Biography
- Retired Lawyer
- Pingree High School; Jamestown College; UND Law School
- 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 Administration Conference of US; 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 Commission; Past Chief Justice of National Elks Grand Forum; Serviced in Korean Conflict; Presbyterian Church Elder
- Married (Marjorie); 3 children; 5 grandchildren; 2 great-grandchildren
- Senate 1967-2012
Contact Information
Jamestown, ND
United States