Background
Gutknecht, Gil was born on March 20, 1951 in Cedar Falls, Iowa, United States. Son of Gilbert William Senior and Joan (Kerns) Gutknecht.
Gutknecht, Gil was born on March 20, 1951 in Cedar Falls, Iowa, United States. Son of Gilbert William Senior and Joan (Kerns) Gutknecht.
Bachelor, University Northern Iowa, 1973.
Sales representative J. S. Latta, Cedar Falls, 1973-1978, Valley School Supplies, Appleton, Wisconsin, 1978-1981. Auctioneer Rochester, Minnesota, 1978-1995. Member Minnesota House Representatives from District 30A, 1982-1995, floor leader, 1990—1994.
Member United States Congress from 1st Minnesota district, 1995—2007, member science committee, budget committee, agriculture committee, standards committee, human resources committee, government reform committee, since 1997, chairman dairy nutrition & forestry committee. Chair Minnesota Presidential Campaign of Republican Jack F. Kemp, 1988.
Married Mary Catherine Keefe, June 3, 1972. Children: Margaret, Paul, Emily.