Last week Dr. Red Williams passed away.

Red Williams was a memorable figure at the University of Saskatchewan.

He was well known and well respected on the U of S campus, having spent more than 50 years in the Department of Animal and Poultry Sciences.

Dr. Mary Buhr is the Dean of the University of Saskatchewan's College of Agriculture and Biosciences.

"In addition to all of his research he had an amazing career doing a wide number of other things," she said. "He had a very distinguished war history. He was a member of the Order of Canada, he got a Queen Elizabeth Diamond Jubilee Medal. He was a made an honorary French Foreign Legion member for his service in the war. The man has done just about anything and everything."

Buhr talked about the contributions he made.

"He retired in 91. He only stopped coming into the college everyday three years ago," he said. "I mean every day including Sundays. He was an active teacher and an active researcher; he was known nationally and globally for his work in animal reproduction in particularly cattle, he was one of the initiators of artificial insemination in cattle."

Red Williams was also known to many of our listeners through his radio commentary Food for Thought that aired on a number of our Golden West Radio stations over the years.

A celebration of life is expected to take place this summer.