agricultural mechanization, MS ’60 agricultural economics, was an NDSU professor of agricultural economics and later was director of the Water Research Institute and Transportation Institute. He joined the Greater North Dakota Association in 1974. He served as the President of the Greater North Dakota Association from 1981through 2003. He received the Greater North Dakotan Award in 2012. He was a former president of Team Makers and was a life trustee for the NDSU Foundation. He lived in West Fargo.