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2 • Lögberg-Heimskringla • Föstudagur 16. júlí 1993
Best wishesl
Iam enclosing hercwith my check
for $50.00 as I believe my cur-
rent subscríptíon to your publí-
cation ís about to expire. The extra
included in my check is a contribu-
tíon for your continuing good efforts.
í’m not certain whether anyone
sent you notice of the selection of
Sigrid Benson ött as a recipient of
the sioux Award at the Uníversity of
North Dakota, which is the highest
honour that can be accorded to any
alumni at the Universiíy. I feel that
this award is particularly significant
in that she is the 5th person from the
small community of Upham to be so
honoured, all of them Iceiandic. The
previous winners were Ðr. O. W.
Johnson; 7\ndrew L. Freeman, an
electrical engineer; Dr. Leonard
Asmundson, my brother, and myself,
who were honoured last year,
Sigrid is my first cousin, the
daughter of my mother’s brother.
Her parents were Barney and
Gudrun Benson. You will note that
she has had some significant hon-
ours including the Order of the
Falcon with Knight’s Cross present-
ed to her by Presidcnt Vígdis.
Best wishes for your continuing
success.
Sincerely,
T.B. Asmundson
Beilingham, Washington
Sigrid (Benson) Ott, an Upham,
N.D., native, is the co-founder
of the Leysin (Switzerland)
American School, a university prepara-
tory boarding school, and the
American College of Switzerland, a
degree-granting institution. Sigrid
Sigrid (Benson) Ott
attended Bottineau (N.D.) Junior
College before enrolling at UND in
1937. She received her bachelor’s
degree in sociology in 1939. After
graduating from UND, Sigrid taught
high school and became an adminis-
trator in Upham, then assisted her hus-
band, Fred, in educational projects in
Switzerland untii 1949.
From 1949 to 1980, she worked to
introduce American-style children’s
summer camps to Europe. She devel-
oped and directed the International
Ranger camps in Switzerland,
Denmark, and Holland, and worked
with more than 6,500 campers and
2,100 staff members during her 31
years in this field. These camps were
featured in numerous publications in
Europe and the United States, includ-
ing the New York Times, the Wall
Street Journal, Look magazine, the
Chrístian Science Monitor, Berlinske
Tidende, and Politiken.
She served as a director of Leysin
American School and the ACS with
herhusband. Since 1980, Sigrid has
worked jointly with Fred in retirement
Doctorate Received
Gunnar Valdimarsson, son of Valdimar
Sigurðsson and Brynhildur Daisy
Eggertsdóttir of Reykjavík, Iceland, and
the son-in-law of Borga Jakobson of Winnipeg,
Manitoba, received his Ph.D. in Zoology from
the University of Westem Ontario at the June
1993 convocation.
Gunnar’s research focused on the develop-
ment of intercellular communication in early
mouse embryos. Gunnar is currently working as
a post-doctoral fellow at the Cancer Research
Laboratoríes at Queen’s University in Kingston,
Ontario.
projects such as organising the partici-
pation of Swiss musicians in the
International Music Camp at the
International Peace Gardens on the
border of North Dakota and Canada;
promoting the import of Icelandic
products to Switzerland; and consult-
ing for the Leysin American School.
She received the Royal Danish
Medal from Denmark in 1969, and the
Order of the Falcon with Knight’s
Cross from the president of Iceland in
1987.
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News Spreads
In Lögberg-Heimskringla, Sept-
ember 18, 1992 you had an arti-
cle called “Iceland and Israel”
where Abba Eban told how
Iceland’s U.N. ambassador Thor
Thors helped launch the state of
Israel in 1947.
Though I lived through that peri-
od, I had never heard about
Iceland’s involvement and I guess
many more people had not heard,
including my Jewish friend. She
showed the article to her Jewish
friends here in White Rock, and
then the paper was taken to
Vancouver where the article was
read in the large Jewish synagogue
in Vancouver.
Stefania Morris
White Rock, British Columbia
North Dakota honours native daughter