Background
Fjelstad, Ralph Sylvester was born on November 12, 1915 in Emmons, Minnesota, United States. Son of Rudolf Malvin and Gena (Loken) Fjelstad.
Fjelstad, Ralph Sylvester was born on November 12, 1915 in Emmons, Minnesota, United States. Son of Rudolf Malvin and Gena (Loken) Fjelstad.
Bachelor of Arts, Concordia College, 1937; student, University Minnesota, 1938-1939; Doctor of Philosophy, Northwestern University, 1948.
Director personnel ordnance department Illinois Ordnance Plant, Carbondale, Illinois, 1941-1943. Edward C. Congdon Foundation, professor government Carleton College, 1948-1985. Retired, since 1985
Consultant Small Business Administration, 1958.
Chairman state Constitutional Revision Committee, 1962-1963. Consultant examiner Commission on Institutions Higher Education, North Central Association, 1967-1977, member commission, 1970-1974.
Member Northfield Community Chest, 1954-1957, president, 1956-1957. Secretary Northfield City Charter Commission, 1958-1961. Member Northfield School Board, 1963-1969.
Classification specialist United States Army Air Force, 1943-1946. Member American Political Science Association, Midwest Conference Political Scientists.
Married Margaret Dorothy Haugseth, December 30, 1941. Children– Mary, Carol, Paul.