Dr. R.G. Murray, Dean of Medicine, makes presentation of a Doctor of Medicine degree with great distinction to James George Herman during spring convocation at Centennial Auditorium.

F. Hedley Auld, University Chancellor, makes presentation of a PhD to A.G. MacNamara.

F. Hedley Auld, University Chancellor, presents B.D. Cochrane with a Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering. This was the first degree in Petroleum Engineering conferred at the University.

Hazel B. Keeler, director of Nursing, presents a Bachelor of Science degree to Betty Anne Reynolds, the top graduate in Nursing, at Convocation held in Physical Education gymnasium. Wesley C. MacAuley, dean of Pharmacy, visible in background.

Dr. Akira Hirose, Department of Physics, is presented after receiving an earned Doctor of Science degree in Physics and Engineering Physics at Convocation held in Centennial Auditorium.

Bio/Historical Note: Dr. Akira Hirose was born in 1941 in Japan. He completed his BSc (Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering) and MSc (Department of Electrical Engineering and Applied Physics) at Yokohama National University. Dr. Hirose’s prolific research career in the field of plasma physics was acknowledged with a Fulbright Scholarship in 1967, which he took up at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Dr. Hirose completed his PhD there in the Department of Electrical Engineering in 1969. He joined the University of Saskatchewan’s Department of Physics as an associate professor in July 1977 following appointments as a research associate (1971–75) and research scientist (1975–77) in the Plasma Physics Laboratory. Dr. Hirose became a tenured professor in 1979, and later served as director of the Plasma Physics Laboratory (1994–2015) and department head of Physics and Engineering Physics (1998–2001). The U of S awarded him an earned Doctor of Science degree in 1994. Dr. Hirose died in Saskatoon in 2017.

Dr. Chanan Singh, Engineering, awaits presention of an earned Doctor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering at Convocation held at Centennial Auditorium.

Bio/Historical Note: Dr. Chanan Singh earned his MSc and PhD in Electrical Engineering from the University of Saskatchewan and BSc (honours) from the Punjab Engineering College in Chandigarh, India. Dr. Singh was awarded an earned Doctor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from the U of S in 1997. From 1997 to 2005 he served as department head of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Texas A&M and later, from 2012 to 2015, Dr. Singh served as interim head. He held a position as a guest professor at Tsinghua University, Beijing, China. He also served as program director at the National Science Foundation of USA. Dr. Singh is principal and vice-president of Associated Power Analysts Inc. a firm that specializes in developing software and conducting reliability studies of the electric power grid (2021).

John G. Diefenbaker, University Chancellor, makes presentation of a Doctor of Philosophy degree to Dr. Franklin M. Loew at fall Convocation held at Centennial Auditorium.

Bio/Historical Note: Dr. Franklin Martin Loew was born in 1939 in Syracuse, New York. He received his undergraduate degree and Doctor of Veterinary Medicine from Cornell and a doctorate in nutrition from the University of Saskatchewan. During the 1970s Dr. Loew was one of the many members of the research team that developed canola oil. In 1977 the Governor-General of Canada awarded Loew a Queen's Jubilee Medal. In the same year, he became the head of the Division of Comparative Medicine at Johns Hopkins University. Dr. Loew died in 2003 in Boston.

Dr. Keith Downey (right), an earned Doctor of Science degree recipient, at spring Convocation standing with unidentified man in academic robes.

Bio/Historical Note: Dr. Richard Keith Downey was born in 1927 in Saskatoon. He received a BSA in 1951 and an MSc in 1952, both from the University of Saskatchewan. Dr. Downey received his Ph.D. from Cornell University in 1961. In 1951 Dr. Downey began working for Agriculture Canada in Saskatoon, becoming Senior Research Scientist Emeritus in 1993. He started his own firm and is President of Canoglobe Consulting Inc. He worked with Dr. Baldur Stefansson to develop a variety of rapeseed that could be used as an edible oil. This is known as canola and is one of Canada’s top edible oils and one of the largest oilseed crops in the world. Dr. Downey became known as the "Father of Canola". He is the breeder and co-breeder of 13 rapeseed/canola varieties and five condiment mustard varieties. In 1998, "Downey Street" at a research and development park in Saskatoon was named in his honour.

John G. Diefenbaker, University Chancellor, makes presentation of a Doctor of Science degree to Dr. Louis B. Jaques at Convocation held at Centennial Auditorium.

Dr. Mohindar S. Sachdev, earned Doctor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering recipient, stands between George Ivany, University President, and Ted Turner, University Chancellor, during spring Convocation held at Centennial Auditorium.

Bio/Historical Note: Dr. Mohindar S. Sachdev was born in 1928 in Amritsar, India. He received a BSc from Baneras Hindu University, India; and MSc degrees from Punjab University, Chandigarh, India and the University of Saskatchewan; and PhD and DSc degrees from the U of S. Dr. Sachdev worked for the Punjab P.W.D. Electricity Branch and the Punjab State Electricity Board from 1950-1968. In 1968 he joined the University of Saskatchewan. His areas of interest are power system analysis and power system protection. Dr. Sachdev is a Fellow of the Institution of Engineers (India) and a Fellow of the Institution of Electrical Engineers- London (England). He is also a Registered Professional Engineer in the Province of Saskatchewan and a Chartered Engineer in the UK. An IEEE Life Fellow, Dr. Sachdev is professor emeritus with the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (2021).

E.M. (Ted) Culliton, University Chancellor, makes presentation of the first Doctor of Science degree awarded by the University of Saskatchewan to Dr. Thomas C. Vanterpool, professor of Biology.

Bio/Historical Note: Born in Saba, West Indies on 22 April 1898, Dr. Thomas Clifford (Van) Vanterpool took his early education in Barbados, obtaining the Oxford and Cambridge Higher School Certificate in Science in 1916. The school in Barbados was modelled on the English Public School with its emphasis on sports. He excelled at cricket, soccer and track. After two years as Overseer on a sugar plantation, he entered McGill’s MacDonald College, graduating in 1923 with a BSc and earning an MSc in 1925. In Montreal he represented McGill in track, basketball and baseball. Vanterpool joined the faculty of the U of S in 1928, where he spent his entire professional life, continuing to work in his laboratory until 1974, nine years after his formal retirement. He did considerable research on browning root rot of cereals, a disease that caused average crop losses in 1928, 1933 and 1939 estimated at $10 million per annum. Vanterpool identified the causal organisms, as well as showing how the disease could be controlled. He also pioneered research on the diseases of oil seed crops on the prairies, and was responsible for teaching courses in plant physiology, plant pathology and mycology, and botany. In 1968 Vanterpool earned the first Doctor of Science degree awarded by the U of S. He died in Victoria, British Columbia, on 15 January 1984.

E.M. (Ted) Culliton, University Chancellor, makes presentation of the first Doctor of Science degree awarded by the University of Saskatchewan to Dr. Thomas C. Vanterpool, professor of Biology.

Bio/Historical Note: Born in Saba, West Indies on 22 April 1898, Thomas Clifford "Van" Vanterpool took his early education in Barbados, obtaining the Oxford and Cambridge Higher School Certificate in Science in 1916. The school in Barbados was modelled on the English Public School with its emphasis on sports. He excelled at cricket, soccer and track. After two years as Overseer on a sugar plantation, he entered McGill’s MacDonald College, graduating in 1923 with a BSc and earning an MSc in 1925. In Montreal he represented McGill in track, basketball and baseball. Vanterpool joined the faculty of the University of Saskatchewan in 1928, where he spent his entire professional life, continuing to work in his laboratory until 1974, nine years after his formal retirement. He did considerable research on browning root rot of cereals, a disease that caused average crop losses in 1928, 1933 and 1939 estimated at $10 million per annum. Vanterpool identified the causal organisms, as well as showing how the disease could be controlled. He also pioneered research on the diseases of oil seed crops on the prairies, and was responsible for teaching courses in plant physiology, plant pathology and mycology, and botany. In 1968 Vanterpool earned the first Doctor of Science degree awarded by the U of S. He died in Victoria, British Columbia, on 15 January 1984.

John G. Diefenbaker, University Chancellor, makes presentation of a Master of Science in Rehabilitation Medicine degree to Edith Bernardine Murray during Convocation held at Centennial Auditorium.

W.J. White, Dean of Agriculture, makes presentation of a Bachelor of Science degree in Agriculture with high honours to Frank Leon Kowalski of Bladworth at spring Convocation held at Centennial Auditorium.