University History
Honorary degree recipients
N.B.: The detail displayed about each honorary degree recipient varies, as the database was compiled from a variety of sources. However, more information may be available at the University Archives. |
| Graduation photo, KW Neatby (Photograph Collection ASM 115) |
Convocation date: June 8, 1948
Special Convocation: Special Convocation and official opening of the Prairie Regional Laboratory of the National Research Council
Discipline / contribution: agriculture
Citation / biographical information:
The Committee...recommends that on the occasion of the opening of the Prairie Research Laboratory on June 8, a Special Convocation be held and the degree of Doctor of Laws (honoris causa) be conferred upon:Degree received: Doctor of Laws
Kenneth William Neatby, BSA, MSc, PhD, FRSC, Director, Science Service, Dominion Department of Agriculture, for his outstanding contributions to agricultural science.
[Senate minutes, 12 May 1948]
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