(as he had written in a resume' when considering a job change in 1969)
NOTE: Information enclosed in [...] has been added for clarity.
| Date of Birth: | July 9, 1911 |
| Marital Status: | Married - Father of 9 children (Ages 7-25 years)[ *] |
| 1924 - 1928 | Attended Cretin High School, St. Paul [MN], Graduated | ||||||||||||
| 1928 - 1932 | Attended University of Minnesota, College of Electrical
Engineering (when finances permitted).
Completed 3 years. |
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| 1932 - 1937 | Employed as an office clerk at Northern Pacific Ry. | ||||||||||||
| Jan. - June 1937 | Attended Radio Service Course at Dunwoody Institute [Mpls.,MN] | ||||||||||||
| July 1937 - Sept.1941 | Operated own radio service business at Montevideo, MN | ||||||||||||
| Oct. 1941 - Aug. 1942 | Volunteered and served with the Civilian Technical Corps
for the
Royal Air Force in England with the following assignments:
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| Aug. 1942 -
Aug. 1943 |
Ordered to Active Duty with the U.S. Army Signal Corps
on
Reserve Commission as 2nd Lt. Attached to Electronics Training Group and re-assigned to the Telecommunications Research Establishment Centimeter Test Equipment section for Liaison. |
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| Aug. 1943 -
April 1944 |
Ordered back to United States for further training at:
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| April 1944 -
November 1945 |
Assigned to the 534th Air Engineering Sqdn., 77th Air Service Group, 20th Air Force, as Airborne Radar & Communications Officer. Group moved to Tinian Island, Marriana's Group, Pacific Ocean in December 1944. Maintained radar and radio equipment for B-29 aircraft bombing Japan. | ||||||||||||
| November 1945 | Returned to United States and transferred to active U.S. Army Signal Corps with rank of Captain. | ||||||||||||
| January 1946 -
June 1951 |
Employed as Basic Radio and Radio Service instructor at National Radio School, Minneapolis, Minn. Prepared and introduced Television Receiver theory and repair course in 1948. | ||||||||||||
| June 1951 -
present time [1969] |
Employed as Television Receiver theory and repair course instructor at Northwestern Electronics Institute. [Mpls., MN] Prepared and developed TV courses in 1951. Revised course to add Color Television in 1958. | ||||||||||||
| January 1946 -
August 1960 |
Remained active in U.S. Army Signal Corps Reserve with
assignments to Research and Development Units, the Signal School at Fort
Monmouth, N.J., and Army Signal Communications Units. Promoted to
rank of Major on October 1, 1953. Transferred to the Retired Reserve
on 30 August 1960.
Served annual 15 day Active Duty Training tours at the following bases: Signal Corps Field Station #1
Army Electronics Proving Grounds
Signal Corps Engineering Laboratories
Evans Signal Laboratories
Maintenance Division, Chief Signal Office,
Eastern Signal School
Signal Section, Headquarters, Fifth Army
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| Academic Years:
1966 - 1967 1967 - 1968 |
Attended late afternoon classes at the Industrial Education
Department of the College of Education, University of Minnesota, taking
the following:
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| July 7, 1969 | Issued 5 year Vocational Teaching Certificate in Electronics Technology by the State of Minn. Dept. of Education for adult education. | ||||||||||||
| Miscellaneous: | Served as chairman of the Faculty Committee at NW Electronics
Institute 1964 - 1969.
Member of the Minnesota Trade and Industrial Association, Minnesota Vocational Association, and the American Vocational Association. Served as vice-chairman and chairman of the Electronics Section of the MTIA 1966 - 67 and 1967 - 68 respectively, and as a member of the MTIA Professional Advancement Committee 1967 - 68. |
*This was in the year 1969