agricultural economics, worked as an assistant county agent; farmed; sold fertilizer and equipment; worked in banking in Langdon and Valley City, North Dakota; was president of First Bank, Wheaton, Minnesota, for 10 years; was a financial adviser with American Express Financial Advisors in Fargo; and was director of stewardship and development for the Diocese of Fargo. He served in the U.S. Army Reserve from 1969-1975. He lived in Fargo,