Head and shoulders image of Dr. Don Rennie, Professor and Head, Department of Soil Science, and Director of the Saskatchewan Institute of Pedology.

Bio/Historical Note: Dr. Donald Andrews Rennie was born in 1922 in Medicine Hat, Alberta and raised on the family farm southeast of Gull Lake, Saskatchewan, where he took his public and high school education. His first job was as a clerk in the Bank of Nova Scotia from 1940-1942. Dr. Rennie served as a Flight Lieutenant in the RCAF from 1942-1945, flying with the 407 Coastal Squadron on anti-submarine patrol. Following the war he completed his BSA (Soil Science, Sask.) and PhD (Wisconsin). Dr. Rennie accepted a faculty position in the Department of Soil Science of the U of S in 1952, served as head of the department from 1964 1980, and director, Saskatchewan Institute of Pedology. Dr. Rennie was appointed dean of the College of Agriculture in 1984 and remained until retirement in 1989. Dr. Rennie died in 2007.