The Icelandic Canadian - 01.06.1963, Page 42

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THE ICELANDIC CANADIAN
SUMMER 1963
two years at Cornell University, and
he was lecturer at the University of
Manitoba Summer School, in 1962.
In addition to the present fellow-
ship, John received, in 1957, a $800
Government of Manitoba University
bursary.
He is a member of the Alpha Kappa
Delta Sociology Honorary Society, the
American Sociological Association, and
the American Anthropological As-
sociation. —W.K.
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Judge W« J* Linda! will deliver addresses in Iceland
The chairman of the editorial board
of this magazine, Judge Walter J. Lin-
dal who with Mrs. Lindal left by air
with a party of 35 on June 6th for a
month’s holiday visit in Iceland, will
be speaker on three official occasions
there at the request of Icelandic
authorities.
He was scheduled to deliver an ad-
dress before the faculty and students
of the University of Iceland in Reykja-
vik June 10, and to give a radio ad-
dress subsequently of from 20 to 30
minutes over the Icelandic Broadcast-
ing System at a date not fixed at the
time of his departure from Winnipeg.
His third was to be at the national
celebration in Reykjavik June 17th,
marking the 19th anniversary of Ice-
land gaining her independence and sep-
aration from the Danish crown. This
is also the birthday of Jon SigurSsson,
the father of self-government in Ice-
land, over the years so observed since
his death more than a half century ago..
Speakers with Judge Lindal at the
celebration will be His Excellency
Asgeir Asgeirsson, president of Ice-
land, and Hon. Olafur Thors, prime
minister.
Judge Lindal was born in Iceland
and came to Canada with his family
at the age of 2 months. He was brought
up in Saskatchewan where he received
his early schooling. He entered the
Judge Walter J. Lindal
University of Manitoba in 1905,
received his bachelor of arts degree
there in 1911 and L.L.B. degree in
1914 from the University of Saskatch-
ewan. He was appointed to the Mani-
toba bench in 1942 and retired a year
ago.
Judge Lindal is the author of The
Saskatchewan Icelanders, published in
1955.
Judge and Mrs. Lindal are scheduled
to return to Winnipeg July 7th.
—Steini Thorsteinson