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The Institute of Pedology, with headquarters at the University, was organized in 1968. The Institute consists of all pedologists in the Soil Science Department of the University, the Terrain Sciences Department of the Alberta Research Council and the Alberta Pedology Unit of the Land Resources Research Centre, Agriculture Canada. The Institute is involved in coordinating work in the following fields: soil survey in Alberta, research in pedology, interpretation of basic data on Alberta soils and assistance and/or cooperation from other institutions concerned with pedological data (Calendar, 1990/91). The Institute is directed by the Technical Coordinating Committee. The Chair of the Soil Science Department of the University is ex officio Chair of the Technical Coordinating Committee.

In 1948, the Government of Alberta's Department of Economic Affairs created a Film and Photography Branch, the purpose of which was to maintain a photographic record of Alberta's economic, cultural and social development. In 1959, the Branch was transferred to the Provincial Secretary and, after several more transfers, was taken under the Bureau of Public Affairs.

The University Survey Committee was created in August 1941 by an Order-in-Council of the Government of Alberta to conduct a comprehensive review of the University's affairs. In particular, the Committee examined the University's success in meeting the cultural, economic, and educational needs of Albertans. Chaired by Harold H. Parlee, then chair of the University's Board of Governors, the Committee submitted its interim report on January 30, 1942. Committees internal to the University were established to act on the report's recommendations, thus the Survey Committee dissolved with no further formal reports. Many of the Survey Committee's recommendations were incorporated into the 1942 revisions of the University Act, while others, such as the creation of an affiliated campus in Calgary, were adopted later.

Educator, 1927- . Clarence Harold Preitz was born February 2, 1927, in Scranton, Pennsylvania. He received a B.S. from Millersville University in 1951, his M.S. from the University of Pennsylvania in 1954, and his Ed.D. from Wayne State University in 1969. In 1965, Dr. Preitz was appointed Assistant Professor in the Department of Industrial and Vocational Education at the University of Alberta. He was appointed Associate Professor in 1968 and Full Professor in 1975. From 1986-1991, Dr. Preitz was Associate Chair of the Department of Industrial and Vocational Education at the University of Alberta. In 1991, he was transferred to the Department of Secondary Education. Dr. Preitz retired in 1992 and was named Professor Emeritus. Over the course of his career, he published several monographs and numerous articles on several different aspects of industrial education.

Writer, Director, Filmmaker. 1946-. Anne Wheeler was born in Edmonton, Alberta, in 1946. Upon completing high school, Ms. Wheeler entered the University of Alberta, graduating with a B.Sc. in Mathematics in 1967. During her twenties, Ms. Wheeler was employed at a variety of careers including computer programming, teaching high school and acting. In 1971, Ms. Wheeler joined a collective of nine individuals determined to document in film the trials and tribulations of life in Western Canada. The collective, entitled Film West, and with no previous filmmaking experience, was within a year winning awards from major film festivals for their documentaries. In 1976, Ms. Wheeler left the collective and continued her career in film as a freelancer, primarily by writing and directing documentaries and short films for the National Film Board of Canada. In 1981, she wrote and directed her first feature film, A War Story (1981), starring Donald Sutherland and based on her father's experiences as a doctor in a Japanese Prisoner of War camp. Ms. Wheeler has gone on to produce numerous other feature films including Bye Bye Blues (1990), Better Than Chocolate (1999), Loyalties (1984) and Angel Square (1989). Ms. Wheeler has also directed several vehicles for television including a Movie of the Week adaptation of Margaret Laurence's The Diviners (1990) which received a Genie Award for best M.O.W. in 1990. Ms. Wheeler has also directed episodes of Canadian television dramas such as Davinci's Inquest and Cold Squad. Ms. Wheeler's works have received acclaim and won awards in Canada, the United States, and Europe, and she has been the recipient of six honorary doctorates including her alma mater, the University of Alberta in 1990. Ms. Wheeler was also elected an Officer of the Order of Canada in 1994.

Founded in 1972 as the Clothing Studies Association of Canada, the Apparel Studies Association of Canada Inc. was incorporated in 1973 and received its national charter in 1974. Its aim was to support research and facilitate professional communication among clothing researchers and users of research through newsletters and general meetings. Its head office was located in the Department of Clothing and Textiles at the University of Alberta. The Association was dissolved in 1988.

The University Professional Librarians' Group, founded in 1960, was succeeded in 1966 by the Association of Professional Librairians of the University of Alberta (APLUA) which, unlike its predecessor, has a formal constitution. Its mandate includes the promotion and advancement of the interests and welfare of professional librarians to provide the best possible professional service. APLUA also promotes continuing education and encourages an interest in and knowledge of the profession at all levels and in all types of libraries.

The teaching of anthropology was introduced in the late 1950s within the Department of Philosophy and Psychology. In 1963 the joint Department of Sociology and Anthropology was established, and by 1966 two separate departments were formed. The Department's personnel, facilities, teaching function, and research emphasis are organized around four programs: 1. archaeology and paleoenvironmental studies; 2. physical anthropology and primatology; 3. culture contact, development and world problems; 4. symbolic, linguistic and cognitive analysis (PACCR, 1986). Chairs: 1966-1970 Charles S. Brant; 1967-1968 Harold Barclay (Acting); 1971-1975 Henry T. Lewis; 1975-1978 C. Roderick Wilson; 1978-1981 Clifford G. Hickey; 1981-1982 Michael Asch (Acting); 1982-1986 Michael Asch; 1986-[1990] Henry T. Lewis; 1990- David Lubell .

Preceded by the Division (1971-1975) and Department (1975-1986) of Athletic Services, the Athletics Department's programs are recreational, not academic. It administers intercollegiate athletics and campus recreation, as well as providing community service through summer sports camps for youth. Directors: 1945-[1963] Maurice Lewis "Maury" Van Vliet ...of Physical Education; 1963-1976 Edwin D. Zemrau Athletic Director. Chairs: 1976-1982 Edwin D. Zemrau; 1982-1985 Garry J. Smith; 1985-[1989] Robert D. Steadward; [1989]- Dale H.P. Schulha.

The subject of botany was taught through the Department of Biology from 1912 until 1922 when its own department was established. Its facilities include herbaria, a phytotron and access to the Devonian Botanic Gardens. One of the Department's extensive research programs was a five-year study of the ecosystem of Devon Island, Northwest Territories, in conjunction with the International Biological Programme's Tundra Biome Project. Heads: 1912-1939 Francis John Lewis; 1939-1957 Ezra Henry Moss; 1957-1966 Harold Johnston Brodie; 1966-1969 Wilson H. Stewart. Chairs: 1969-1971 Wilson N. Stewart; 1971-1979 Paul R. Gorham; 1976-1977 Wilson N. Stewart; 1979-1984 David D. Cass; 1984- Keith E. Denford.