Background
Gronna, Arthur Jackson was born on July 19, 1897 in Lakota, North Dakota, United States. Son of Asle J. and Bertha Marie (Ostby) Gronna.
Gronna, Arthur Jackson was born on July 19, 1897 in Lakota, North Dakota, United States. Son of Asle J. and Bertha Marie (Ostby) Gronna.
Bachelor of Arts, George Washington University, 1921, Bachelor of Laws, Harvard, 1925.
Admitted to North Dakota bar, 1926, and began practice at Williston. Assistant state’s attorney, Williams County, North Dakota, 1927, state’s attorney, 1928-1933. Attorney general of North Dakota, 1933-1935.
Resigned to accept appointment as judge 5th Judicial District North Dakota, filling unexpired term ending January 1939, re-elected for term ending January 1945, presiding judge since 1943.
Re-elected since 1944.
Served from private to First lieutenant CAC, United States Army, 1916-1919, overseas, July 1918-January 1919. Member Veterans of Foreign Wars (judge advocate for North Dakota), American Legion (commander Edgar M. Boyd Post, 1940), Forty and Eight, Sons of Norway, Nonpartisan League of North Dakota, Kappa Sigma. Member National Alumni Council, George Washington University.
Mason, Elk.
Married Nora Thoen, August 21, 1925. Children: Anne Marie, Amy Suzanne.