Professori Pentti Kaitera

vesitalouden uranuurtaja ja Pohjois-Suomen kehittäjä

Authors

• Pertti Vakkilainen

Abstract

Professor Pentti Kaitera – pioneer of water resources engineering and developer of Northern Finland

Pentti Kaitera's life was characterized by idealism and straightforwardness. In his lifetime he saw Finland turn from an agrarian society into an industrialized one. Kaitera is first of all remembered as the founder of Oulu University and its first president. He was also a pioneer of development cooperation.