Chemistry equipment in lab of Dr. Art Knight, professor of Chemistry.

Bio/Historical Note: Dr. Art Knight was born in St. John's, Newfoundland. He attended Memorial University, earning both a BSc and an MSc before moving on to the University of Alberta for his Ph.D. He came to the University of Saskatchewan in 1964, progressing through the ranks becoming a full professor in 1972. Dr. Knight was appointed head of the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering in 1976, dean of Arts and Sciences in 1981 and associate vice-president (Academic) in 1990. In 1993 he joined SIAST Saskatoon Campus as president, where he remained until his retirement in 2003. Through the years Dr. Knight served his community as president of the Saskatoon Rotary Club, chair of the Board of Trustees of the Catholic School Board, member of the Knights of Columbus, and as a volunteer with his church and community association. His passion in retirement was to work as chair of the Board of the Mendel Art Gallery and toward the creation of the new Art Gallery of Saskatoon. Dr. Knight died in Saskatoon in 2011.