Head and shoulders image of Dr. Manley J. Champlin, College of Agriculture, 1920-1951.

Bio/Historical Note: Manley J. Champlin was born at Cresco, Iowa, and worked for the South Dakota Department of Agriculture before coming to the University of Saskatchewan in 1920. He succeeded John Bracken as professor and head of Field Husbandry until retirement in 1950. He spent a year (1930) in special work at the University of California at Berkeley. During Dr. Champlin’s tenure as head, he would be part of two major happenings in the department; the establishment of the Saskatchewan Field Husbandry Association; and the beginning of graduate teaching in Field Husbandry. Dr. Champlin died while hunting at Galt, Ontario in September 1963. The Professor Manley J. Champlin Memorial Bursary in Plant Sciences is awarded to one undergraduate year 3 or 4 student studying plant sciences at the University of Saskatchewan.