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Celebrating our Golden Grads 

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Congratulations to this year's Golden Grads!



It has been 50 years since you graduated from USask in 1975, which means you are now a member of our esteemed Golden Grads family. 

For 50 years, you have been a part of the USask story. This is a special time to honour you and all you have accomplished.

We couldn’t be prouder to celebrate you as one of our Golden Grads. Together, we will Be What the World Needs. 

Each Golden Grad that registered will receive a complimentary golden alumni pin and commemorative parchment by mail.

Soundtrack to 1975

Kick back and reminisce as you listen to the most popular songs from 1975 in our specially curated USask Alumni Golden Grads Spotify playlist.

Memory Lane

Take a trip down memory lane with your peers by viewing the stories, memories, traditions and photos that were shared by you and your fellow Golden Grads. 

Conversations with Golden Grads

‘The best thing about teaching is the kids’

USask alumnus Howard Sproat (BSPE’74, BEd’75), one of this year’s Golden Grads, looks back at his award-winning career as a canoe instructor and physical education teacher

An advocate for women physicians

USask alumna Dr. Alanna Danilkewich (MD’75), one of this year’s Golden Grads, is known for her dedication to students, patients, and the medical profession

A commitment to serving Métis people and communities

College of Education alumna Rita Bouvier (BEd’75, MEd’84), a celebrated writer and educator, is one of this year’s USask Golden Grads


Honour Roll

Introducing our Golden Grads Class of 1975!

Agnew, Betty Lou (BSN’75)

Anderson, Neil Warren (BE’75)

Andrews, Rod (BSC’73, SC’75)

Anvik, Jack (DVM’75)

Armstrong, John (BA’67, BED’75)

Au, Chi-Ling (MBA’75)

Balon, Archie (BED’72, BA’75)

Barlow, Ross (BSA’75)

Bartlett, Deborah (BA’75)

Bartlett, Kenneth Scott (BSC’72, LLB’75)

Bauer, Don (BED’56, BSC’70, SC’71, MSC’75)

Baumgardner, Darry (BCOMM’75, BSC’85, SC’86)

Baxter, Lorie (BSP’75)

Behl, Shelley (BSP’75)

Bennett, Hap (BSA’75)

Benz, Donald (MD’75)

Berg, Arnie (BSC’75, MBA’85, MSC’13)

Berin, Margareta (DMD’75)

Bernhardt, Brenda (BSP’75)

Bertsch, Hendrik August (BE’75)

Betnar, Linda (BA’75)

Beuker, Glen (BE’75)

Bil, Donna (BED’75)

Bischop, Clarence (DVM’75)

Bishop, Brett (BSA’75, MSC’80)

Black, Robert (BSC’75, MD’80)

Blakley, Joan (BSC’75, BSN’75)

Boran, Dorothy (BA’71, BED’75)

Borsa, Elva (BED’75)

Boyda, Jo-Anne (BSN’75)

Bracken, Keith (BA’75, LLB’76)

Brophy, Delaphine (BED’75)

Broughton, Bernie (BCOMM’75)

Brown, Douglas (BED’75, BA’90)

Brown, Murray (DVM’72, MSC’75)

Brownlee, Wayne (BSC’75, MBA’77)

Brunt, Bob (BCOMM’75)

Bryant, Gordon (BA’66, SC’75)

Cenaiko, LLOYD (BAPE’75, BED’76)

Charington, Verone (BSHEC’75, BED’76)

Charko, Benny William (BE’75)

Charlton, Joanne (BSHEC’75)

Chartier, Brian (BA’74, ARTS’75, MA’77, PHD’85)

Chilliak, Barry (BA’75)

Chisholm, Kathleen (BSN’75)

Chomyn, Janice (BSN’75)

Chow, Janet Lee (BSC’75)

Chu, Kelly (MD’75)

Cleland, Sally (BA’71, DVM’75)

Coates, Beverley (MD’75)

Codling, Neil (BED’75)

Comer, John (BED’69, BA’75)

Conrad, Joanna (BA’75)

Copeland, Carol (BA’62, EDUC’69, BED’70, MEDUC’75)

Courtice, Cliff (BE’75)

Coutts, John (BCOMM’75, BSC’75)

Cram, Robert (BSC’70, DMD’75)

Cugnet, Margaret (BSN’75)

Curtis, Grant (BA’75)

Custead, Jyotsna (BCOMM’75)

Custead, Larry (BSC’75, MSC’77, BA’99)

Czemeres, Ron (BE’75)

Danilkewich, Alanna (MD'75)

Davies, Amber (BSHEC’75)

Davis, Mary Ellen (BCOMM’75)

DeCloedt, Paulette (BSHEC’75, BED’77)

DeYong, Dorothy (BSHEC’75)

Dick, Barry (MD’75)

Dobrowolsky, Gord (BED’75)

Douglas, Thomas (BE’75)

Dow, Cameron (BCOMM’75)

Dowie, Shirley (BED’75)

Downey, Debra (BCOMM’75)

Driedger, Henry (BE’75)

Duggleby, Tom (BAPE’75, BED’77, MSC’81)

Duggleby, Wendy (BSN’75)

Dwernychuk, Greg (BE’75)

Ellis, Grace (BED’75)

Ens, Bob (BCOMM’75)

Epp, Alfred (BSA’75, PGD’88)

Ertl, Edward (BSP’75)

Ewanchuk, Myron (BE’75)

Farrant, Sylvia (BCOMM’75)

Fitzsimmons, Elaine (BSN’75)

Fraser, Wendelin (BA’75)

Friesen, Robert (BE’75, MENG’94)

Frischke, Larry (DVM’75)

Froese, Barb (BED’75)

George, Joanne (BED’75)

Germaine, Eileen (BED’69, BSC’75)

Gillies, Patricia (BSC’75)

Gillies, Randy (BE’73, MSC’75, PHD’93, DSC’06)

Glazier, Murray (BA’75, LLB’75)

Goodridge, Gordon (DVM’75)

Graham, Cathy (BED’75)

Graham, Jimmy (BSA’75)

Gray, Janet (BA’75)

Greenwood, Brent (BA’74, ARTS’75, MA’78)

Greer, Marianne (BSP’75, MCTGED’84)

Grey, Alvin William (BCOMM’75)

Gross, Gail (BSP’75)

Gunnlaugson, Vern (BED’70, MEDUC’75)

Hamlin, Shirley (BSC’75)

Hardie, Peter (BSC’75, MSC’82)

Harker, Stuart (MSC’75, PHD’78)

Hassen, Lyle (BSC’71, BED’75)

Hatch, Joanne (BED’75)

Herbert Ho, Dr (DVM’75)

Herle, Jo-Ann Irene (BSN’75)

Hiebert, Karen (BED’75)

Hill, Roy Winston (BE’75)

Holash, Leslie (BED’75)

Holash, Linda (BED’75)

Hook, Robert (BA’68, EDUC’69, BED’75)

Hosak, Margery (BSC’75, MD’75)

Hounjet, Maurice (AGRIC’75)

Irwin, Bill (BE’75)

Jacobson, Mark (DVM’75)

Janzen, Marvin (BED’75)

Jenkins, June Marie (BSHEC’75, BED’78)

Jocelyn, Gary (BCOMM’75)

Josey, Dianne (BSHEC’72)

Jung, Lawrence (BSC’71, MD’75)

Kanhai, Cintra (BSP’75)

Karamanos, Rigas (MSC’75, PHD’79)

Ketilson, Lou (BA’75, MBA’81, PHD’88)

Kirkby, Norma (BSHEC’75)

Kirkland, Mona (BSA’75)

Kirkland, Stanley (BSA’75)

Klatt, Catherine (BSP’75)

Klemmer, Alan (BSA’71, DVM’75, PGD’99)

Knoblauch, Warren (BSC’75, DMD’80)

Kosar, Merv (BCOMM’75)

Kowalko, Leonard (BSC’75, SC’76, MA’87)

Kraft, Fred (BE’75)

Kristjansson, Shelley (BSHEC’75)

Kuling, Peter James (BSC’75, MSC’78, MD’82)

Kummrow, Richard (MENG’75)

Kusisto, Brian (BCOMM’75)

Laarveld, Bernard (MSC’75, PHD’78)

Lackie, Beverly (BED’75)

Lamb, Jonathan (BA’71, MD’75)

Langill, Marilee (BA’75, BED’87)

Lawson, Ann (DVM’75)

Lazurko, Carl (BE’75)

Leask, Marilyn (BSHEC’75)

LeGatt, Donald (BSP’75)

Leinan, Bruce (BE’75)

Letkeman, Merv (BAPE’75, BED’77, PGD’00)

Lewis, Ronald (MVSC’75)

Lowenberger, Marilyn (BED’75)

Lukiwski, George Maxim (BAPE’75)

Ma, Theresa (BSN’75, BA’77)

Mack, Brenda (BSP’75, MBA’82)

MacKenzie, RoseMarie (BED’75, BA’83)

MacLean, Sandy (BCOMM’75)

Mair, Lynn (BA’75)

Mang, Daryl Frederick (BE’75)

Manley, Terence (BED’66, PGD’75)

Mann, Shirley (BED’75)

Marie, Fay (BSN’75, BFA’96)

Marteniuk, Judy (DVM’75)

Martz, Valerie (BSC’75, PGD’87)

Matolsci, Donna (BSA’75)

Matsalla, Leslie (BA’74, JD’75)

May, Diane (BA’70, BED’75)

McBride, Alice (BSN’75)

McCallum, Don (BSA’75)

McComas Houston, Simon (BA’74, ARTS’75)

McCutcheon, Garth (BSP’75)

McIvor, CD (BED’75, BA’80, PGD’82)

McKeague, Neva (BA’68, LLB’75)

McKee, Scott (BA’71, ARTS’75, PGD’77)

McLelland, Audrey (BSP’75)

McMillan, Allan (BSC’75, BE’80)

McRae, Roger (BA’75, BED’79)

Meakin, Karen (BCOMM’75)

Mechor, Clarence (BA’68, DVM’75)

Meekma, Violet (LLB’75)

Mehling, Lillian (BED’75)

Metzger, Loretta (BED’75)

Meyers, Dr (BSC’75, DMD’80)

Miller, David (BA’75)

Mitzel, Larry (BCOMM’75)

Mooney, Adina (BED’67, BA’75)

Morris, Valerie (HOSADM’75)

Mrazek, Greg (BCOMM’75)

Muller, Valerie (BSC’75, BSA’77)

Murawsky, Orest (BA’71, BED’74, MEDUC’75)

Neufeld, Bruce (BSC’75, BSP’79)

Newell, Dudley (BED’68, BA’75)

Nichol, Bob (BA’75, ARTS’78, SC’82)

Nicholls, Jane (BED’75)

Nickolet, Dennis (BCOMM’75)

Nieman, Lynne (BSHEC’75)

Nobbee, Clyde (BE’75)

North, Laury (BE’75)

Norum, Blaine (BSC’73, MSC’75)

Nowak, Nancy (BED’75)

Olfert, Owen (BSC’73, BSA’75, PHD’79)

Olson, Jane (BED’70, BA’75, LLB’83, PGD’83)

Olson, Ron (BA’73, BED’75)

Olver, Brian (AGRIC’75)

Oranchuk, Yvonne (BSHEC’74, BED’75)

Oryschak, Allan (BA’65, MD’69, MSC’75)

Parker, Robert (BE’75)

Peterson, Walter (BSP’75)

Pokraka, Ed (BSC’72, SC’75)

Polichuk, Dale (AGRIC’75)

Pollock, Kathleen (BSP’75)

Priestley, Rita (BA’67, EDUC’69, BED’75, PGD’75, MEDUC’76)

Prytula, Olga (BED’75)

Pylypec, Bohdan (BSC’72, MSC’75, BED’79)

Quon-Forsythe, Mae (BSHEC’75)

Raczynski, Andrew (BA’75)

Randall, Robert (BE’75)

Rasid, Harunur (PHD’75)

Rasmussen, Ole (BA’73, MD’75)

Reich, David (BSC’70, SC’72, MD’75)

Reimer, Clarence (BED’61, BA’75)

Rennie, William (BE’75)

Rieder, Francis (BE’75)

Roach, Sandra (BED’75)

Robin, Arthur (BCOMM’75)

Rodych, Ken (BCOMM’75)

Rorquist, Wayne (BE’75, PGD’86)

Rothwell, Gwen (BED’73, BSPE’75, MSC’76)

Roy, Janice (BA’75)

Rung, Alvin (BCOMM’75)

Ryneveld, Fiona (BED’75)

Salisbury, Craig (BSC’75)

Salken, Cheryl (BA’75)

Sandberg, Maryanne (DVM’75)

Savage, Roger (BMUS’75)

Sawyer, Adrian (BED’71, PGD’75, MEDUC’76)

Scandrett, John (BA’75, BED’83)

Schaan, Bernard (BSCMLT’75)

Schienbein, Allan (DVM’75)

Schmidt, Alois (AGRIC’75)

Scholz, Allan (BSA’75, BED’76, MSEM’ 14)

Schultz, Marv (BED’75)

Schwartz, Randal (BSP’75)

Scott, Darlene (BSN’75, MSC’00)

Scott, James (BED’75)

Selby, Darlene (BED’75)

Shalley, Darrell (BCOMM’75)

Shiffman, Howard (BSC’75, MD’83)

Sholter, Alvin (BA’75, LLB’78)

Shu, Mary (BSC’75)

Sielsky, Gerald John (BSPE’74, BED’75)

Sigfusson, Sandra (BED’75)

Skalski, Bruno John (BE’75)

Slingsby, Art (BSC’75)

Sloan, David (AGRIC’75)

Smadu, Marlene (BSN’75)

Smith, Charles (MD’75)

Smith, Debra (BCOMM’75)

Smith, Shawn (LLB’75)

Smith-Windsor, Deanna (BED’75)

Smysnuik, Orest (BCOMM’75)

Sokul, Mervin (BCOMM’75)

Sollid, Daniel (BSP’75)

Sollid, David (BSP’75)

Spicer, Debbie (BED’75)

Sproat, Howard (BSPE’74, BED’75)

Stanavech, Teresa (BSP’75)

Stang, Gordon (BCOMM’75)

Stanley, Dennis Erwin (BCOMM’75)

Stefaniuk, Maureen (BA’74, ARTS’75)

Stirling, Ken (BMUSED’75)

Stroh, Peter (BA’70, BED’75, MEDUC’85)

Swanson, Arlene (BSHEC’75)

Taylor, Charles (BA’75)

Taylor, Dan (BA’75, BED’77)

Tennent, Rozanne (BSC’75)

Theaker, James Elwood (BED’74, BA’75)

Thiessen, Darlene (BED’75)

Thoma, Carl (BE’75, BCOMM’79)

Thompson, Herbert (BED’75, MEDUC’76)

Tollefson, Laurie (BSA’75, MSC’85)

Toovey, Willa (BSHEC’75)

Treimans, Hugh (AGRIC’75)

Tutty, Paddy (BFA’75)

Valiquette, Ursula (HOSADM’75)

Voinorosky, Eva (BSC’71, BED’75, MEDUC’87)

Wakeling, Audrey (BA’74, LLB’75)

Wallace, Norma (BSN’75)

Walls, James (BA’75)

Wartman, Mark (BA’75)

Wawro, Susan (BSN’75)

Wegner, Pat (BAPE’75, BED’77, MEDUC’92)

Whetstone, Arthur (BA’73, MA’75)

Willms, Gerald (BED’75)

Wills, Donald Albert (BED’75)

Wilson, Don (BSA’75, DVM’79)

Wist, Gilbert Marcus (BAPE’75, BED’77)

Wolfater, Kaye (BSHEC’75, BED’76)

Wong, Eva (BSC’75)

Wrubleski, Philip (BE’75)

Yaychuk, Denis (BSC’75, BCOMM’85)

Young, Joanne (BSC’75)

Zakus, David (BSC’75)

Zentner, Robert (BSA’72, MSC’75)



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FAQ

YES! We will send you your pin and parchment with “USask Golden Grad” and list the year(s) and degree(s) of your graduation. Please contact Mary Stirling, Alumni Engagement Officer, at mary.stirling@usask.ca.

YES! We would be happy to send you your parchment and pin. Please contact Mary Stirling, Alumni Engagement Officer, at mary.stirling@usask.ca.

You can have a family member or friend register you on your behalf and receive reminders to their email address, or USask Alumni staff can register you on your behalf. Please contact Mary Stirling, Alumni Engagement Officer, at 306-966-7662.

No, unfortunately these pages are only available for a limited time until we launch the next year’s Golden Grads class webpage.

Golden Grads happens annually to coincide on or near to Fall Convocation. This year it takes place November 12, 2025. Invitations arrive in the mail and by email in August or September annually. Make sure your contact information is up to date to receive your invitation if you’re celebrating the 50th anniversary of your graduation in the coming year(s).

You can update your contact information and preferences here. Invitations to Golden Grads come by mail or email depending on your preference. If you have a current email on file with USask Alumni, make sure to check your spam or junk mail to ensure our messages aren’t getting filtered out of your inbox.

Our Golden Grads program, created in 2017, is a chance for us to celebrate our alumni that graduated 50 years ago and recognize how they have shaped our university, our communities and beyond.