The Icelandic Canadian - 01.09.1964, Blaðsíða 58

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THE ICELANDIC CANADIAN
Autumn 1961
ACCEPTS POST WITH U.N.
IN IRAN
Dr. L Burbank Kristjanson, Ph.D.,
who has been Assistant Deputy Min-
ister of Agriculture in Manitoba has
accepted a position of high responsibil-
ity with the Food and Agricultural
Organization of the United Nations in
Iran. Dr. Kristjanson accepted an as-
signment in Iran a few years ago and
brought back a wife with him. Dr. and
Mrs. Kristjanson have 2 children
Sharon, age 4, and Kevan age 6.
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OBTAINS Ph.D. DEGREE
Ronald Halbert Goodman was grant-
ed a Ph.D. in Physics at the Convoca-
tion of McMaster University at Ham-
ilton, Ontario, on May 25, 1964. He
took all his high school grades at the
Carrot River High School and then
graduated in Arts from the University
of Saskatchewan in 1956. The follow-
ing year Ronald went to the McMaster
University to do research in nuclear
physics on a National Research Coun-
cil fellowship. He is the son of Hallur
S. Goodman of Carrot River. His
grandmother was the late Mrs. Maria
Goodman who came from Iceland in
1909 to settle in the Wynyard district.
At present Ronald lives in Ottawa and
works on research projects with the
Department of Mines and Surveys.
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