Elevated view of Bernadine A. Bujila, Professor, Department of French, speaking from head table at Faculty retirement banquet.

Bio/Historical Note: Bernadine Bujila (nee Hoeschen) was born in 1906 in Melrose, Minnesota. She received both a BA (1925) and B.Ed (1930) from the University of Saskatchewan and was also awarded the Governor General's gold medal. Dr. Bujila received her MA from Columbia in 1928 and did further post-graduate work at both the University of Chicago and the University of Michigan, where she received her PhD in 1948. After teaching in high schools in both the U.S. and Saskatchewan, Dr. Bujila joined the faculty of the University of Saskatchewan in 1935. Dr. Bujila was appointed Assistant Professor in 1946 and Department Head in 1960, retiring in 1967. Dr. Bujila died in 1987 in Saskatoon.