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Jon Lien (Ordin Jon Lien) was born on 19 March, 1939 in Clark, South Dakota, United States of America. Discover Jon Lien's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is He in this year and how He spends money? Also learn how He earned most of networth at the age of 71 years old?

Popular As Ordin Jon Lien
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Age 71 years old
Zodiac Sign Pisces
Born 19 March 1939
Birthday 19 March
Birthplace Clark, South Dakota, United States of America
Date of death (2010-04-14) St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada
Died Place St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada
Nationality South Dakota

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Who Is Jon Lien's Wife?

His wife is Judy Traastad (m. 1962)

Family
Parents Ordin Lien Alvera Lien
Wife Judy Traastad (m. 1962)
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Children Maren Hinlopen O.J. Lien Elling Lien

Jon Lien Net Worth

His net worth has been growing significantly in 2022-2023. So, how much is Jon Lien worth at the age of 71 years old? Jon Lien’s income source is mostly from being a successful . He is from South Dakota. We have estimated Jon Lien's net worth , money, salary, income, and assets.

Net Worth in 2023 $1 Million - $5 Million
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2012

125th Anniversary of the Confederation of Canada Commemorative Medal

2011

The farm was one of the first in Newfoundland to achieve organic certification status. In 2011, Jon (posthumously) and Judy were presented with the Gerritt Loo Award honouring outstanding contribution to the organic farming community.

2010

Lien’s health gradually declined after a truck accident in 2002, and he was hospitalized in 2007, requiring full time nursing care. He died of heart complications on 14 April 2010.

1970

In the late 1970s, Lien received a call about a group of whales trapped in ice in Halls Bay, Newfoundland. He travelled there and set up a tent on his zodiac and stayed there studying the whales until the coast guard broke enough ice for the whales to swim clear.

1968

Jon and Judy moved to Newfoundland in 1968, where Jon accepted a position at Memorial University of Newfoundland. He and Judy bought a six-acre lot of land in Portugal Cove St. Philips and hand-built their house with recycled wood from an old warehouse in downtown St. Johns and the office of the inoperative Bell Island mine. It is here that they also started their organic farm.

1962

In 1962, Jon married Judy after graduating from St. Olaf, and they moved to Pullman, Washington where he initially pursued a doctorate in clinical psychology at Washington State University. However, the study of animal behaviour captured his interest and he reoriented his studies to complete his doctorate with a specialization in animal behaviour.

1957

Lien moved to Northfield, Minnesota in 1957 to pursue arts and literature at St. Olaf College. During his time at St. Olaf, he worked for the Wilderness Canoe Base. He also met his future wife Judy Traastad.

1939

Ordin Jon Lien CM ONL (19 March 1939 - 14 April 2010), nicknamed “the Whale Man”, was a Canadian conservationist, researcher, professor, and organic farmer who founded Memorial University of Newfoundland’s Whale Research Group. From the late 1970s to the early 2000s, Lien released whales and other cetaceans entrapped in fishing nets along the coast of Newfoundland, and innovated now-widely-used whale rescue techniques. He invented The Lien Pinger, an acoustic alarm which is attached to fishing nets to reduce whale entrapments.

Jon Lien was born in Clark, South Dakota on 19 March 1939. His parents were Ordin and Alvera Lien. He was around animals from a young age between fishing, working on his uncle’s farm, and raising chickens in his parents’ garage.