Senate 1963-72 (District 2); Senate 1973-80 (District 34)
Party when first elected: Nonpartisan Election-Liberal Caucus
Counties Served:
Olmsted, Wabasha, Winona
BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION
Date of Birth:
9/5/1921
Birth Place:
Winona, Minnesota
Birth County:
Winona
Birth Country:
United States
Date of Death:
9/20/2001
Gender:
Male
Religion:
Presbyterian
Reported Minority: None Reported
Other Names:
City of Residence (when first elected):
Lewiston
Occupation (when first elected):
Insurance Agency Owner/Daily Radio Show Announcer, Roger's Rumpus Room
EDUCATION
Winona High School; Secondary; Graduate
Vocational-Technical School; Insurance Training Courses
OTHER GOVERNMENT SERVICE
Judge:
Lewiston, Minnesota (Justice of the Peace);
1951 to 1953
[Elected]
Municipal Council/Aldermen:
Lewiston, Minnesota (Village Council);
1956 to 1962
[Elected]
State Board/Commission/Council:
Minnesota State Transportation Regulation Board (Chair, Appointed by Governor Rudy Perpich);
08/1983 to 08/1989
[Appointed]
Municipal Council/Aldermen:
Lewiston, Minnesota (City Council);
12/1989 to 199?
Municipal Mayor:
Lewiston, Minnesota (City Mayor);
1992 to 2001
FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS
Spouse:
Selma
Children:
Four children: Bruce (son); (3 daughters)
Family Members Who Have Served in the Minnesota Legislature:
GENERAL NOTES
Special Legislative Concerns: transportation, business, agriculture, labor-employment.
He ran unsuccessfully for the Minnesota Senate in the 1958 election.
He was a member of the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party and was a Liberal.
He had a stroke and died at St. Anne's Hospice in Lewiston, Minnesota. His funeral was held at First Presbyterian Church in Lewiston, Minnesota.
Religion provided by the Catholic Bulletin, 3/21/1975 and obituary.