Robert Newman Hoyles Haslam was born in Toronto on November 29, 1909. His family moved to Saskatoon where he attended high school, and later enrolled at the University of Saskatchewan, earning a BA (1929) and MA (1931). In 1933, he received a PhD from McGill University. From 1933 to 1935, he studied at the University of Leipzig on a post-graduate scholarship. Dr. Haslam was appointed Instructor in Physics at the University of Saskatchewan in 1935, became Full Professor in 1951, and Department Head ten years later. In July 1964, he was appointed Dean of Arts and Science. He was subsequently appointed Vice-President of the Saskatoon Campus and Vice-President (Academic). On his retirement in 1977, he was named Professor Emeritus. He died on January 9, 1985.