Head and shoulders image of Dr. A. Marino Kristjanson, Director, Department of Extension Services, Regina Campus.

Bio/Historical Note: Dr. Arnthor Marino Kristjanson was born in 1920 in Wynyard, Saskatchewan, where he received his early education. He graduated from the University of Saskatchewan with a BA (Hons). Dr. Kristjanson served with the Royal Canadian Army in World War II. He obtained a MA in Chemistry and a PhD from McGill University. Dr. Kristjanson joined the University of Saskatchewan, Regina Campus, in 1949, when he was appointed a research associate. He became an assistant professor in 1951 and an associate professor in 1957. In 1958-1959 Dr. Kristjanson was on sabbatical leave at the Institut du Radium (Sorbonne), Paris, where he did research into the chloro-complexes of rhodium. In 1960 he was a visiting research associate in the research department of Imperial Oil Ltd. at Samia, Ontario. Dr. Kristjanson, associate professor of chemistry, became the first director of the Extension Services Department at the University of Saskatchewan, Regina Campus, in 1965. He became a full professor with his appointment. Dr. Kristjanson died in Regina in 1993.