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Leo F. Kristjanson (1980-1989)
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| Leo F. Krisjanson, 1985 (University Archives photograph A-8825) |
Leo Friman Kristjanson was born on 28 February 1932 in Gimli, Manitoba. He received a B.A. and M.A. from the University of Manitoba, and a Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin. His research as an agricultural economist focussed on co-operatives, the economics of rural development, and population trends. He came to the University of Saskatchewan in 1959 as a research economist with the Centre for Community Studies, a position he held until 1964. He became a sessional lecturer in 1960, was promoted to Associate Professor of Economics in 1965, Head of the Department of Economics and Political Science in 1969, and Vice-President (Planning) in 1975. He was appointed the University's sixth President in 1980. He retired as President in 1989 due to health reasons, a year before the end of his second term. After retirement, he moved back to his hometown of Gimli, Manitoba, where he died on 21 August 2005.
Announcement of Dr. Kristjanson's retirement as President, 1988
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