The Icelandic Canadian - 01.12.1961, Side 42

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THE ICELANDIC CANADIAN
Winter 1961
After his graduation, and having
received his Bachelor of Science degree,
from the Washington State College,
now known as the Washington State
University, Bjorn decided to continue
his education and enrolled at the Uni-
versity of North Carolina, at Chapel
Hills, N. C., where he was offered an
Assistantship. Driving across the
United States in an old car, he arrived
at his destination and began his studies
for his Doctor’s Degree. He remained
at the North Carolina University for
five years, and devoted all his energies
to his studies and teaching. During
those five years, he received four assist-
antships, and one Fellowship, and de-
veloped a method of “Ring Closures
via Benzyne Intermediates” of which
reprints were called for from nine for-
eign countries.
His thesis for the Ph.D. degree was
pronounced one of the most valuable
books coming out of North Carolina
University for many years.
In 1958 he was elected to Sigma XI,
and in June of 1959, after graduation,
returned to the Pacific Coast, where
he was offered a Post Doctorate at the
University of Washington in Seattle,
and is at the present time engaged in
scientific research.
After coming back to Washington
Bjorn married his wife Janet, who is
the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Eythor
Westman, Rte, 1, Blaine. They have a
two months old son whom they named
Bradley Bjorn.
Janet’s father, Eythor, is the son of
Mr .and Mrs. John Westman, of Blaine,
who at one time lived near Elfros,
Sask.
BOY SHOWS PROMISE AS AN ACTOR
The Manitoba Theatre Centre need-
ed a boy and girl for the melodrama
“Speaking of Murder”, which has just
completed a successful run in Win-
nipeg. The management gave notice of
a contest and applications were receiv-
ed from 66 boys. They all were given
an audition and Wayne Bergthor Arna-
son was selected.
In a report on the play the well-
known Winnipeg Tribune theatre,
television and radio reporter, Ann
Henry says:
“The children played by Wayne
Arnason and Rochelle Silver, are too
young to be spoiled by too much direc-
tion or knowledge of what acting is
about, or supposed to be about, so they
are natural and winning. The children,
Wayne Arnason
in fact, are the best thing in the play.
“Young Master Arnason has a very
good grasp of what is expected of him