Head and shoulders image of John G. Egnatoff, professor and head, Department of Educational Administration, 1968-1975.

Bio/Historical Note: John George Egnatoff was an educator and political figure in Saskatchewan. He represented Melfort from 1948-1952 in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan as a Liberal. He was born in 1914 near Perdue, Saskatchewan. He worked as a teacher and school administrator in rural Saskatchewan, Nigeria and Saskatoon from 1935 to 1978. He was defeated by Clarence George Willis when he ran for election in the newly-created riding of Melfort-Tisdale in 1952. Egnatoff ran for the leadership of the Saskatchewan Liberal Party in 1954. From 1968-1975, he was professor and head of the Department of Educational Administration at the University of Saskatchewan. In 1981, he was named to the Order of Canada. Egnatoff died in Saskatoon in 2005 at age 90. Dr. John G. Egnatoff School in Saskatoon's Erindale neighborhood, along with Egnatoff Crescent & Way in the Silverwood Heights neighborhood are both named in his honour.