Background
Wikstrom, Gunnar was born on April 23, 1936 in Quincy, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Gunnar and Anna Carolina (Nelson) Wikstrom.
Wikstrom, Gunnar was born on April 23, 1936 in Quincy, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Gunnar and Anna Carolina (Nelson) Wikstrom.
Graduate assistant.
Ordained to ministry Congregational Church, 1961. Minister United Ch.of Christ-Congregational Churches, Washington and Minnesota, 1961-1965. Assistant professor.polit. science Northern State College, Aberdeen, South Dakot, 1966-1968.
Graduate assistant U.Ariz., Tucson, 1968-1971.
Assistant professor division social science, philosophy andreligion Buena Vista College, Storm Lake, Iowa, 1971-1974, associate professor,1974-1978, professor, 1978-1984, chairman division, 1976-1978, 82-84. Director Iowa Program Impact, 1976-1977.
Provost, vice president academic affairs College Idaho, Caldwell, 1984-1988. Director academic affairs Inter Faculty Organisation, Minnesota State University System, Saint Paul, 1988.
Parliamentarian Buena Vista County Democratic Center Committee, 1975-1984.
Councilman Storm Lake City, 1977-1984, chairman finance committee, 1977-1984. Lilly Foundation fellow, 1978-1981. Herbert Hoover library association grantee, summer 1983.
Member American Society for Public Administration, American Polit.Sci. Association, Midwest Political Science Association, Iowa Association Political Scientists.Author: Municipal Response to Urban Riots, 1974.
Married Marilyn Mansfield, May 16, 1959. Children: Jeffrey Alan, Daryl Lyn, Milton Curtis, Byron Kent.