economics, was a center on the Bison national championship football team in 1965. He owned and operated a century farm near Litchfield, Minnesota. He was a driving force in the development of the Bushmill ethanol plant. He also was a long-time member of The Minnesota State High School League and a volunteer football coach for Dassel-Cokato High School. He was active in the National Corn Growers Association. He lived in Litchfield, Minnesota.