Deans and directors

Lists of the deans and directors of USask colleges and schools throughout the university's history. These lists track the evolution of some schools into colleges, and the position of director or head into that of dean. Names listed can be assumed to be a dean unless otherwise noted.

Dates Dean
1909–1930 William J. Rutherford
1930–1935 Alexander N. Shaw
1935–1937 Walter C. Murray (acting)
1937–1946 L.E. Kirk
1946–1948 Victor E. Graham (acting)
1946–1964 Victor E. Graham
1964–1965 W.L. Hutcheon
1965–1974 W.J. White
1974–1984 J.A. Brown
1984–1990 D.A. Rennie
1990–1999 J.W.B. (John) Stewart
1999–2007 Ernie Barber
2007–2009 Graham Scoles (acting)
2009–2016 Mary M. Buhr
2016–2017 Robert Tyler
2017–2020 Mary Buhr
2020– Angela Bedard-Haughn

Dates Dean
1912–1939 George H. Ling
1939–1949 Walter P. Thompson
1949–1964 J. Francis Leddy
1964–1969 R.N.H Haslam
1969–1981 Douglas R. Cherry
1982–1990 A.R. Knight
1990–1991 T. Wishart (acting)
1992–1997 D.W. Atkinson
1997–1998 C. Thompson (acting)
1998–2001 T.B. Wishart (acting)
2001–2002 Ken Coates
2002–2003 K.F. Taylor (acting)
2003–2004 Ken Coates
2004–2011 Jo-Anne Dillon
2011–2016 Peter Stoicheff
2016–2017 Peta Bonham-Smith (interim)
2017–2023 Peta Bonham-Smith
2023 (July) Bram Noble (interim)
2023– Brooke Milne

Dates Dean
1936–1940 J. Neilson (Accounting)
1940–1944 Joseph H. Thompson (Accounting)
1944–1951 Joseph H. Thompson
1953–1964 T.H. McLeod
1964–1965 Georgia M. Goodspeed (acting)
1965–1969 Lloyd I. Barber
1969–1976 S. Laimon
1977–1982 P.M. Maher
1982–1996 W.J. Brennan
1996–2006 V. Lynne Pearson
2006–2009 Grant Isaac
2009–2010 C. Brooke Dobni (acting)
2010–2016 Daphne Taras
2016– Keith Willoughby

Dates Dean
1966–1974 K.J. Paynter
1974–1977 C.W.B. McPhail (acting)
1977–1986 E.R. Ambrose
1986–1992 P.B. Innes
1992–1993 R.E. McDermott (acting)
1993–1998 R.E. McDermott
1998–2000 Ken Sutherland (acting)
2000–2001 Charles G. Baker
2001–2002 J. Stakiw (acting)
2002–2004 Charles G. Baker
2004–2006 J.E. Stakiw (acting)
2006–2008 Gerry Uswak (acting)
2008–2013 Gerry Uswak
2013–2014 Ken Sutherland (acting)
2014-2017 Gerry Uswak
2017–2022 Doug Brothwell
2022- Walter Siqueira

Dates Dean
1928–1947 F.M. Quance
1947–1953 Samuel R. Laycock
1953–1955 C.E. Smith
1955–1976 J.B. Kirkpatrick
1977–1981 R.H. Farquhar
1982–1987 Naomi L. Hersom
1987–1996 M.P. Scharf
1996–2003 Ken Jacknicke
2003–2012 Cecilia Reynolds
2013–2014 Robert Regnier (acting)
2014–2021 Michelle Prytula
2021–2023 Beth Bilson (interim)
2023- Julia Paulson

Dates Dean
1922–1944 C.J. Mackenzie (includes war leave)
1944–1952 Roy A. Spencer
1952–1958 I. Matheson Fraser
1958–1961 A. Porter
1962–1963 J.B. Mawdsley
1963–1972 A.D. Booth
1973–1974 W.R. Staples
1974–1996 P. Nikiforuk
1996–2000 F. Berruti
2000–2002 Roy Billinton (acting)
2002–2006 Claude Lague
Aug. 2006–June 2007 Bob Gander (acting)
July 2007–June 2010 Janusz Kozinski
July 2010–2013 Ernie Barber (acting)
Sept. 2013–2016 Georges Kipouros
2016–2017 Donald J. Bergstrom (interim)
2017–2023 Suzanne Kresta
2023- Carey Simonson

Dates Dean
1946–1949 Thorbergur Thorvaldson
1949–1959 John W.T. Spinks
1959–1970 Balfour W. Currie
1970–1984 K.J. McCallum
1984–1988 H.E. Tennant
1988–1991 J.G. Manns
1991–1992 B. MacLennan (acting)
1992–1996 Louis Forsyth
1996–2001 Gary Kachanoski
2001–2002 Tom Wishart (acting)
2002-2007 Tom Wishart
2008–2013 Lawrence Martz
2013–2017 Adam Baxter-Jones
2017–2020 Trever Crowe
2020– Debbie Burshtyn

Dates Head
1939–1941 Ethel Rutter
1941–1942 Hope Hunt
Dates Dean
1942–1965 Hope Hunt
1965–1972 Edith C. Rowles Simpson
1972–1973 Marjorie J. Guildford (acting)
1973–1974 Helen C. Abell
1974–1976 Marjorie J. Guildford (acting)
1976–1981 Douglas L. Gibson
1981–1982 T.J. Abernathy
1982 H.E. Nixon (acting)
1982–1986 Gwenna M. Moss
1986–1989 Eva Lee
1989 M. Crowle

Dates Dean
1920–1930 Arthur Moxon
1930–1961 Frederick C. Cronkite
1962–1969 Otto E. Lang
1969–1974 Roger Carter
1974–1977 D.A. Schmeiser
1977–1982 D.H. Clark
1982–1988 Dan Ish
1988–1998 R. Peter MacKinnon
1998–1999 Kent Roach
1999–2002 Beth Bilson
2002–2004 Dan Ish (acting)
2004–2010 Brent Cotter
2010–2011 Beth Bilson (acting)
2011–2016 Sanjeev Anand
2016– Martin Phillipson

Dates University Librarian
1915–1939 Arthur S. Morton
1941–1944 J.M. Lothian
1944–1946 T.R. Barcus
1946-1974 D.C. Appelt
Dates University Librarian and Director of Libraries
1975-1980 D.C. Appelt
1980–1985 Nancy A. Brown
Jan.–June 1986 Frank Winter
1986-1991 Paul Wiens
1991–1994 Frank Winter (acting)
1994–2005 Frank Winter
2005–2006 Ken Ladd (acting)
Dates Dean
2006–2013 Vicki Williamson
2013–2014 Ken Ladd (acting)
2014–2016 Vicki Williamson
2016–2017 Charlene Sorensen (interim)
2017–2020 Melissa Just
2020-2021 Charlene Sorenson (acting)
2021–2023 Melissa Just
2023- Charlene Sorensen (interim)

Dates Dean
1927–1952 W. Stewart Lindsay
1952–1962 J. Wendell MacLeod
1962–1967 Robert W. Begg
1967–1969 D.R. Moore
1971–1974 J.R. Gutelius
1974–1983 R.G. Murray
1983–1992 I.M. McDonald
1993–2001 David R. Popkin
2001–2002 Charles G. Baker (acting)
2002–2012 William Albritton
2012–2013 Lou Qualtiere (acting)
2013–2014 Colum Smith (acting)
2014–2023 Preston Smith
2024- Marilyn Baetz (interim)

Dates Director
1938-1950 K.W. Ellis
1950–1969 Hazel B. Keeler
1969–1973 Lucy D. Willis
Dates Dean
1973 Hester J. Kernen (acting)
1974–1980 Hester J. Kernen
1981–1990 Una Ridley
1990–2000 Yvonne Brown
2000–2005 Elizabeth Horsburgh
2005–2007 Joan Sawatsky (acting)
2007-2013 Lorna Butler
2013–2014 Lois Berry (acting)
2014–2016 Lorna Butler
2016–2017 Beth Horsburgh (interim)
2017–2019 Huey-Ming Tzeng
2019–2021 Lois Berry (interim)
2021– Solina Richter

Dates Dean
1914–1923 Alexander Campbell (director)
1923–1926 Alexander Campbell
1926–1928 Esli Woods (acting)
1928–1946 Esli Woods
1946–1975 W.C. MacAulay
1976–1982 B.R. Schnell
1982–1997 J.L. Blackburn
1997–1998 E.M. Hawes (acting)
1998–2009 D.K.J. Gorecki
2009–2014 David Hill
2014–2019 Kishor Wasan
2019– Jane Alcorn

Dates Director
1919-1952 E.W. "Joe" Griffiths
1931-1947 Ethel Mary Cartwright (School of Physical Education for Women)
1958-1959 K. Gowie
1959-1966 W.A.R. Orban
1966-1972 Howard R. Nixon
Dates Dean
1973–1974 Howard R. Nixon (acting)
1974–1977 Howard R. Nixon
1977–1986 John D. Dewar
1986–1996 R.L. Mirwald
1996–2001 Robert A.A. Faulkner
2001–2003 Mark Tremblay
2003–2005 Robert A.A. Faulkner (acting)
2005–2010 Carol D. Rodgers
2010–2011 Adam Baxter-Jones (acting)
2011–2016 Carol D. Rodgers
2016–2022 Chad London
2023- Joel Lanovaz (acting)

Dates Dean
1965–1974 D.L.T. Smith
1975–1982 N.O. Nielsen
1983–1992 G.F. Hamilton
1992–2002 A. Livingston
2002–2003 Charles Rhodes (acting)
2003–2010 Charles Rhodes
2010–2020 Douglas Freeman
2020–2021 Gillian Muir (interim)
2021– Gillian Muir

Dates Executive Director
2008-2015 Michael Atkinson
2015-2018 Kathleen McNutt
2018-2020 Doug Moen
2020- Loleen Berdahl

Dates Executive Director
2008 K. Liber (acting)
2009-2010 K. Liber
2012-2017 Toddi Steelman
2017-2019 Irena Creed
2019-2020 Karsten Liber (interim)
2021- Karsten Liber

Dates Executive Director
2009-2014 Robert Buckingham
2014 Martin Phillipson (interim)
2014-2015 Nazeem Muhajarine (interim)
2015-2017 George Mutwiri (interim)
2017-2019 Steven Jones
2019- George Mutwiri (interim)

Dates Director
1910–1912 Francis Hedley Auld (Agriculture)
1912–1920 Samuel E. Greenway
1920–1953 J.G. Rayner
1953–1963 Rupert D. Ramsay
1963–1974 H.R. Baker
1974–1984 W.B. Whale
1984–1991 R.E. Brack
Dates Dean
1991–2001 D. Gordon Thompson
2001–2007 Walter Archer

Dates Dean
2000–2002 Gary Kachanoski
2002–2004 Ken Coates
2004–2007 V. Lynne Pearson
2007–2008 Ernie Barber

Dates Dean
1967–1973 R.A. Rennie

Dates Dean
196?–1973 C.A. King

Dates Dean
1925 Edith MacKenzie
1944–1950 Edith C. Rowles

Dates Dean
1931–1934 L.L. Dines
1934–1939 W.P. Thompson