Photo of a painting done by Ernest Fosbery showing a head and shoulders view of Walter C. Murray, first University President, dressed in an academic gown.

Bio/Historical Note: Ernest George Fosbery was born in Ottawa in 1874. He received his education at the Model School and Collegiate Institute, Ottawa and the Ottawa Art School and under Franklin Brownell, RCA. Fosbery also studied in Paris, France under the French artist Fernand Cormon. He served with the Canadian Grenadier Guards during the First World War, was wounded and mentioned in dispatches. Fosbery was discharged with the rank of major. He became an associate of the Royal Canadian Academy in 1912, a member in 1929, and was elected the academy's president in 1943, 1944, 1945 and 1946. Among his better-known portraits is one of Viscount Byng, Governor-General of Canada. His portraits hang in the National Gallery, Government House, Ottawa, the Supreme Court of Canada, the Canadian Senate, the Canadian War Memorial Collection and the Dominion Archives. Fosbery died in Cowansville, Quebec in 1960.

Bio/Historical Note: Walter Charles Murray, first president of the University of Saskatchewan, was born in Kings County, New Brunswick, in 1866 and received his BA with honours in 1886 from the University of New Brunswick. Having won the Gilchrist Scholarship for Canada, for continued studies overseas, he attended the University of Berlin and the University of Edinburgh, where he received his MA with first class honours in 1891. Later that year he joined faculty at the University of New Brunswick as Professor of Philosophy and Economics. In 1892 he was appointed Professor of Philosophy and lecturer in Education at Dalhousie, where he remained until joining the University of Saskatchewan as president in 1908. Murray served as president for 26 years, retiring in 1937. Murray was successful in building a progressive university of high standards with a beautiful campus. His own work was in education and education history, but he was also a supporter of art and music. Murray served on numerous councils and commissions, including the National Research Council from 1916-1932. Murray married Christina Cameron (1866-1947), born in Fredericton, New Brunswick, in 1895. They had three daughters: Christina Cameron Murray, Lucy Hunter Murray and Jean Elizabeth Murray. Murray died in Saskatoon in 1945. The city of Saskatoon honours Murray with several landmarks: "Murray Place" in the Dundonald area; Walter Murray Collegiate Institute, opened in 1965 and located near Market Mall; the Murray Building on the University of Saskatchewan campus; and President Murray Park, located in the Varsity View neighbourhood.