Arlen Erdahl

A Representative from Minnesota. Born in Blue Earth, Faribault County, Minn. , February 27, 1931. Attended the Faribault County public schools. B. A. , St. Olaf College, Northfield, Minn. ,1953. Served in United States Army, 1954-1956. M. P. A. , Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. , 1966. Farmer. Served in the Minnesota house of representatives, 1963-1970. Congressional Fellow, Washington, D. C. , 1967-1968. Minnesota Secretary of State, 1970-1974. Minnesota Public Service Commission, 1975-1978. Delegate to Minnesota State Republican conventions, 1963-1964. Elected as a Republican to the Ninety-sixth and Ninety-seventh Congresses (January 3, 1979-January 3, 1983). Unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the Ninety-eighth Congress in 1982. Country director, United States Peace Corps, Jamaica, 1983-1985. Associate director, United States Peace Corps, 1986-1989. U. S. Department of Energy, 1989-1993. Died on September 21, 2023. Interment at Oaklawn Cemetery, Northfield, Minn.