Head and shoulders image of Boyd Anderson, honourary Doctor of Laws degree recipient. Image possibly taken near time of presentation.

Bio/Historical Note: Boyd Maynard Anderson was born in 1920 at Fir Mountain, Saskatchewan, where he was a farmer and rancher. He was a director of the Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities for nine years before being elected vice-president in 1973 and president in 1977. While on the SARM executive he worked on the Canada Grains Council Committee, the Saskatchewan Advisory Committee on Transportation, and the Federation of Canadian Municipalities Committee, among several others. Anderson was reeve of the Rural Municipality of Waverly since 1953 and before that was a municipal councillor for nine years. He was active in promoting 4-H clubs and various sports in his home community. Anderson was a director, vice-president, and president of the Saskatchewan Stock Growers Association, and director and president of the Canadian Cattlemen's Association. Among Anderson’s accomplishments were entry in the Saskatchewan Agricultural Hall of Fame, an honourary Doctor of Laws degree (1979) from the University of Saskatchewan, the Saskatchewan Order of Merit and membership in the Order of Canada. Anderson died in 2016 in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, at age 96.