Purdue University and Northwestern University (B.A. 1962; M.S. 1964; Ph.D. 1967)
Northwestern University (J.D. 1971)
Admissions
State Bar of North Dakota - 1971
U.S. Supreme Court - 1974
Recognition, Activities & Memberships
Phi Beta Kappa
Order of the Coif
Sigma Xi
Articles Editor, Northwestern University Law Review, 1970-1971
Adjunct Professor, Oil and Gas Law, University of North Dakota School of Law, 1983-1989, 2006-
Adjunct Professor, Astronomy and Meteorology, Bismarck State College, 1995-
Member, Board of Directors and Legal Committee of Rocky Mountain Oil and Gas Association, 1984-1999
Member, Board of Directors of North Dakota Oil and Gas Association, 1999-
Member, Grants Committee of Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation
Burleigh County Bar Association
American Bar Association
State Bar Association of North Dakota
Articles & Publications
Author: "Surface Damages and the Oil and Gas Operator in North Dakota," 58 North Dakota Law Review 457, 1982
Author: "Keeping Oil and Gas Leases Alive," Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation Institute on Problems and Opportunities During Hard Times in the Minerals Industry, May, 1986
Author: "The Basis of the Implied Covenants," Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation Workshop, November, 1986
Author: "Methodology of Reviewing Title Data and Preparing the Title Opinion," Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation Institute, "Mineral Title Examination III," February, 1992
Author: "Acquiring Mineral Rights of Unknown or Unlocatable Heirs," Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation 1994 Annual Institute
Author: "Dormant Minerals & Reunification of Estates," Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation Special Institute, "Severed Minerals, Split Estates, Rights of Access, and Surface Use in Mineral Extraction Operations," February, 2005
Co-Author: "North Dakota Mineral Title Standards," State Bar Association of North Dakota, 1989
