Information on A. E. Safarian

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A.E. Sarafian

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(a) B.A. in Political Economy, University of Toronto, 1946;

(b) Ph.D. in Economics, University of California (Berkeley), 1956;

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1950 to 1955, Dominion Bureau of Statistics, Ottawa, engaged in the preparation andanalysis of data on Canada's international transactions;

Lecturer, University of Toronto, 1955-56;

(e) Special Lecturer, University of Saskatchewan, 1956-67;

(f) Associate Professor~ University of Saskatchewan, 1957-;

(g) 1956, with the research staff of the Royal Commission on Canada's EconomicProspects, assisting in the preparation of a study of foreign investment in Canada;

(h) Main research interests in the fields of business fluctuations and internationaltransactions, with particular reference to Canadian experience.

Currently continuing research on the effects of foreign investment on Canada.

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SASKATOON: Prof. A.E. Safarian has been appointed head of the DelSrtment

or Econallics and Political Science at the University of Saskatchewan it was

He succeeds the late Dr. G.E. Britnell. He had been namedannounced today.

acting head of the department. in September duriIig Prof. Brittiell's illness.'Ce"~

Dr. Saf'arian. ,37. joined the universitY start as an associate professor

in 1956. the same year in which he received the doctor of philosophy degree

(Ph.D..) frail the University of California. He had received the bachelor of

arts degree 1"ran the University 01" Toronto 1n"'"i~."'. ,.c, "'" Be wal several under-

graduate scholarships and while a graduate student. he was a teaching rell~,

in econaDics and statistics~ ,

Prot. Satarian was a statistician with the International. Trade Division.

Dallinion Bureau or Statistics, Ottawa, tram 19.50 to 19.5.5. He lectUred in

the Department of Political Econom;y at the University of 1'o~_to ,in ::t-he

academic year 1955-56. During part of 1956, he was with the research"~taff

of the Boyal Coamission on Canada t s Econanic Prospects.

FraR 19.57-.59 he was a member of the executive council of the Canadian

Political Science Association. He and C.D. Blyth and B.B. Carty were

responsible .t'or the publication -The Canadian Balance of Internatialal. "" . .

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Pa~nts in t.he Post.-War Years .1946-19.52-. issued in 19.5). He also is the

autoor of" -The Canadian Econally' in the Great, ~ession-. published in 1959.

Prof'. Saf'arian was bonl in Hamilton. He attended Jarvis Collegiate in

Toralto bef'ore eRtering the University of' Torooto.

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Prof.essor A.E. Sarar~. head of. tM Dapartment of' Economics and Political Science

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Prof.essor 5a.f'ar1.an was bom in Hamilton. Ontario. in 1924. He received

the bac~lor or 'arta degree f'ran the University or Toronto in l~. ar¥1 his

Ph.D f.1'aI1 Ule University of. Calif'om1a in 1956. . Prof.essor Saf'arian was aI .statistician with the International Trade Division, IkD1n1«1 Bureau or Statistics,

lie lectured in the Department of Pol1~1.ca.l Eco~Ottawa. f'ran 1950 to 1955.

During p.rt ofat the University 01' Toronto 1n the academic year 195.5-.56.

19.56. he was with t.he research starr on the Royal CallQission ,on Canada's

In 19.56,'- he joined the Un1vers1t,. statt as an associate In"ofessor.Econ~1c Prospects.Pro!essor Sa!ar1an took part in the pml1cat100 o! ante Canadian Balance or

Be is also tMInternational Payments in the Post-War ,ears. 1946-1952..

He was appointedauthor or -The Canadian ~M~ .in tbe Oreat Iepreas1m...' ,,-

head of the Department or Eco~cs azxi political Science 1n 1962. He will be

on sabbatical leave in 196)-~. when be will callplete a study or the eCCX1aD1c

effects ot international business investment in Canada during the past decade.

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SASKATOON, APRIL 12. - Two outstanding educators, an internationally

recognized composer, two leaders of industry and a prominent scientist will receive

honorary degrees at the University of Saskatchewan's 54th annual spring Convocation

in Saskatoon, Wednesday and Thursday, May 19 and 20.

Honorary doctor of laws degrees (LLD) will be conferred on Dr. John Kenneth.

Galbraith, who is Paul M. Warburg Professor of Economics, Harvard University, and

author of "The Affluent Society"; Dr. J.F. Leddy, president of the University of

Windsor, O1tario, and former academic vice-president of the University of Saskatchewan;

Darius Milhaud, professor of composition at Mills College, Oakland, California;

Fred Mendel, founder of Intercontinental Packers Ltd., in Saskatoon, and p~tr~Q.f

the arts Charles Hay, Toronto, president and chief operating officer of the British

American Oil Company Limited; Dr. DiamornJenness, Gatineau Valley, Quebec, an

eminent anthro~lo9i 5 t .

The University also expects to confer some 1,100 degrees on students

Three Convocation ceremonies will be held in the University Gymnasium. Two of them

~u be on Wednesday, May 19, one in the morning and one in the afternoon. The thl~

will be the following morning, Thursday, May 20. Convocation teas will be held

Wednesday and Thursday afternoons in Marquis Hall for graduates and their guests

The Convocation Ball, sponsored by the U of S Alumni Association in honor of the

graduating class and faculty, will take place Wednesday evening in Marquis Hall from

9 p.m. to 1 a.m

Convocation addresses will be given by Dr. Leddy and Dr. Galbraith. DX'.

Leddy will speak on the Wednesday morning and Dr. Galbraith on the Thursday morning.

Dr. J.W.T. Spinks, president of the University of Saskatchewan, will deliver his

annual rePQrt to the spring Convocation at the Wednesday afternoon ceremony.

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nr. Galbraith wu"'i be presented for his degree by Professor A.E. Safarian,

head of the Department of Economics and Political Science at the U of S. Dr. Galbraith

His best known book,bal8ttained eminence as an author, educator and public servant.

"The Affluent Society", is a study of the economic and social problems of the high

"The Great Crash: 1929", is a standard workincome colYmunity. Another of his books,

He also wrote "American Capitalism", a widelyon the great financial., collapse.

discussed analysis of the problem of market regulation and power in the modern

All three of these books have been translated into many languages.capitalist society.

Some ten years ago, Dr. Galbraith initiated the first teaching in economic development

His seminar in this subject has since been attended by a large number ofat Harvard.

He has served as adviser to the govern-students from Asia, Africa and Latin America.

From the spring of 1961 until mid-1963, hements of India, Pakistan and Ceylon.

On his departure, the late Prime Ministerwas ambassador of the United States to India.

Dr. GalbraithNehru publicly thanked him for his help and counsel during these years.

was born in Ontario, Canada, and educated at the Ontario Agricultural College and the

University of California. For several years he was editor of "Fortune".

Or. Leddy will be presented for his degree by Dr. R.N.H. Haslam, dean of

arts and science and head of the Physics Department at the U of S. Dr. Leddy is one

He has been accorded national and internationalof Canada's best known educators.

recognition through his many and varied achievements and he is noted as a brilliant and

He has represented Canada in various capacities on organizations or atwitty speaker.

He was an official delegate to the Internationalconferences on five continents.

Union of Academies in Brussels in 1953, '55, '58 and '62; in Rome in 1956; in Stockholm

He was Canadian delegate to the World Assembly, Worldin 1961; and in Vienna in 1963.

University servi~.t in Tokyo, Japan, 1962, and in Lund, Sweden, in 1964. In Junet 1962,

he was a member of the Special Committee on Higher Education in Basutoland, Africa

He represented Canada at the East-West UNESCO Conference in Calcutta, Ind1a, in 1961

and at the meeting of the Executive Council of the Association of the Universities

Dr. Leddy has heldof the British Commonwealth in Melbourne, Australia, in 1955.

In 1964, he was appointed vice-chaizman ofb1~ office in a host of organizations.

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Professor Milhaud will be presented for his degree by Professor Murray

Professor Milhaud is known both asAdaskin, head, Department of Music at the U of S.

He has been composing music since 1912 and his worksa composer and as a conductor.

include 12 symphonies, 31 concertos, 18 string quartets, eight sonatas, six chamber

orchestra symphonies, three symphonic suites, 14 operas, 16 ballets and music for films

and theatres. Born in Aix-en-Provence, France, Professor Milhaud studied at the

Conservatory of Music in Paris. He was a member of the Superior Council of French

State Radio, from 1935 to 1940, a member of the Consulting Committee for the French

Opera Comique, 1936 to 1939, and a member of the Superior Council of the Conservatory

of Music, Paris, 1937 to 1940. He has been professor of composition at Mills College

since 1940.

Mr.. Mendel will be presented for his degree by A.C. McEown, vice.-president

of the U of S. In the last twenty-five years, Mr. Mendel has made an indelible

imprint on the business and cultural life of Saskatoon and the province of Saskatchewan.

In 1940, after being forced by Nazi persecution to leave Europe, Mr. Mendel founded in

Saskatoon a meat packing plant which has now grown to be the fourth largest in Canada

Apart from the development of Intercontinental Packers Ltd., which was started and

maintained as a family business, Mr. Mendel has a nation-wide reputation as a philan-

He contributed generously toward the constructionthropist and patron of the arts.

of the Mendel Art Gallery and Civic Conservatory, which was opened last October in

Saskatoon. He has promoted art and Saskatchewan artists and he has an excellent

private collection of paintings. He has supported higher education through a sub-

stantial contribution to the University of Saskatchewan's Golden Jubilee Fund and

award at the U of S. He has backed nationalthrough the establishment of a trave

ballet and helped bring musicians When therom distant points for local concerts.

Mendel Gallery was opened, Mr. Mendel's arrival in Saskatoon in 1940 was described

as the most important single event in the cultural fe of this city.

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Mr. Hay will be presented for his degree by Dr. A.D. Booth, dean of

engineering at the U of S. Mr. Hay has wide experience in all aspects of Canada's

oil industry -- exploration, production, refining and marketing. He was president of

Hi-Way Refineries when it was amalgamated with Royalite Oil Company, Ltd., in 1954.

Within four years he was president of Royalite, which was acquired by the British

American Oil Company in 1962. Within the next two years, he became president 0'

British American. In 1964, Mr. Hay completed a term as chairman of the influential

Canadian Petroleum Association, and this year, he was made an honorary life member.

Previously, he had served as chairman of the CPA's Saskatchewan Division, of which

he was an original member. Although no longer associated with the Independent

Petroleum AssociJtion of Canada, he was one of the original directors and served as

president in 1961 and 1962. Born in Kingston, Ontario, Mr. Hay grew up in Saskatoon

and graduated in 1925 with a degree in civil engineering from the University of

Saskatchewan. He has served on the University's Senate and Board of Governors. Mr

Hay is the father of star Chicago Black Hawk centre "Billy" Hay, and he was a well.-

knoVl'l athlete in his O\\f1 day.

Dr. Jenness will be presented for his degree by Dr. W.R. Graham, Professor

~fHt$tory at the U of S. As an anthropologist, Dr. Jenness has investigated many

Indian tribes in Canada from coast to coast and has published several scientific

reports on them through the National Museum of Canada. Born in Wellington, New

Zealand, and educated in New Zealand and England, Dr. Jenness led an anthropology

expedition to New Guinea for Oxford University, in 1911-1912, He later participated

in a Canadian arctic expedition and after that conducted an archaeological expedition

to the Bering Strait, Alaska. A Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, he was an

official delegate for Canada to the Fourth Pacific Science Congress in Java in 1929

BOO chairman of the Anthropology Section of the Fifth Pacific Science Congress in

Vancouver, in 1933. HisHe was made a Fellow, Guggenheim Foundation, in 1953.

~blications include "The Copper Eskimos", tiThe People of the Twilight", "The Indians

of Canada", and "Dawn in Arctic Alaska.i'