Item A-7961 - Honourary Degrees - Presentation - Dr. Leon Katz

Original Digital object not accessible

Title and statement of responsibility area

Title proper

Honourary Degrees - Presentation - Dr. Leon Katz

General material designation

  • Graphic material

Parallel title

Other title information

Title statements of responsibility

Title notes

Level of description

Item

Reference code

A-7961

Edition area

Edition statement

Edition statement of responsibility

Class of material specific details area

Statement of scale (cartographic)

Statement of projection (cartographic)

Statement of coordinates (cartographic)

Statement of scale (architectural)

Issuing jurisdiction and denomination (philatelic)

Dates of creation area

Date(s)

  • May 1990 (Creation)

Physical description area

Physical description

1 photograph : col. ; 12.0 x 9.5 cm
1 negative : col. ; 6.1 x 4.9 cm

Publisher's series area

Title proper of publisher's series

Parallel titles of publisher's series

Other title information of publisher's series

Statement of responsibility relating to publisher's series

Numbering within publisher's series

Note on publisher's series

Archival description area

Custodial history

Scope and content

E.K. (Ted) Turner, University Chancellor, making presentation of an honourary Doctor of Laws degree to Dr. Leon Katz at spring Convocation ceremony held at Centennial Auditorium. Iain MacLean, University Secretary, prepares to hood recipient.

Bio/Historical Note: Dr. Leon Katz was born in 1910 in Lutsk (then part of the Russian Empire; after World War I part of Poland), He emigrated to Canada in 1920 and was reunited with his father who emigrated in 1914. During these early years Dr. Katz studied at Toronto Central Technical School to become an electrician; however, through an exchange program with Queens University, he was able to transfer into a science program working part-time to afford tuition. Dr. Katz completed his undergraduate and MSc degrees at Queen’s University, and received a PhD from the California Institute of Technology. Dr. Katz specialized in Accelerator Physics, RF Systems and, in later life, Chaos Theory. After working for Westinghouse Electric Company on radar equipment for aircraft, in Pittsburgh, in 1946 Dr. Katz moved to Saskatoon to become an associate professor at the University of Saskatchewan. In collaboration with Drs. Haslam and Johns he was part of the team that was successful in bring a Betatron to the University of Saskatchewan. It was used as the first radiation therapy facility in the province and also for research. Dr. Katz was the founding Director of the Saskatchewan Accelerator Laboratory from 1964-1975 that eventually led to the formation of the Canadian Light Source. He received an honourary Doctor of Laws degree from the U of S in 1990. Dr. Katz died in Saskatoon in 2004 at age 94.

Notes area

Physical condition

Immediate source of acquisition

Arrangement

Language of material

Script of material

Location of originals

Availability of other formats

Restrictions on access

Terms governing use, reproduction, and publication

Photographer: DAVS

Other terms: Copyright: University of Saskatchewan.

Finding aids

Associated materials

Related materials

Accruals

Alternative identifier(s)

Standard number area

Standard number

Access points

Subject access points

Place access points

Name access points

Genre access points

Control area

Digital object (Master) rights area

Digital object (Reference) rights area

Digital object (Thumbnail) rights area

Accession area

Related subjects

Related people and organizations

Related places

Related genres