Dr. P.J. Thair, associate professor of Agricultural Economics.

Bio/Historical Note: Dr. P.J. (Phil) Thair was born and raised in the Lumsden-Regina area. He ttook his high school at Luther College in Regina, graduating in 1932. He obtained his teaching certificate from Regina Normal School, where he was president of the student association. He obtained his BSA (1942) and MSc (1944) from the University of Saskatchewan and joined the Canada Department of Agriculture as an agricultural economist. He was awarded a Social Science Research Council Fellowship in 1947 and obtained a PhD from Iowa State College in 1953. From 1949-1955 Dr. Thair was part of the Canadian brain drain serving the United States Department of Agriculture as an agricultural economist in Fargo, North Dakota. He returned in 1955 to join the Department of Farm Management at the U of S. Dr. Thair was appointed head of Agricultural Economics in 1969.