Pingree High School • Jamestown College • UND Law School • Retired Lawyer • Majority Leader 1974-86 • President Pro Tempore 1997-98 • Past President, National Conference of State Legislators • Past President, National Republican Legislators Association • Past member, Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations and Administrative Conference of U.S. • Past President, Foundation for State Legislatures • Past Chair & Executive Committee member of Western Interstate Commission of Higher Education (WICHE) • Trustee, Higher Learning Commission • Uniform Law Commission • American Legion • Masonic Bodies • Bar Association • Past President, Rotary • Past Exalted Ruler, Jamestown Elks • Past State Trustee & Chair of Board of Trustees, ND Elks Association • Past Chair, Elks Grand Lodge Judiciary Commmittee • Past Chief Justice of National Elks Grand Forum • Served in Korean Conflict • Presbyterian Church Elder • Married • Wife’s name Marjorie • 3 children • 5 grandchildren • 1 great grandson • Senate since 1966. |
