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THE ICELANDIC CANADIAN
June 1946
IVAR GUDMUNDSSON
Often in the past we have had an
opportunity to welcome and confer with
representative men and women from
Iceland. Those occasions have always
been a pleasure and an encouragement
for the future. Our most recent visitors
are no exception to the rule, in fact are
in the van among those who have by
their friendliness and understanding
endeared themselves to us all. ivar
GuSmundsson is on the editorial staff of
MorgunblaSiS, reported to be the most
widely circulated daily in Iceland. In
his address in the Federated Church on
Friday, June 1, he gave a comprehensive
survey of recent events in Iceland and
plans, that are in the making, for the
future, both in the domestic and the
international field. On the Sunday fol-
lowing the members of the executive
of the Icelandic Club and the Magazine
Committee met him and his charming
wife. After an exchange of opinions on
matters of mutual interest the Chairman
of the Editorial Staff, on behalf of both
committees, presented Mr. GuSmundsson
with a bound copy of the first two
volumes of the magazine.
Dr. THORBERGUR THORVALDSON
At the recent convocation of the Uni-
versity of Manitoba, Dr. Thorbergur
Thorvaldson, Prof, of Chemistry at the
University of Saskatchewan, was award-
ed the honorary degree of Doctor of
Science for his important chemical re-
searches, the most outstanding of which
has been his creation of an alkali-resist-
ant cement. Dean Saunderson, who pre-
sented Dr. Thorvaldson for his honorary
degree, stated that he was recognized as
a world authority on the chemistry of
cement.
Dr. Thorvaldson graduated from the
University of Manitoba in 1906, received
his M.A. from Harvard in 1909, and his
Ph.D. from the same university in 1911.
Mrs. T. Thorvaldson is the former Mar-
garet Paulson, daughter of the late Mr. &
Mrs. W. H. Paulson. “W. H.” as most
people knew him, was for many years a
member of the Saskatchewan legislature.
Mrs. Thorvaldson received her B.A. at
Wesley and her R.N. in Minneapolis.