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Honourary Degrees - Presentation - Caleb H. (Charlie) Fisher
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1955 (Creation)
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F. Hedley Auld, University Chancellor, making presentation of an honourary Doctor of Laws degree to Caleb (Charlie) Fisher at Convocation held in Physical Education gymnasium. Norman K. Cram, university Registrar, prepares to hood recipient.
Bio/Historical Note: Caleb Henry (Charlie) Fisher was a native of Kent, England. In 1899, as a young man, he enlisted with the Imperial Cavalry. Fisher saw service under Lord Kitchener in South Africa. Later he saw service in India. In 1907 Fisher came to Canada and homesteaded at Lipton, Saskatchewan. Shortly after his arrival he was elected a councilor of his rural municipality. He resigned to enlist in the Canadian Expeditionary Force in the First World War. He was discharged as Captain Fisher. On his return to his homestead in 1918 he re-entered municipal life and became reeve of his municipality in 1920. Fisher was president of the Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities. Fisher was also chairman of the Hospital Visiting Committee under the Mental Hygiene Act, a member of the Saskatchewan Cancer Commission, and the Saskatchewan Municipal Advisory Commission.