Background
Raschke, Kenneth Edward was born on October 7, 1918 in Watertown, South Dakota, United States. Son of Edward and Anna Marie (Jacobsen) Raschke.
Raschke, Kenneth Edward was born on October 7, 1918 in Watertown, South Dakota, United States. Son of Edward and Anna Marie (Jacobsen) Raschke.
Bachelor of Arts cum laude, Augustana College, 1941. Bachelor of Laws, summa cum laude, U. South Dakot, 1948, Juris Doctor summa cum laude, 1969. Doctor of Laws, Jamestown College, 1972.
Instructor government, psychology Worthington (Minnesota) High School, 1941-1942. Coordinator instruction United States Army Air Force Technology Schools, 1942-1943. Special consultant South Dakot Natural Resources Commission, 1949-1952.
Admitted to South Dakot bar, 1948.
Professor business law U. South Dakot, 1948-1956, executive assistant to president, 1956-1964. Professor of law U. Florida, 1950.
Commissioner high education North Dakota Board Higher Education, Bismarck, 1964-1978. Assistant to president, professor business law North Dakota State University, Fargo, 1978-1984.
Chairman, State Board Indian Scholarships, 1964-1978.
Member State Licensure Board for Nursing Home Adminstrs., 1969-1984, Government"s Committee on Safety, 1965-1978. Executive officer Higher Education Facilities Commission, 1964-1978. Member State Planning Advisory Council, 1971-1978, Health Manpower Committee, 1969-1978, State Health Planning Council, 1969-1978, State Alcohol Commission, 1964-1971, State Ednl. television Council, 1969-1978, State Library Commission, 1964-1971.
Member of advisory commission on higher education Midwest Council State Govts., 1964.
Vice president Missouri Valley council Boy Scouts American, 1967-1970, advancement chairman, 1971-1984. Board of directors United Fund, Bismarck, Dakota Hospital, Vermillion, South Dakot.
Served with United States Army Air Force, 1943-1946. Member South Dakot Bar Association, Higher Education Executive Officers Association, North Central Association Colleges Universities, Order of Coif, Phi Delta Phi, Delta Sigma Pi, Beta Gamma Sigma.
Married Avis lone Bekke, March 7, 1943. Children: Kenneth Edward, Beverly Raschke Nielson, Steven.