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THE ICELANDIC CANADIAN
Summer 1961
mittees of the Central Council. He
served many times as Chairman of Con-
vention Committees. He contributed
numerous articles to “The Bison”.
Since 1955 he has served as an elected
member of the Superannuation Board.
“There is space for only the briefest
indication of his work as a private citi-
zen. He has been President of the Ice-
landic Canadian Club, and a member
of the Board of the Unitarian Church.
Presently he is a member of the
Y.M.C.A. Adult Education Board. His
published writings include ‘Glimpses
of Oxford’ and ‘A History of the Ice-
landic People in Manitoba’.
“Though Mr. Kristjanson was a very
mature man with a wide range of ex-
perience and knowledge when he en-
tered for the first time the Council of
the Association, he did not try to push
himself forward. Throughout the years
following he was content to leave to
others the determination of the various
capacities in witch he was to serve, but
once called upon, he worked with a de-
votion and spirit that commanded the
Dr. Trygvi J. Oleson
respect of all. Principles came first
with him in his approach to problems.
His convctions about the Association
and its policies are deepgrained in his
nature, but, when on occasion the As-
sociation disagreed with him, he yield-
ed, perha,ps with some regret at times,
but always gracefully.
‘Although, under our constitution
the granting of Honourary Life Mem-
bership does preclude participation by
the recipient at the policy making and
executive levels, any present attempt
to make a final assessment of Mr. Krist-
janson’s contribution would be pre-
mature. He continues as a staunch
member and supporter. The standards
he set are not forgotten. All outstand-
ing personalities give something to an
organization that may be hard to de-
fine, but nonetheless it never is lost.”
Members of the Board of this mag-
azine join in this merited tribute. Men
and women of his calibre are needed
for carrying out the ever increasing
responsibilities and duties in publish-
ing the magazine.
Awarded A Fellowship
Just as the magazine was going to
the press word was received that
Tryggvi Julius Oleson, Ph.D., had
been awarded a $6,000 American
Science Research Council faculty re-
search fellowship for research studies
in England, Scandinavia and France
on the life and time of Edward the
Confessor. This work will be a continu-
ation of the studies by Dr. Oleson in
1946-47 under a Guggenheim Fellow-
ship and Nuffield Grant.
Dr. Oleson is spending the summer
holidays at research work in the
Department of History of the Univer-
sity of British Columbia. He will leave
for Europe in August accompanied by
his wife Elva, and three children.