Prominent People
Dr. Frederick J. Gathercole B.Ed., M.Ed., Ph.D. started out teaching in several one room school houses in Saskatchewan before becoming the Director of Education. Gathercole received the Saskatchewan Order of Merit, and the Saskatoon Board of Education offices were housed in the Dr. F.J. Gathercole Education Centre located in the central business diestrict on June 16, 1972 until the offices moved to the former Eaton's Building. In 1988 the University of Saskatchewan conferred upon him an honourary doctorate of laws for his contributions in community service and education.
John Hall Archer was born 1914 near Broadview, becoming the first president of the University of Regina and provincial archivist. The Order of Canada and the Saskatchewan Order of Merit have been conferred upon him, and the U of R library is named in his honour.
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