Carleton Opgaard
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Carleton Opgaard (February 18, 1929 – July 6, 2014) was an American college and university administrator and founding president of Malaspina College (now Vancouver Island University).
Carleton Opgaard (February 18, 1929 – July 6, 2014) was an American college and university administrator and founding president of Malaspina College (now Vancouver Island University).
Early life and education
Carleton Myron Opgaard was born in Fort Ransom, North Dakota, the son of immigrants from Norway. Opgaard obtained his bachelor's degree from Valley City State University in Valley City, North Dakota in 1952. Thereafter, he received his master's degree from the University of Wyoming in Laramie and his Ph.D. from the University of Washington in Seattle. He attended the University of Oslo in Norway as a Fulbright scholar.
Selected works
Waldemar Theodor Ager, Norwegian immigrant author in America (University of Wyoming, 1957)
References
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