Head and shoulders image of Mr. Justice Fred Sheppard, honourary Doctor of Laws degree recipient; likely taken at time of presentation.

Bio/Historical Note: Mr. Justice Frederick Anderson Sheppard was born in 1890 in Belwood, Wellington County, Ontario. He graduated in Arts (1912) from the University of Toronto and in Law (1916) from the University of Saskatchewan. After practicing law in Saskatoon from 1916-1928, Mr. Justice Sheppard joined the College of Law in the U of S, where he was professor of Law for the next ten years. He moved to Vancouver and in 1955 was appointed to the Court of Appeal for British Columbia. Mr. Justice Sheppard retired in 1965 and was awarded an honourary Doctor of Laws degree by the U of S in 1967. Fred Sheppard died in Vancouver in 1980 at age 90.