House  1959-62  (District 8)
                            
                            
                                Party when first elected:  Nonpartisan Election-Conservative Caucus
                            
                            
                                Counties Served: 
                   Blue Earth
                            
                            BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                        
                                            Date of Birth: 
                                            9/26/1913
                                        
                                        
                                            Birth Place: 
                                            Mankato, Minnesota
                                        
                                        
                                            Birth County: 
                                            Blue Earth
                                        
                                        
                                            Birth Country: 
                                            United States
                                        
                                        
                                            Date of Death: 
                                            2/6/1991
                                        
                                     
                                    
                                        
                                        
                                            Gender: 
                                            Male
                                        
                                        
                                            Religion: 
                                             Baptist
                                        
                                        
                                            Reported Minority: None Reported
                                        
                                     
                                    
                                 
                                
                                
                                    Other Names: 
                                    
                                
                                
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                                    City of Residence (when first elected): 
                                    Mankato
                                
                                
                                    Occupation (when first elected): 
                                    Chairman, Mankato School Board/Municipal Bond Consultant, T.G. Evensen and Associates, Inc., Minneapolis
                                
                             
                            EDUCATION
                            
                                
                                    Mankato High School; Secondary; Graduate, 1930
Gustavus Adolphus College; College Graduate; 1935
                                
                             
                            OTHER GOVERNMENT SERVICE
                            
                                
                                
                                        
                                        
                                            State Board/Commission/Council: 
                                            Minnesota Advisory Commission on School Reorganization; 
                         
                         [Dates Unknown]
                                            
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                            State Board/Commission/Council: 
                                            Minnesota State Coordinating Committee on Education; 
                         
                         1??? to 19??
                                            
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                            State Board/Commission/Council: 
                                            Minnesota State Board of Education Advisory Committee on Junior Colleges (Vice-Chair); 
                         
                         1??? to 19??
                                            
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                            School Board/Administration: 
                                            Mankato, Minnesota (School Board; Chair); 
                         
                         1943 to 1957
                                            [Elected]
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                            State Board/Commission/Council: 
                                            Minnesota Citizens Committee on Public Education; 
                         
                         1957 to ?
                                            
                                        
                                    
                                    
                             
                         
                        
                        
                            FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS
                            
                                
	
                                    Spouse: 
                                    Ella M. Thomas (married on September 1, 1939)
                                    Children: 
                                    Three children: Judith "Judy" and Karen (daughters); and Thomas "Tom" (son)
                                    
                                    
                                    Family Members Who Have Served in the Minnesota Legislature: 
                                    
                                    
                                
                             
                            GENERAL NOTES
                            
                                
                                    He was a member of the Republican Party. (Spring Valley Tribune, February 20, 1991)
He was a member of the Sious Falls, South Dakota College Board of Trustees.
He died at Fairview-Southdale Hospital in Edina, Minnesota.  His memorial service was held at Normandale Hylands United Methodist Church in Bloomington, Minnesota.
Religion provided by the Minnesota Legislative Manual, 1959-60.