Head and shoulders passport photo of Dr. Rick Bunt, professor and dean, Department of Computational Science.

Bio/Historical Note: Dr. Rick Bunt (BSc Queen's, MSc, PhD Toronto) came to the University of Saskatchewan and the Department of Computer Science as assistant professor in 1972 and retired 506 months (42+ years) later. Dr. Bunt was promoted to full professor in 1980, served as department head from 1986 to 1991, was associate dean for Science in the College of Arts and Science from 1998 to 2000, and was the university's Chief Information Officer (CIO) and associate vice-president for Information and Communications Technology (ICT) from 2001 to 2013. Dr. Bunt is professor emeritus of Computer Science (2021).