House  1969-70  (District 3A)
                            
                            
                                Party when first elected:  Nonpartisan Election-Conservative Caucus
                            
                            
                                Counties Served: 
                   Steele
                            
                            BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                        
                                            Date of Birth: 
                                            ??/??/1918 (uncertain)
                                        
                                        
                                            Birth Place: 
                                            Deer River, Minnesota
                                        
                                        
                                            Birth County: 
                                            Itasca
                                        
                                        
                                            Birth Country: 
                                            United States
                                        
                                        
                                            Date of Death: 
                                            7/28/1991
                                        
                                     
                                    
                                        
                                        
                                            Gender: 
                                            Male
                                        
                                        
                                            Religion: 
                                             United Methodist
                                        
                                        
                                            Reported Minority: None Reported
                                        
                                     
                                    
                                 
                                
                                
                                    Other Names: 
                                    Don
                                
                                
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                                    City of Residence (when first elected): 
                                    Owatonna
                                
                                
                                    Occupation (when first elected): 
                                    Businessman/Publisher, Owatonna Photo News
                                
                             
                            EDUCATION
                            
                                
                                    Deer River High School; Secondary; Graduate
Carleton College; B.A.; History and English
Minnesota School of Business; Attended Graduate School; 
Mankato State College; M.S.; 1987
                                
                             
                            OTHER GOVERNMENT SERVICE
                            
                                
                                
                                        
                                        
                                            Military: 
                                            United States Army Reserve (Lieutenant Colonel); 
                         
                         19?? to 19??
                                            
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                            Military: 
                                            United States Army (World War II, Captain, Lieutenant Colonel); 
                         
                         1942 to 1946
                                            
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                            State Agency: 
                                            Minnesota Office of Tourism (Public Relations Officer for Vocational Rehabilitation); 
                         
                         1974 to 1984
                                            
                                        
                                    
                                    
                             
                         
                        
                        
                            FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS
                            
                                
	
                                    Spouse: 
                                    Mary Jane (married around 1946)
                                    Children: 
                                    Two children: Marc and Kent (sons)
                                    
                                    
                                    Family Members Who Have Served in the Minnesota Legislature: 
                                    
                                    
                                
                             
                            GENERAL NOTES
                            
                                
                                    He died of cancer at Owatonna Health Central.  His funeral was held at United Methodist Church in Owatonna, Minnesota.  He was buried in Forest Hill Cemetery in Owatonna, Minnesota.
Religion provided by the Minnesota Legislative Manual, 1969-70.