Background
Waldera, Gerald Joseph was born on June 18, 1931 in Britton, South Dakota, United States. Son of Roman Lawrence and Rosalie Virginia (Jagodzinski) Waldera.
Waldera, Gerald Joseph was born on June 18, 1931 in Britton, South Dakota, United States. Son of Roman Lawrence and Rosalie Virginia (Jagodzinski) Waldera.
Bachelor of Science, North Dakota State University, 1958. Master of Science, North Dakota State University, 1960. Postgraduate, University Denver, 1960—1962.
Graduate assistant North Dakota State University, 1959—1960. Teaching fellow University Denver, 1961—1962. Assistant professor social science Millikin University, Decatur, Illinois, 1962—1967, Dickinson State University, North Dakota, from 1967, chairman social-behavioral science division, from 1969.
1st lieutenant United States Marine Corps, 1952-1958, Korea.
Member North Dakota Senate, from 1982. Member of Veterans of Foreign Wars, American Legion, North Dakota Council Social Science, American Academy Political Science, Organization American Historians, Eagles Lodge (Dickinson), German-Hungarian Lodge, Shriners Lodge, Masons Lodge, Elks Lodge, Century Lodge, Rotary Lodge.
Married Jean Anne Bigelow, January 17, 1959. Children: Mark, Michael, Gerald World War II.