The son of Swedish immigrants, Lloyd Hjalmen Person was born and grew up in Aylesbury, Saskatchewan. Following service with the Canadian Army during World War II, he studied French and German at university, obtaining a B.A. from the University of Saskatchewan and earning a doctorate in French at the University of Nancy in France. During the 1950s he taught French and German at the University of Saskatchewan, Regina College before returning, in the 1960s, to studies in the U.S. and receiving an M.A. in cultural anthropology from the University of Washington. Then he taught anthropology at Regina Campus until he assumed the position of Director of Fine Arts and Humanities with the Department of Extension in 1971. Mr. Person published two fiction books which related the experiences of a boy growing up in a small prairie town, 'Growing Up in Minby' (1974) and 'No Foot in Heaven' (1978). Also for several years he organized popular film series sponsored by the Extension Department. Upon his retirement from the University of Regina in 1981, a scholarship fund was established in his name and he was designated Professor Emeritus. Lloyd Person died in Regina on December 8, 1985 at the age of 67 years.
