Alumni Achievement Award to Saskatoon couple

Posted October 29, 1997


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
97-10-16-OTHER

Saskatoon couple to receive Alumni Achievement
Award

Saskatoon SK, October 24, 1997 -- The 1997 Alumni Award of
Achievement is being awarded jointly to a community-minded couple?
Hartley Fredeen, BSA?43, MSc?51, and Margaret (Stephens-Newsham)
Fredeen, BSN?47?who are now living in retirement in Saskatoon.

In 1946, Hartley was recruited by the CDA Research Laboratory in
Saskatoon to do research on the control of blackflies. He continued in
this career for 38 years. He pioneered techniques for laboratory cultures
of blackflies and other insects affecting man and animals and for
measuring and predicting population changes and outbreaks of the pests.

He was seconded to Expo ?67 from 1965 to 1967 to develop and manage
a comprehensive insect control program to ensure the absence of insect
problems at the Exposition. From 1979 to 1980, he was seconded to the
World Health Organization to evaluate and document the effectiveness
and environmental impact of a pest-control project in eight West African
countries.

Over his career, he was a member or consultant on numerous federal and
provincial boards relating to insect control. He chaired the Western
Committee on Livestock Pests, was a member, and chaired, the
Saskatoon Environmental Council; and was an adjunct professor at both
Simon Fraser University and at the College of Agriculture, U of S.

For 51 years, he was also was a charter member of the Saskatchewan
Institute of Agrologists and the Agriculture Institute of Canada.

He was active with his church, Scouts, his Home and School Association,
and was founder and financial backer of organic food cooperatives?
Magpie, Golden Sheaf, Steep Hill?in the Saskatoon area.

An amateur fiddler and avid outdoorsman, he?s also involved in Habitat
for Humanity; is the co-developer and leader of weekly programs for the
Saskatoon Nature Society?s Golden Eagles; is an executive member, and
chair, of the Saskatoon Environmental Council; and is an executive
member, and chair, of the Memorial Society of Saskatchewan.

After receiving her BSN with Great Distinction in 1947, Mrs. Fredeen
began work as a night supervisor at the Saskatoon City Hospital. She
then earned a teaching and supervision certificate from McGill University
in 1949 and began teaching at the Saskatoon City Hospital.

Margaret and Hartley were married in 1950 and they raised a family of
six?all of whom are graduates of the University of Saskatchewan:
Shirley, MEd, of Saskatoon; Edward, BE(Civil), of Castlegar; Alan, BSA,
MSc(Guelph), PhD(Univ. of Calif. -Davis), of Truro, NS; Kenneth, BA, LLB,
of Calgary; Arthur, BSA, PhD(Univ. of Calif. -Berkeley), of Prince George;
and Lawrence, BSc. MD, of Prince George.

After her family responsibilities eased, Margaret returned to nursing and
was employed part-time for 17 years as a nurse at the U of S Student
Health Center until her retirement in 1989.

She, too, was active in her church, politics, Y?smenettes, and the Block
Parent program. She remains involved in Plough Shares, CARAL,
Planned Parenthood, Amnesty International, Seniors for Peace, Senior
Action, and in both the City Hospital Alumni Association and the U of S
Alumni Association.

For more information, please contact:

Sue Hicks
Alumni & Development Office
(306) 966-5600