diff --git a/src/Service/Util.php b/src/Service/Util.php
index 9795b86..be2a1e4 100644
--- a/src/Service/Util.php
+++ b/src/Service/Util.php
@@ -1266,4 +1266,54 @@ public static function getLOAPort()
         }
         return $port;
     }
+
+    /**
+     * getFirstAndLastName
+     *
+     * This function attempts to get the first and last name of a user
+     * extracted from the 'full name' (displayName) of the user.
+     * Simply pass in all name info (full, first, and last) and the
+     * function first tries to break up the full name into first/last.
+     * If this is not sufficient, the function checks first and last
+     * name. Finally, if either first or last is blank, the function
+     * duplicates first <=> last so both names have the same value.
+     * Note that even with all this, you still need to check if the
+     * returned (first,last) names are blank.
+     *
+     * @param string $full The 'full name' of the user
+     * @param string $first (Optional) The 'first name' of the user
+     * @param string $last (Optional) The 'last name' of the user
+     * @return array An array 'list(firstname,lastname)'
+     */
+    public static function getFirstAndLastName($full, $first = '', $last = '')
+    {
+        $firstname = '';
+        $lastname = '';
+
+        # Try to split the incoming $full name into first and last names
+        if (strlen($full) > 0) {
+            $names = preg_split('/\s+/', $full, 2);
+            $firstname = @$names[0];
+            $lastname =  @$names[1];
+        }
+
+        # If either first or last name blank, then use incoming $first and $last
+        if (strlen($firstname) == 0) {
+            $firstname = $first;
+        }
+        if (strlen($lastname) == 0) {
+            $lastname = $last;
+        }
+
+        # Finally, if only a single name, copy first name <=> last name
+        if (strlen($lastname) == 0) {
+            $lastname = $firstname;
+        }
+        if (strlen($firstname) == 0) {
+            $firstname = $lastname;
+        }
+
+        # Return both names as an array (i.e., use list($first,last)=...)
+        return array($firstname,$lastname);
+    }
 }