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Outstanding Alumni - 1986

Joseph Graba

Bemidji State University Graduate 1961

 

Career and Professional Achievements

• Science teacher, Wadena Public Schools, Wadena, MN., 1961-1974.
• Vice-President, Minnesota Federation of Teachers.
• Served three terms in the Minnesota House of Representatives.
• Chairman of School Aid Committee, House of Representatives.
• Chairman of the Education Committee of the Midwest Conference of the Council of State Governments.
• Deputy Commissioner of Education, State of Minnesota.
• District Office Director for Congressman Martin Sabo, 5th District, Minnesota.
• Executive Assistant to the Majority Leader of the Minnesota State Senate.
• State Director, Minnesota State Board of Vocational-Technical Education.
• Deputy Executive Director, Minnesota Higher Education Coordination Board, 1990-1994.
• Interim Director, Minnesota Higher Education Services Office, 1994.

Community Service

• Active in church.