Cliff Wright, mayor of Saskatoon and honourary Doctor of Laws degree recipient, speaking from podium during Convocation held in Centennial Auditorium.

Bio/Historical Note: Clifford Emerson Wright (1927-2014) was mayor of Saskatoon from 1976 to 1988 and the first mayor of Saskatoon to have been born in the city. He was a member of the Saskatoon City Council from 1967 until he was elected mayor in 1976. Wright served for four successive terms until 1988. From 1989-1993 he served as a Treaty Commissioner. He was also Chair of the Saskatoon Health Board during the 1990s. In 1988 Wright was awarded an honourary Doctor of Laws degree from the University of Saskatchewan. .In 1998 he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada in recognition of "his contributions to province and country.” In 1999 he was awarded the Saskatchewan Order of Merit. Wright died in 2014 in Saskatoon at age 87.