Dr. A.L. Lynch, Saskatoon physician; Sir David Bruce, president, British Association for the Advancement of Science; and Dr. Seymour Hadwen (Veterinary Science) sit on a bench. The U of S hosted a meeting of the British organization.

Bio/Historical Note: Major-General Sir David Bruce (1855-1931) was an Australian-born British pathologist and microbiologist who investigated Malta fever (later called brucellosis in his honour) and African trypanosomiasis (sleeping sickness in humans and nagana in animals). He discovered a protozoan parasite transmitted by insects, later named Trypanosoma brucei after him.

Bio/Historical Note: Born in 1887 in Lees, Lancashire, England, Dr. Isaac Seymour André Hadwen moved to Canada in his teens. Despite having never met a veterinarian prior to the start his studies at McGill, he graduated with a DVSc in 1902. Dr. Hadwen served in a variety of positions in the federal Department of Agriculture from 1904 until 1920. From 1920 to 1922 he was chief veterinarian and parasitologist in charge of reindeer investigations in Alaska for the U.S. government. Dr. Hadwen was the first veterinarian to work at the University of Saskatchewan and was appointed in 1923 to direct research in animal diseases. He resigned in 1929 to become the director of the Department of Pathology and Bacteriology with the Ontario Research Foundation. Dr. Hadwen was a major figure in Canadian veterinary parasitology and natural history in the early 20th century. He was one of the first veterinary scientists in Canada to take an active interest in wildlife diseases. Dr. Hadwen died in 1947 in Gatineau, Québec at age 61.