A Representative from Minnesota; born in Clarkfield, Yellow Medicine County, Minn., March 19, 1942; graduated from Worthington High School, Worthington, Minn., 1960; B.A, St. Olaf College, 1964, J.D., University of Chicago, 1967; admitted to the bar in 1967 and commenced the practice of law in Minneapolis, Minn.; assistant and associate professor, University of Wyoming College of Law, 1970-1977; consultant, House Judiciary subcommittee on administrative law, 1975; Fulbright Lecturer, Helsinki, Finland, 1976; practiced law in Montevideo, Minn., 1977-1992; member, Montevideo school board, 1989-1992; elected as a Democrat to the One Hundred Third and to the three succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1993-January 3, 2001); unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the One Hundred Seventh Congress in 2000; judge in the Minnesota Court of Appeals, 2002 to present; is a resident of St. Paul, Minn.