Background
Gunderson, B. Harry was born on December 31, 1906 in Stoughton, Wisconsin, United States. Son of Gabriel Edward and Olena (Tonstad) Gunderson.
Gunderson, B. Harry was born on December 31, 1906 in Stoughton, Wisconsin, United States. Son of Gabriel Edward and Olena (Tonstad) Gunderson.
Diploma, Wisconsin State College, Oshkosh, 1929. Bachelor of Science, Ohio State University, 1932. Master of Science, Indiana University, 1940, Doctor of Education, 1949.
Instructor industrial arts School City, Richmond, Indiana, 1929-1941. Director training Heavy Metal Division, Pressed Steel Carolina Company, Chicago, 1941-1945. Graduate assistant Indiana University, 1945, instructor in education, critic teacher in industrial arts, 1945-1948, member instruction staff Corresponding Study Bureau, Division Adult Education, 1947-1970.
Assistant professor industrial arts Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, Illinois, 1948-1949, associate professor, 1949-1956.
Professor, chairman division industrial arts Northern State College, Aberdeen, South Dakot, 1956-1970. Visiting professor Colorado Agriculture and Mechanics
U. (name later changed to Colorado State University) summer, 1954. Toolmaker Sarkes Tarzian, Incorporated., Bloomington, Indiana, visiting professor, Industrial Arts Institute, U. North Dakota, summer 1966.
Past member of advisory council as representative State of South Dakot for Ford Industrial Arts Awards.
Member South Dakot Teachers Association, National Education Association, South Dakot Industrial Education Association, American Vocational Association, Mississippi Valley Industrial Arts Conference, American Industrial Arts Association (chairman national.
Married Florence A. Nipko, August 29, 1930. Children: Leanne Marie, Gayne Edward.