Background
Graf, Laurance James was born on December 11, 1940 in Elko, Nevada, United States. Son of Philip Edgar and Ethel (Bellinger) Graf.
Graf, Laurance James was born on December 11, 1940 in Elko, Nevada, United States. Son of Philip Edgar and Ethel (Bellinger) Graf.
Student, Brown Institute, Minneapolis, 1960.
Radio announcer, Station KDUZ, Hutchinson, Minnesota, 1960-1961; radio sales representative, Station KDUZ, Hutchinson, Minnesota, 1961-1965; sales manager, Station KDUZ, Hutchinson, Minnesota, 1966-1975; assistant manager, Station KDUZ, Hutchinson, Minnesota, 1975-1982; vice president general manager, Station KDUZ, Hutchinson, Minnesota, 1983; president, 1986. Board directors Citizens Bank and Trust.
Active City Recreation Board, Hutchinson, 1965-1973. President Hutchinson Youth Hockey Association, 1984-1985. Burns Manor Municipal Nursing Home, Hutchinson, 1985.
Executive board directors McLeod County Regional Rail Authority. Board directors Hutchinson Community Development Corporation, 1991-1997, secretary-treasurer. Member Minnesota Broadcasters Association (board directors 1990, chairman), Southwest Minnesota Foundation Fund (board directors since 1996, secretary-treasurer), Elks, Kiwanis, Optimists (secretary, treasurer, vice president, president Hutchinson 1965-1969, D.M.M. Distinguished Governor's award 1972-1973, Operation Mars award 1969), Ambassadors (secretary, treasurer, vice president, president Hutchinson, 1975-1979).
Married Kathleen Ann Krueger, October 30, 1960. Children: David, Steven, James.