Unit-Dose System of Drug Distribution in Canada and the Development of a Canadian Hospital Pharmacy Workload Measurement System. Dr. Schnell was a member of the Medical Research Council of Canada, associate editor of the Canadian Journal of Hospital Pharmacy and, for 28 years, chaired the editorial advisory panel of the Canadian Compendium of Pharmaceuticals and Specialties (CPS), the primary source of pharmaceutical product information for health professionals in Canada. He was chair of the Formulary Committee of the Saskatchewan Prescription Drug Plan for 17 years. In 2014 Dr. Schnell authored Pharmacy: An Art, a Science, a Profession - Reflections on 100 Years of Pharmacy Education in Saskatchewan. He was awarded an honourary Doctor of Laws degree by the U of S in 2015.