The Icelandic Canadian - 01.12.1964, Qupperneq 53

THE ICELANDIC CANADIAN
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A BRILLIANT ACADEMIC
CAREER
John Stanley Wilkie
A brilliant academic -career was
climaxed with the graduation in med-
icine last spring at the University of
Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, o£ John
Stanley Wilkie of North Battleford,
Sask., with four major awards.
He was given the university’s Great
Distinction in Medicine citation, the
W. S. Lindsay gold medal, Hilliard
medal in medicine and Department of
Medicine prize, and the Department
of Obstetrics and Gynaecology silver
medal and prize. Throughout his high
school years he was a consistent winner
of scholarships and awards.
Dr. Wilkie is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Elmer Wilkie of North Battle-
ford. Mrs. Wilkie is the former Thelma
Jackson, only daughter of the late
Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Jackson. Mrs.
Jackson was born Gudny Thorsteinson
in Akranes, Iceland, daughter of the
late Vigfus and Gudridur Thorstein-
son, and came in 1885 to Canada and
Winnipeg with her parents when a
child. The Thorsteinson family sub-
sequently over the years lived at
Churchbridge, Sask. and at Portage la
Prairie, Big Point, Gladstone, Beaver
and Lundar in Manitoba.
Dr. Wilkie is interning at University
Hospital, Saskatoon. His father, a
North Battleford drug store owner,
is a pharmacy graduate of the Univer-
sity of Saskatchewan and past pesident
of the Saskatchewan Pharmaceutical
Association.
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SCHOLARSHIPS WON BY
GEORGE JOSEPHSON
George JosepHson
George Barry Josephson, son of the
late Gunnar Bergman Josephson, and
Mrs. Ada Josephson of Melita, Man.
won the following awards in First year
Science at Brandon College, in 1964.
1. The Brandon College General Pro-
ficiency scholarship — $100.00.
2. The Clements Drug Store Scholar-
ship in Chemistry — $50.00.
3. The J. A. Keddy Scholarship in
Physics —$50.00.
He has also been awarded honorable
mention in mathematics.
In 1963 George received a $200.00