Background
Prickett, Gordon Odin was born on November 26, 1935 in Morris, Minnesota, United States. Son of Glenn Irvin and Edna Margaret (Erickson) Prickett.
mining mineral and energy engineer
Prickett, Gordon Odin was born on November 26, 1935 in Morris, Minnesota, United States. Son of Glenn Irvin and Edna Margaret (Erickson) Prickett.
Bachelor in Mining Engineering, University Minnesota, 1958; Master of Science in Mineral Engineering and Economics, University of Minnesota, 1965.
United States Steel fellow, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, 1963-1965;
research mineral engineer, International Minerals & Chemical Corporation, Skokie, Illinois, 1965-1968;
management science consultant, Computer Management Cons., Northfield, Illinois, 1968-1971;
manager technical system, Duval Corporation, Tucson, Arizona, 1971-1977;
director management information system, Arch Mineral Corporation, St. Louis, 1977-1978;
supervisor mine planning projects, Peabody Coal Company, St. Louis, 1978-1982;
manager electrical technical transfer, nuclear plant simulator, research, Union Electric Company, St. Louis, 1983-1995. Technical network advisor GordMett, Ltd., Aitkin, Minnesota, since 1995. Presenterpapers at industry conferences.
Music program host Station KAXE-FM, Grand Rapids, Minnesota, since 1997.
Co-founder, chairman Lake Forest-Lake Bluff (Illinois) Committee for Equal Opportunity, 1968-1971. Committee Confluence St. Louis, 1987-1995. Board directors, officer church boards, political township and county organization Lake Forest, Tucson, St. Louis, Aitkin, Minnesota, 1968-2006.
Chairman water planning task force Aitkin County, 1997—2008, chairman county planning commission, since 2004. Member regional resource conservation development council Onanegozie, Minnesota, 1999-2007. Lieutenant United States Navy, 1958-1963, naval aviator, Cuba.
Commander United States Naval Reserve, 1963-1979, board member Aitkin Friends of Arts, since 1999. Member American Institute of Mining (chair program committee since 1958), Association Quality and Participation (chair programs 1986-1990), Nord Lake Association (president since 2005), Norwegian Society St. Louis, League of Women Voters (charter member Brainerd Lakes unit, since 1996), Engineers Club St. Louis (chair affiliated societies public affairs. 1987-1988, 93-95), Heartland Poets.
Married Jean Carolyn Strobush, October 8, 1958. Children: Karen Joan Keating, Laura Jean, Glenn Thomas.