Head and shoulders image of Jacob M. Goldenberg, taken at the time of presentation of an honourary Doctor of Laws Degree by the University of Saskatchewan.

Bio/Historical Note: Jacob Michael Goldenberg was born in 1900 in Bukowina, now part of Romania. He came to Canada in 1913 and received his law degree with distinction from the University of Saskatchewan in 1922. He articled for three years, and in 1925 was admitted to the Law Society of Saskatchewan. He was appointed Queen's Counsel in 1937. Goldenberg was a lecturer in the College of Law for many years. president of the Saskatoon Bar Association, president of the Law Society of Saskatchewan, president of the Conference of Governing Bodies of the Legal Profession in Canada, and president of the Law Alumni Association. Goldenberg was instrumental in establishing the Bar Admission Course at the University, and he helped to establish the Moxon Scholarship to support graduate work in Law. In his early years as a counsel he often acted for the politically unpopular client when others were not inclined to be so generous. Many of his suggestions to government are now part of the statutes of Saskatchewan. Goldenberg was writing articles for the Western Producer and the National Farmers Union on "Farmers and the Law". Goldenberg retired from the practice of Law in 1986. He died in 1989 in Vancouver at age 89. Goldenberg was the father of Tillie Taylor (1922-2011), and Irving Goldenberg (b. 1930), both prominent Saskatoon judges.