mechanical engineering, was director of new generation development for Montana Dakota Utilities. His career began with MDU in Sidney, Montana., as a results engineer and later plant manager at Lewis and Clark Station. He also was plant manager of Heskett Station in Mandan, North Dakota. He then transferred to MDU Power Production in Bismarck, where he held several positions developing coal-fired power plants and wind-power generation. He lived in Mercer, North Dakota, and Mesa, Arizona,