I work in Roseville.

Name of spouse/partner:
I’m married to Lindsay Nielsen. We have been married for 25 years. I am
a very lucky man.

Children and Pets (number, type, names, ages):
Children: Two--Miles is 23, Maliq is 10. We had a son, Josh, who died
in 1988, when he was 14 years old. He would be 29 this year.

Pets:
We have a two-year old dog, named Otis.

Something memorable/highlights about your days or years at Marshall-U
High:
Because the school was located where it was, we got a closer look at
political and social protest than did most high school students. I was
very interested in the politics of the day then, and I am still very
interested by the topic.

What have you been doing since then?
I went to the University of Minnesota, where I majored in political
science. I received a B.A. after a protracted period of intermittent
enrollment. At the same time, Lindsay and I got together, and after
about three years, married.

I worked as a chemical dependency treatment counselor, then took
related positions in the twenty years that followed. I now work as a
chemical health policy planner for the State of Minnesota’s Department
of Human Services.