Roy Carl Carlson (May 4, 1937 – April 11, 2011) was an American educator and politician.
Born in
Minneapolis, Minnesota
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, he graduated from Robbinsdale High School, in
Robbinsdale, Minnesota
Robbinsdale is a city in Hennepin County, Minnesota, United States. Its population was 14,646 at the 2020 census. The city is in the Minneapolis–Saint Paul metropolitan area and is adjacent to the northwest portion of Minneapolis.
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, and served in the
United States Army
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. He went to Minneapolis Vocational School where he learned carpentry and was an apprentice. Carlson received his bachelor's and master's degrees in industrial education from
University of Wisconsin–Stout in 1968 and taught industrial education in high school. He also went to
Bethel University. He served in the
Minnesota House of Representatives
The Minnesota House of Representatives is the lower chamber of the U.S. state of Minnesota's Minnesota Legislature, legislature. It operates in conjunction with the Minnesota Senate, the state's upper chamber, to write and pass legislation, whic ...
as a
Democrat in 1975 from
Pine City, Minnesota.
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1937 births
2011 deaths
Politicians from Minneapolis
People from Pine City, Minnesota
Military personnel from Minnesota
University of Wisconsin–Stout alumni
Bethel University (Minnesota) alumni
Democratic Party members of the Minnesota House of Representatives
20th-century members of the Minnesota Legislature
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