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Jessie Caldwell, BSc’24, LLD’84 (d. 1990)

Jessie Caldwell had a distinguished record of public service, reflecting a lifetime of remarkably varied contributions to her community, province, and country. She began her public service as chairman of the Cabri Consolidated School Board from 1929-41. She also served the U of S from 1930-51 as the first woman alumni representative elected to the University Senate. She later moved to Saskatoon and was appointed to the volunteer Dependents Advisory Committee to the Armed Forces for the Saskatoon Region. In another first, Jessie Caldwell was the first woman appointed to the National Film Board of Canada. Her keen interest in international affairs and her work with the Canadian Institute of International Affairs, and the United Nations Association in Canada was recognized by her appointment in 1953 as a member of the Canadian delegation to the Eighth General Assembly of the United Nations, the first Saskatchewan citizen to serve on the delegation.