Experience, County Board of Education

Chair, Farmers for Nixon and Ford Ag Campaigns

Co-Chair, Iowa Farmers for Reagan/Bush and Bush/Quayle

Assistant Majority Leader, Iowa State Senate

Senator, Iowa State Senate, 1997-2008

Won Special Election, Experience, Iowa State Senate, 1997

National Deputy Director of George Bush Agriculture Campaign, 1992

Iowa Department of Natural Resources, 1989-1992

Appointed, Experience, United States Department of Agriculture Users Advisory Board, 1989

White House Transition Team, 1988

Ag Promotion Board, 1974-1985

Appointed, Experience, Federal Agricultural Energy Advisory Committee, 1973

No caucus information on file.

Experience, Farm Owner

Director, First Federal Savings Bank of the Midwest

United States Army, 1954-1956

Experience, American Legion

Past President, Iowa Corn Promotion Board

Past Commissioner, Iowa Development Commission

Experience, Iowa Farm Bureau

Past President, Iowa Farm Business Association

Charter Member/Board of Directors, Iowa Peace Institute

Advisory Committee, Iowa State University College of Agriculture

Past President, National and Iowa Corn Growers

Addressed Food Conferences in Lima, Peru and Tokyo, Japan on American Agriculture

Experience, Rotary

Experience, Shriner

Board Member/Past Sunday School Superintendent, United Methodist Church

Member, United States Agriculture Federal Energy Commission

Experience, United States Department of Agriculture Honors Award Selection Committee

Chair, United States Feed Grain Council

Agriculture Council of America, Vice-Chair

United States Feed Grains Council Trade Team to China, 1981

Selected to Iowa State University Agriculture Hall of Fame, 1975

Rotary Group Study Exchange team to Australia, 1969