Background
Birkeland, Arthur Clarence was born on August 7, 1904 in Pierpont, South Dakota, United States. Son of Christian Hans and Anna Marie (Askevoll) Birkeland.
Birkeland, Arthur Clarence was born on August 7, 1904 in Pierpont, South Dakota, United States. Son of Christian Hans and Anna Marie (Askevoll) Birkeland.
Bachelor of Science in Education, Northern State Teachers College, Aberdeen, South Dakota, 1930.
Grade school teacher, high school coach, New Effington, South Dakota, 1925-1926. Principal Tromald (Minnesota) Public School, 1927-1928. Teacher, assistant coach Merrill (Wisconsin) High School, 1930-1942.
Vice president, legislation representative Day County Farm Bureau, Webster, South Dakota. Farmer Bristol
Governor appointee State of South Dakota Wheat Commission, 1982-1986.
Republican chairman Day County, South Dakota, 1958-1970, national delegate 1964. Member South Dakota Wheat Producers. Lodges: Masons, Shriners.
Married Verna Dorothy Thompson, February 19, 1949.