The Icelandic Canadian - 01.06.1961, Qupperneq 59

THE ICELANDIC CANADIAN
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MASTER OF SCIENCE IN
PHSYCOLOGY and DOCTOR
OF MEDICINE
John David Sigurdson
John David Sigurdson, son of Mr.
and Mrs. John A. Sigurdson of Port-
land, Oregon, will 'begin a first year
of medical residency on Obstetrics and
Gynecology at Gorgas Hospital, Canal
Zone, this June.
Born in Seattle January 28, 1934,
he completed high school in Portland
at the age of 17 in spite of spending
many months confined in bed and
hospitals with a leg injury. He gradu-
ated from Pacific University, Forest
Grove, and then entered the Univer-
sity of Oregon Medical School in 1955.
There he received a research fellow-
ship in physiology doing teaching and
medical research as well as taking
medical courses. He graduated in 1960
with a Master of Science Degree in
Physiology as well as an M.D. degree.
He interned at Gorgas Hospital,
Panama Canal Zone, where he now
lives with his wife and small daughter.
Dr. Sigurdson’s mother was Helga
Borgford of Winnipeg, and his father
is the son of the late Matthildur
Sveinsson Johnson of Vancouver and
Blaine. His father has been co-manager
of the Marshall-Wells Company for
thirty years. His great uncle and aunt,
Magnus Thordarson and Ella Wells
reside at Stafholt, Blaine.
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STATE VISIT OF
PRESIDENT OF ICELAND
His Excellency Asgeir Asgeirsson,
President of Iceland, will pay a state
visit to Canada next September. In
Ottawa he will be a guest of the Can-
adian government and in Winnipeg
of the Manitoba government. Mr. As-
geirsson has expressed the desire to
visit as many Icelandic communities
in this country as possible. With him
will be his wife, fni Dora borhalls-
dottir. In the presidential party will
be Iceland’s Forgein Minister, Gud-
mundur I. Gudmundsson and his wife,
fru Rosa Ingolfsdottir; His Excellency
Thor Thors, Ambassador of Iceland
to Canada and the United States, and
Mrs. Thor; Haraldur Kroyer, Private
Secretary to the President, and Mrs.
Kroyer; and Hallgrimur F. Hallgrims-
son, Consul-General of Canada in Ice-
land, and Mrs. Hallgrimsson. His
Excellency, who previously visited Can-
ada as a private citizen, is serving his
•third term as President of Iceland. He
was first elected in 1952.
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GOLDEN WEDDING
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Fridfinnson of
960 Garfield Street, Winnipeg, cele-
brated their golden wedding anniver-
sary at their home on Sunday, April
2, when -they were honored by friends
and relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Fridfinn-
son were married April 4, 1911, in the
First Icelandic Lutheran Church in
Winnipeg by the late Rev. Dr. Jon
Bjarnason. They have six sons and one
daughter. They are John, Andres,