Carleton Opgaard
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| Valley City State University (BA) University of Wyoming (MA) University of Washington (PhD) | |
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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).[1][2]
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.
Career
In his initial administrative assignment, Opgaard was principal of Edmonds Woodway High School in Edmonds, Washington.
In 1969, he was the founding president of Malaspina University-College, now called Vancouver Island University in Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada. During the centennial of the college, he was the president of Dakota State University (1978–1983) in Madison, South Dakota.[3] He also served as president of Tacoma Community College in Tacoma, Washington, (1983–1990). He later served as interim president of Columbia Basin College and Edmonds College in Washington.[4]
For his service to education, Carleton Opgaard received the Distinguished Alumnus Award from Valley City State University.[5]
Death
Opgaard died on July 6, 2014, in Tacoma, Washington.[6]
Selected works
- Waldemar Theodor Ager, Norwegian immigrant author in America (University of Wyoming, 1957)
References
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- ^ Dr. Carleton Opgaard (Famous People born in North Dakota) Script error: No such module "webarchive".
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."CARLETON OPGAARD's Obituary by News Tribune (Tacoma)". Legacy.com. Retrieved 2014-07-18.
- ^ President Carleton Opgaard (Dakota State University)
- ^ Past Presidents (Dakota State University) Script error: No such module "webarchive".
- ^ Dr. Carleton M. Opgaard - Class of 1952 (Valley City State University Script error: No such module "webarchive".
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Carleton M. Opgaard". Retrieved 2020-06-01.
