Norman Murray Edwards of Commerce and from Toronto awaits presentation of the President's Medal during Convocation held at Centennial Auditorium.

J.W.T. Spinks, University President, awards the President's Medal to Robert Terry Blyth at Convocation held in Centennial Auditorium.

John G. Diefenbaker, University Chancellor, presents the President's Medal to Douglas Wilfred Bell, BSc, at Convocation held at Centennial Auditorium. Dignitaries seated in background include R.W. Begg (right), University President.

Emmett M. Hall, University Chancellor, presents the President's Medal to Gertrude Elizabeth Story during Convocation held at Centennial Auditorium. Story also won the University Prize that same year.

Bio/Historical Note: Gertrude Elizabeth Story (née Wudrick) was born 19 September 1929 and grew up in a German Lutheran farming environment at Bergheim, Saskatchewan, close to Sutherland. Her early years formed the background to much of her writing. Starting in the early 1950s Story developed her craft as a freelance writer and broadcaster. Her works include adult and children’s fiction, poetry, radio plays, commentary and non-fiction. For many years she entertained CBC Radio audiences with her literary reports from her home in Vanscoy, southwest of Saskatoon. An active member of the Saskatchewan Writers Guild, her poetry and stories have appeared in a variety of publications across the country. In 1980 her first volume of poetry, The Book of Thirteen, was published, followed a year later with a collection of stories, The Way to Always Dance. Other major publications include After Sixty: Going Home; Black Swan; Counting Two; How to Saw Wood With An Angel; It Never Pays To Laugh Too Much; and The Last House on Main Street. In addition to her writing and radio work, Story has devoted much of her time to teaching the craft to others through workshops and writer-in-residence programs throughout the province. In 1981, at the age of 52, she received her BA at the University of Saskatchewan, convocating as the most distinguished graduate and receiving the university's Arts Prize and the President's Medal. She also was a recipient of the Saskatchewan Culture & Youth Poetry Prize, a CBC Radio Literary Award, and the Saskatchewan Writers' Guild Children's Literature Award. Story was very much appreciated by her peers. During her lifetime, Story was set alongside the likes of Szumigalski, Layton, Vanderhaeghe, and Mitchell in terms of the significance of her contributions to Canadian, prairie, and in particular Saskatchewan literature. She died 18 January 2014 in Weyburn, Saskatchewan.

J.W.T. Spinks, University President, presents the President's Medal to Marie Rose Monique Osborn at Convocation held at Centennial Auditorium.

L.F. Kristjanson, University President, presents the President's Medal to Brian Douglas McLean of Saskatoon at Convocation at Centennial Auditorium.

R.N.H. Haslam, former Dean of Arts, presents the award to Carol Anne Jane Boyle of Medicine at Convocation held at Centennial Auditorium.Bio/Historical Note: Carol Anne Jane Boyle was born 27 June 1954 in Glasgow, Scotland. The Boyle family emigrated to Saskatoon on 31 December 1965 as Carol's father, Dr. Ray Boyle, had accepted a position at the University of Saskatchewan as a professor of Electrical Engineering. Carol attended Brunskill School, Nutana Collegiate and the University of Saskatchewan. She enrolled in Arts and Science in 1971. In October 1976, while in her third year of medicine, Carol convocated with her first degree – a BSc Advanced (with distinction), and she was awarded the President's Medal as the most distinguished graduate receiving a first degree. She graduated from the College of Medicine in 1979, and began her medical career as a family physician, Carol practiced family medicine for 11 years in Saskatoon, before she decided to go back into a neurology residency in 1993. Carol completed her residency plus a fellowship in electromyography (EMG). She started her adult neurology practice in 1996 and worked until December 2013, as her illness caused her to discontinue practicing neurology. Dr. Carol Boyle died 25 July 2014 in Saskatoon at age 59.

Douglas R. Cherry, Dean of Arts, presents the President's Medal to Anne Kathleen Dzus at Convocation held at Centennial Auditorium.

J.W.T. Spinks, University President, makes presentation of the President's Medal to Melvin Conrad Berg at fall Convocation held at Centennial Auditorium. Berg also won the award of University Prize in Commerce in the same year.