| history: | Born in Alborn; lived in Taconite until late junior high, then moved to Chisholm; father worked for railroad as a ticket agent; graduated from Chisholm High; enrolled for two years at Hibbing Junior College, then transferred to St. Cloud State; with a few credits remaining and credit given for enlisting in the Army, he was assigned to military work in northern South America; worked as a lab tech and in the Coca Cola plant in South America while in the Army; after honorable discharge, enrolled in graduate school at the University of Minnesota; master's degree in biological sciences; worked for 30 years for the Department of Natural Resources; lived in the Brainerd, Nisswa, and Pequot Lakes areas after graduation. |
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