Michael Sigurd Kristiansen

Background

Kristiansen, Michael Sigurd was born on April 27, 1942 in Durban, Natal, Republic of South Africa. Son of Sigurd and Claire Kristiansen. came to the United States, 1978.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Landscape Architecture, California State Polytechnic U., 1970.

Career

Landscape draftsman, Keith French Associations, Los Angeles, 1970-1972; landscape architecture planning, Kristiansen Association, Johannesburg, 1972-1978; horticultural consultant, Kristiansen Association, since 1979; instructor horticulture Department Arts, University of California at Los Angeles, 1979-1989; instructor landscape architecture, Department of Sciences, University of California at Los Angeles, 1979-1989; instructor horticulture, West Valley Occupational Center, Los Angeles, 1980-1989; executive director, The Virginia Robinson Gardens, Beverly Hills, since 1996. Mentor teacher, 1985-1989.

Achievements

• Michael Sigurd Kristiansen has been listed as a noteworthy Botanical gardens director by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Mayor's Committee on Graffitti Technology Resource, Los Angeles, 1988-1989, Wahiawa(Hawaii) Task Force, 1994-1996, American the Beautiful, Honolulu, 1992-1996, Hawaii Job Corps Advisory Committee, 1990-1996.

Connections

Married Terry Ellen O'Reilly. Children: Matt, Erik Colin.

Father:

Sigurd Kristiansen

Mother:

Claire Kristiansen

Spouse:

Terry Ellen O'Reilly

child:

Matt Kristiansen

child:

Erik Colin Kristiansen