Dr. Sylvia Fedoruk, University Chancellor, making presentation of an honourary Doctor of Laws degree to Ted Turner at spring Convocation held at Centennial Auditorium.

Bio/Historical Note: Edward Kerr (Ted) Turner was born in 1927 near Maymont, Saskatchewan. He graduated from the School of Agriculture at the University of Saskatchewan in 1948. After graduation he continued farming. 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 (1969-1987). In 1989 he received an honourary Doctor of Laws degree. He was awarded the Saskatchewan Order of Merit in 1995. Turner was made an honourary life member of the Canadian and Saskatchewan Institutes of Agrologists. He was an inductee of the Saskatchewan Co-operative Order of Merit as well as the Saskatchewan Agricultural Hall of Fame. Turner served the tenth Chancellor of the U of S from 1989-1995. In 1990 Turner was appointed a Member of the Order of Canada. In 1998 he became chair of the Saskatchewan Honours Advisory Council. Turner died in Regina in 2018.