Image of Dr. Nick Low, Professor, Department of Applied Microbiology and Food Science, standing in a laboratory in front of a computer and holding a sample of California Valencia orange juice, which he has just tested for sugar adulteration.

Group photo of faculty (including one woman) of the College of Pharmacy. W.C. MacAulay, Dean of Pharmacy, is seated fourth from left in front row. Pharmacy crests, pennants, and pictures on wall in background.

Bio/Historical Note: Following passage of the Saskatchewan Pharmacy Act in 1911, the newly incorporated Saskatchewan Pharmaceutical Association requested the University of Saskatchewan undertake the training and examination of pharmacists. A School within the College of Arts and Science was established in 1913 and the following year, 22 students enrolled in a one-year certificate program following a three-year apprenticeship. In 1921 the School became a College offering a four-year course leading to a Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy. Three years later the certificate program was extended to two years. In 1946 the four-year BSP was a requirement for license in Saskatchewan. In 1987 a Division of Nutrition and Dietetics was established in the College of Pharmacy. Prior to this, Nutrition and Dietetics had been offered in the College of Home Economics. In 1994 the College was renamed the College of Pharmacy and Nutrition.

Dr. Wes MacAulay, Dean of Pharmacy, standing with a Plymouth Savoy car presented to him by the Saskatchewan Pharmaceutical Association in recognition of his outstanding contributions to pharmaceutical education. Chemistry Building in background.

Head and shoulders image of Grant MacEwan, professor, Animal Husbandry, director, School of Agriculture, and dean, School of Agriculture,1928-1946.

Bio/Historical Note: John Walter Grant MacEwan (1902–2000) was a Canadian farmer, professor at the University of Saskatchewan, Dean of Agriculture at the University of Manitoba, the 28th Mayor of Calgary and both a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) and the ninth Lieutenant Governor of Alberta. He received an honourary Doctor of Laws degree from the U of S in 1974. MacEwan died in 2000 in Edmonton at age 97.

Head and shoulders image of Donald Maclean, fourth University Chancellor from 1946-July 1947, sitting in a chair and wearing academic robes.

Bio/Historical Note: Donald Maclean was born in 1877 at Fourchu, Richmond County, Nova Scotia, and was educated at the Pictou Academy and Dalhousie University. In 1909 MacLean moved to Saskatchewan. In the wartime Saskatchewan general election held 26 June 1917, Maclean was elected to the Saskatoon City seat. William Melville Martin of the Liberal Party of Saskatchewan became premier of the province. From 1918-1921 Maclean was elected leader of the Conservative Party and His Majesty's Loyal Opposition. During his time in office, the School Act was amended to choose English as the language of instruction in Saskatchewan's one room schoolhouses. The next Saskatchewan election was held 9 June 1921. However,i n April 1921, Maclean became a Saskatchewan judge and accepted an appointment to the Justice of the Court of King's Bench. He taught in the faculty of Law at the University of Saskatchewan until 1923. An honourary Doctor of Civil Law degree was bestowed upon him 9 May 1947 by the U of S for services rendered to the public, especially within the University of Saskatchewan. Maclean held a term of office on the U of S Board of Governors from 1932–1946. Maclean was the fourth Chancellor of the U of S and served in this position from 1946 until his death in July 1947.

View of model of Marquis Hall; Qu'Appelle Hall Addition in background.

View looking southeast of Marquis Hall, with students walking on sidewalk; trees in foreground.

Head and shoulders image of Dr. Arthur M. Marko, professor of Biochemistry, 1955-1961.

Bio/Historical Note: Dr. Arthur M. Marko worked in the Biology and Health Physics Division of the Atomic Energy Commission, Chalk River, Ontario, in 1960.

Aerial view of buildings used at the Matador International Biological Program Research Station near Kyle, Saskatchewan.

Biographical/historical note: From 1967 to 1972, plant ecologists at the University of Saskatchewan participated in the International Biological Program. As part of this worldwide study of agricultural productivity, ecologists established the Matador field station near Kyle for grassland research carried out by scientists from thirty-four countries. The Matador Project involved the study of the total grasslands ecosystem, including the interaction of animals, plants, microorganisms, soils, and the atmosphere.

Head and shoulders image of Dr. Vince L. Matthews, Professor and Head, Department of Social and Preventative Medicine, University Hospital.

Bio/Historical Note: Born in 1922 near Kincaid, Saskatchewan, Dr. Vincent L. Matthews received a BA from the University of Saskatchewan in 1943. He completed his MD at the University of Toronto in 1945, and earned a Diploma in Public Health from the University of Toronto in 1947. That same year he was assistant to the director of Regional Health Services in Saskatchewan. He served as the Swift Current region's Medical Health Officer from 1948 to 1957. His principled yet practical approach, bolstered by certification as a specialist in public health in 1953 and experience as a general practitioner in Maple Creek for two years, enabled him to help the region's administrator, board, and local physicians to make the medical, hospital, dental and public health programs function effectively. In 1957 he headed the Medical and Hospital Services Branch of Saskatchewan Health, and accepted an appointment as acting Deputy Minister of Health a few days before the Doctors’ Strike in 1962; he then became associate Deputy Minister of Health. Dr. Matthews was head of the Department of Social and Preventive Medicine (now known as the Department of Community Health and Epidemiology) in the College of Medicine at the University of Saskatchewan from 1964 until retirement in 1987. He was a celebrated national and international leader in public health, as well as a key player in Saskatchewan's evolving health system. He died suddenly in Saskatoon on 7 July 1988. To honour his memory, the college’s Dr. Vince Matthews Graduate Student Bursary was established.

Head and shoulders image of Mary M. Mattila, district home economist for North Battleford and Meadow Lake agricultural representative districts during the mid-1960s..

Bio/Historical Note: Mary M. Mattila grew up on a dairy farm on the shores of Lake Ontario near Kingston. After graduation from the University of Guelph with a home economics degree, she headed west with her Saskatchewan-born husband, Howard Mattila, settling in North Battleford, Saskatchewan. The first two years in the west were spent working as a district home economist in the North Battleford and Meadow Lake agricultural representative districts. During those early years Mattila took art classes from local teachers, as well as a first year university painting class from James McIllivary. Since retirement from the North West Regional College in 2004, Mattila paints regularly with the Battlefords Art Club (2023).

Head and shoulders image of A.C. (Colb) McEown, first Vice-president (academic).

Bio/Historical Note: Alpheus Colborne McEown was born in 1901 in London, Ontario, and was a graduate of Nutana Collegiate in Saskatoon. Aside from his academic career at the University of Saskatchewan, McEown had a lengthy athletic career as a player, trainer, and coach. He played forward for the Arts and Science Hockey Club in 1918-1919. From 1921-1922 McEown was player and trainer for the U of S hockey team. In 1921 he was also acting manager of the Saskatoon Hilltops. McEown was also a major driving force behind the establishment of Rutherford Rink, which opened on campus in 1929. In 1932 he was hired by Walter Murray and Joe Griffiths to coach the university men’s basketball team. McEown coached the men’s basketball team to eight Rigby Cup Championships between 1932 and 1948. These eight titles came in consecutive years, beginning in 1935. He coached the Huskies football team in 1939, 1940, 1943, 1944, and 1945. McEown taught at both Bedford Road Collegiate and the U of S. He joined the U of S in 1949 as first assistant to the President. In 1961 he became the first vice-president (academic) at the U of S. His responsibilities included general administration as well as managing the university’s finances. McEown also served on the University Senate, on the Board of Governors and was president of the U of S Alumni Association. In early 1968 McEown was appointed vice-president of the U of S. McEown held this position until his death on 8 April 1968. The McEown Park residences, on the corner of 14th Street East and Cumberland Avenue South, as well as McEown Avenue in Nutana are named in his honour. The Colb McEown Award is given annually to the U of S sports coach of the year.

Ronald Mavor (behind lectern) and Henry Woolf, professors of Drama, together with students from the Department of Drama, re-enact the University's first lecture as part of the campus 75th anniversary celebrations.

Head and shoulders image of Dr. Jim Mawdsley, dean of Engineering.

Bio/Historical Note: Dr. James Buckland (Jim) Mawdsley was born on 22 July 1894 near Siena, Italy, the son of British-American parents. In 1904 the Mawdsley family left Italy and settled in the village of Gainsborough, Saskatchewan. After receiving his public and high school training in Saskatchewan he entered McGill University in 1913. Dr. Mawdsley’s career, like that of many of his contemporaries, was interrupted by the First World War. Twice wounded in France, first with the Princess Patricia Canadian Light Infantry and then as a pilot with the Royal Flying Corps, he was awarded an MBE at the end of the war. In 1919 Dr. Mawdsley returned to McGill and two years later graduated in Mining Engineering. He then went to Princeton University where he obtained his DPhil in Geology in 1924. That same year he joined the Geological Survey of Canada and for the next five years applied his scientific knowledge to the problems of the regional geology of northwestern Quebec. Dr. Mawdsley accepted in 1929 the appointment of professor and head of the Department of Geology at the University of Saskatchewan, a position he held until he became dean of Engineering in 1961 and also the director of the Institute for Northern Studies. In 1963 Dr. Mawdsley retired as dean and was then able to devote all his time to the affairs of the institute. In addition to his academic duties, his professional activities included field work in northern Saskatchewan for the Geological Survey of Canada and the Saskatchewan Department of Mineral Resources, and private consulting assignments took him to other parts of northern Canada, to the United States and Great Britain. Dr. Mawdsley was the author of 51 scientific papers and his honours were many. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 1933 and was chairman of Section IV for the year 1954-55. He was president of the Geological Association of Canada during 1955-56 and of the Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy for 1961-62. In 1953 Dr. Mawdsley was awarded the Institute's Barlow Memorial Medal in recognition of his paper entitled "Uraninite-bearing deposits, Charlebois Lake area, northeastern Saskatchewan". He was a Fellow and Director of the Royal Canadian Geographical Society, a Fellow of the Geological Society of America, a member of the Society of Economic Geologists, the Engineering Institute of Canada, and the Association of Professional Engineers of Saskatchewan. Dr. Mawdsley died very suddenly on 3 December 1964 at the age of 70. As director of the Institute for Northern Studies, he played a major role in its organization and development and exerted a very great influence on research in northern Canada. Named in his honour is Mawdsley Lake, located at 56° 47' north latitude and 106° 6' west longitude in north central Saskatchewan.