Head and shoulders image of Clarence Tracy, Department of English, 1950-1966.

Bio/Historical Note: Clarence Rupert Tracy was born in Ontario in 1908 and received his education at the University of Toronto and at Yale. Tracy was a professor of English from 1950-1966. at the University of Saskatchewan, and head of the department from 1964-65. The author of a number of scholarly works, he was secretary-treasurer of the Humanities Association (1952-1954). Tracy died in 1988.

Head and shoulders image of Dr. Clarence R. Forsberg, Department of Civil Engineering, 1938-1971.

Bio/Historical Note: Clarence R. Forsberg was born in 1914. He joined the Department of Civil Engineering in 1938. Dr. Forsberg died in 1994. A memorial scholarship bearing his name is awarded yearly by the College of Engineering.

Head and shoulders image of Alfred R. Byers, Department of Geological Sciences.

Bio/Historical Note: Alfred Roddick Byers was born on 25 February 1911 in Ste. Agathe des Monts, Quebec. He received his BSc (1932), MSc (1933) and his PhD (1935) from McGill. Prior to joining the University of Saskatchewan in 1940, Byers was employed as a geological consultant. He was made full professor in 1957 and Head of the Department of Geological Sciences in 1965. He also served as acting director of the Institute for Northern Studies in 1964. Byers retired from the University in 1972, and died in 1992.

Head and shoulders image of Laura E. Glazer, Extension Specialist, Extension Division, 1958-1974.

Head and shoulders image of Andrew Michalenko, professor of Engineering.

Bio/Historical Note: Andrew Michalenko was born in 1909 in Borden, Saskatchewan. He was a faculty member of the College of Engineering at the University of Saskatchewan for 34 years. He retired as Professor Emeritus in 1974. Michalenko was a member of the Ukrainian Orthodox Holy Trinity Cathedral in Saskatoon in which he was active in its construction and administration. He played a significant role in the administration and renovation of the P. Mohyla Institute during the difficult post-depression period and during the construction of the new Mohyla Institute. He was active in the Ukrainian Self Reliance League of Canada at all levels; In the Ukrainian Canadian Committee and in his Professional Engineering Society. Michalenko died in Edmonton in 1981.

Head and shoulders image of Dr. James Naylor, Professor of Biology.

Bio/Historical Note: Dr. James Maurice Naylor was born in 1920 in Hawarden, Saskatchewan. Following service with the RCAF during World War II, he entered the University of Saskatchewan, earning a BSA (1949) and an MSc (1950). Dr. Naylor continued his postgraduate work at the University of Wisconsin, receiving a PhD in botany in 1953. He joined the Uof S in 1953 as assistant professor in Agriculture, and moved to the Department of Biology in 1961. Dr. Naylor was promoted to full professor in 1964 and was named head of the department in 1968, a position which he held for five years. Dr. Naylor instigated the Division of Life Sciences, and, with Ray Skinner, formed the Saskatoon Committee for the Control of Radiation Hazards. He also served as Chairman of the Faculty Association. Dr. Naylor died in Saskatoon in 1984 at age 64.

Head and shoulders image of Dr. William J. Maher, Biology.

Bio/Historical Note: Dr. William Joseph Maher was born on 10 March 1927 in Brooklyn, New York. After a brief stint in the United States military, he studied biology at Purdue University, graduating with a BSc in 1951. He earned an MA in Zoology from the University of Michigan in 1953. For the next two years Dr. Maher was with the U.S. Geological Survey as a research technician working on a permafrost project. In 1955 he returned to his graduate studies at the University of California, Berkeley. Dr. Maher began the ecological study of the pomarine, parasistic, and long-tailed jaegers in northern Alaska, earning his PhD in 1961. Dr. Maher joined the Department of Biology at the University of Saskatchewan as a visiting assistant professor in 1963. The following year he was appointed associate professor rising to the rank of full professor in 1974. Dr. Maher retired in 1994 and was named Professor Emeritus. Specializing in vertebrate taxonomy and ornithology, his research took him to many and far flung locations including the Canadian and American Arctic, Antarctica and Australia. Dr. Maher died on 28 July 2016 in Parksville, British Columbia, at age 89.

Head and shoulders image of Dr. P.J. Thair, professor of Agriculture and head of Agricultural Economics. and Anita Thair, who is holding a bouquet of flowers.

Students gathered around the Frosh Welcome Week booth in the Bowl.

Image of Gordon W. Snelgrove standing in front of three paintings (l to r): Many Chiefs, Piegan Chiefs; James Henderson; and Bears Paw, Stony Chief.

Bio/Historical Note: Gordon W. Snelgrove (1898–1966) was a painter, art historian and one of the first people in Canada to receive a PhD in art history. In 1936 he served as professor of art and art history at the University of Saskatchewan’s Regina campus. Later he joined the University of Saskatchewan’s Saskatoon campus as head of the Art Department and remained in that position until his retirement in the fall of 1965. He died in February 1966. The Gordon Snelgrove Gallery was opened in the basement of the Murray Building in 1966. It serves as a venue for students to showcase their work and acts as a tribute to a man devoted to art and teaching new generations of artists. It also curates the collection for the department of art and art history, comprised of select works from graduating students that are displayed throughout the campus.

Head and shoulders image of Ralph K. Larmour, Department of Chemistry, 1923-1945.

Bio/Historical Note: Ralph Kenneth Larmour was born in 1894 in Irena, Ontario. He spent his youth in Morrisburg and later taught school in rural Ontario and Saskatchewan. During World War One, Larmour served with the 78th Winnipeg Grenadiers and received the Military Medal following action at Passchendaele. In 1919, he enrolled at the University of Saskatchewan, earning both a B.Sc. (1923) and M.Sc. (1925); in 1927 he received a Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota. Larmour joined the Department of Chemistry in 1927 and for the next 18 years built a solid reputation for research in cereal chemistry. During those years, he was also active with the Canadian Officers Training Corps (COTC). In 1945 Larmour accepted an appointment as Director of Research of the National Research Council's newly established Prairie Regional Laboratory in Saskatoon, where he remained until 1947. Concurrent with this appointment, he served as Scientific Advisor to the Canadian High Commissioner in London. From 1945 to 1963, Larmour served as the first Director of Research of Maple Leaf Mills, Toronto. Larmour retired in 1963 and settled in Grimsby, Ontario, where he died in 1970.

Head and shoulders image of Dr. John D. Ripley, Canadian theatre scholar and teacher.

Bio/Historical Note: Born in Londonderry, Nova Scotia, on 27 January 1936, Dr. John Daniel Ripley received his early education in Londonderry and Yarmouth and later attended the University of New Brunswick where he completed a BA (1st Class Hons.) and an MA in English. In 1963 he received his PhD in theatre history) from the Shakespeare Institute (University of Birmingham, England). He also studied theatre professionally at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, London, and held Licentiate diplomas from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama (speech and drama), the Royal Academy of Music (speech and drama teaching), and Trinity College of Music (voice and speech). In 1963 he joined the Department of English at Dalhousie University, where he was active in the founding of the Dalhousie Drama Workshop (later the Department of Theatre) and the design and construction of the Dalhousie Arts Centre. He joined McGill's Department of English in 1969 as associate professor and director of the Drama and Theatre Program, where he remained until his retirement in 1997. In 1980 he was promoted to professor of English and in 1990 was named to the David C. Greenshields Chair. He served as chair of the Department of English from 1990-1993, and was a member of Senate and a Senate representative on McGill's Board of Governors for some years. Throughout his teaching career he followed with interest the careers of the numerous Canadian actors, directors, and media figures who had passed through his classes, but he took equal delight in those who discovered in theatre a continuing source of personal enrichment. From time to time in the course of his career, Dr. Ripley acted and directed in Canada and Europe in stage, radio, and television productions ranging from medieval mysteries to soap opera. His last appearances were in the daily television serial Time of Your Life. Dr. Ripley was the author of three books on stage history, and numerous contributions to essay collections, periodicals, and reference works. On his retirement, Dr. Ripley was invited to become Visiting Pforzheimer Curator of the Performing Arts Collection at the Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center at the University of Texas at Austin where he served for some years. In 2012, he was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal. Dr. Ripley died on 18 September 2015 in Montreal.

A library employee receives food from a boater-hatted committee member at an event held outside of Kirk Hall.

Wesley C. MacAulay, Dean of Pharmacy, standing at podium during a Kiwanis Club event. Large sign behind him reads “Kiwanis Action”. View of back of room looking towards speaker.

Unidentified curling team members and winners of [L.E.] Kirk Trophy of 1st Event.

Bio/Historical Note: L.E. Kirk was dean of Agriculture from 1937-1947.