Portrait of Ted Turner, executive director of Prairie Pools Inc.

Bio/Historical Note: Ted Turner, then executive rector of Prairie Pools Inc., served as campaign co-chair of "Partners in Growth", the fundraising campaign for the Agriculture Building.

Bio/Historical Note: Edward Kerr (Ted) Turner was born 6 April 1927 near Maymont, Saskatchewan. Turner graduated from the School of Agriculture in 1948. After graduation he continued farming on the family farm. In this community he was elected as a Saskatchewan Wheat Pool (SWP) delegate. He then served the SWP in several capacities. Elected as director in 1960, followed by first vice-president in 1966 and finally as president in 1969. An honourary Doctor of Laws degree was bestowed upon Turner in 1989 by Leo F. Kristjanson, University President. Turner was appointed a Member of the Order of Canada in 1990. Turner was given the province's highest distinction, the Saskatchewan Order of Merit, in 1995. He was made an honourary life member of the Canadian and Saskatchewan institutes of Agrologists. Turner was an inductee of the Saskatchewan Co-operative Order of Merit, as well as the Saskatchewan Agricultural Hall of Fame. In 1995 he was invested as a Member of the Saskatchewan Order of Merit. Turner died 1 November 2018 in Regina at age 91.