Al Olson and Byron Dorgan at the North Dakota Farmers Union Convention

Creator

Preview

Date of Work

12-6-1977

Identification #

OGL631-250

Description

Attorney General Allen Olson (left) and Insurance Commissioner Byron Dorgan (right) speak with an unidentified woman at the 1977 North Dakota Farmers Union Convention.

An alumni of UND, Allen Olson served as Attorney General from 1973 until 1980 and as North Dakota Governor from 1981 to 1985.

Byron Dorgan served the state in various capacities over a long career in politics: North Dakota Tax Commissioner (1969-1981), US House of Representatives (1981-1992) and US Senate (1992-2011). A native of Regent, North Dakota, he graduated from UND in 1964.

Organizations Depicted

North Dakota Farmers Union

People Depicted

Byron Dorgan, Allen Olson

Rights

Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections, Chester Fritz Library, University of North Dakota