Clarence Arthur Glasrud

Background

Glasrud, Clarence Arthur was born on October 15, 1911 in Cass County, North Dakota, United States. Son of Claus Christian Glasrud and Anna Maren Skrove Haugan.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Moorhead State Teachers College, 1933. Master of Arts, Harvard University, 1951. Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard University, 1953.

Career

Teacher Becker County (Minnesota) District 107, 1929-1930, Junior High School, Pelican Rapids, Minnesota, 1935-1936, High School, Lake City, 1936-1940, Mankato, 1940-1942. Professor Moorhead (Minnesota) State Teachers College, 1947-1957, Moorhead State College, 1957-1975, chairman English department, 1949-1972. Professor Moorhead State University, 1975-1977.

Achievements

• Clarence Arthur Glasrud has been listed as a noteworthy language educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • Heritage Deferred German Minnesota
  • Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen, Authors Series, Volume I
  • A Heritage Deferred: the German Americans in Minnesota
  • Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen (Norwegian-American Historical Association. Author series)

Membership

President Clay County History Society, Moorhead, 1960-1978. Research director Red River Valley History Society, Moorhead, 1974-1984. Alderman City Council, Moorhead, 1980-1984.

Technology sergeant United States Army Air Corps, 1942-1945, European Theatre of Operations. Member National Education Association (life), Modern Language Association (life), Norwegian American History Association (life, board editors 1964-1992), Studies in American Fiction (advisory editor since 1974), Rotary, American Legion.

Interests

• Tennis, gardening, travel.

Connections

Married Barbara Adams Crawford, June 19, 1948. 1 child, Charles Crawford.