agricultural economics, joined the Peace Corps after college and was assigned to the Philippines. Afterward, he was a provincial cooperative adviser in Zambia, Africa. He returned to the United States, working at banks in Walhalla, North Dakota and Melrose, Minnesota. He later operated the family business called Moller’s Inc., and was president at Affinity First Federal Credit Union in Minot, North Dakota. He lived in Drayton, North Dakota.