NDSD Staff who dedicated 20 or more years serving the deaf and hard of hearing students
Dedicated Staff
PHOTO NAME AND POSITION YEARS SERVED TOTAL YEARS 
Olga Anderson, '07
Academic Instructor
1913-60 47 
Normal Aardahl
Supervisor, Buildings &
Grounds
1951-77
26 
H.M. Bekken
Shoemaking Instructor
1926-48 22 
Kenneth Blackhurst
Dormitory Counselor
1960-84 24 
Henry Brenner
Academic Instructor &
Athletic Director
1956-1992 36 
Sharon Brien
Accounting Technician
1985-2010 25 
Gladyce Burns
Art & Vocational Instructor
1949-78 29 
Louis Burns
Vocational Principal
1924-56 32 
Marjorie Bye
Director of Business Admin
1945-1947
1950-1998
50 
R.O. Chapman
Barbering Instructor
1921-44 23 
Harriet Colton
Secretary-Treasurer
1926-47 21 
Sylvia Conlon
Night Supervisor
1969-1990 21 
Chris Dockter (1925-33)
Dormitory Counselor
1945-80 35 
Barbara Duncan
Adm Support Services Coord.
1973-2005 32 
R. Ruth Elsberry
Business Manager
1968-90 22 
Anne Green
Academic Instructor
1980-2005 25 
Helge Hall
Power Plant Supervisor
1959-81 22 
William Hartl, '33
Woodworking Instructor
1939-80 41 
Viola Harwood
Academic Instructor
1923-43 20 
Charles Hawkins
Director of Food Services
and Custodian
1982-2007 25 
Nicole Henke
Academic Instructor
1965-1997 32 
John Hughey
Physical Plant Director
1973-2001 28 
Jerry Janzen
Maintenance Worker
1979-2005 26 
Mavis Janzen
Teaching Technician
1975-2003 28 
Vernon Johnson
Director of Media &
Librarian
1963-83 20 
Constance Jorgenson
Academic Instructor
1972-1975
1981-1993
1996-2010
20 
Sheri Knutson
Dorm Counselor
1976-2009
33 
Ernest Langenberg
Printing Instructor
1925-54 29 
Sonja Leonhardt
Art Instructor
1970-2001 31 
L.A. Long
Academic Instructor
1900-41 41 
Harold Nash
Physical Plant Director
1962-85 32 
Edythe Nelson
Administrative Assistant
1981-2007 26 
Arvid Olson
Custodian
1971-1993 22 
Charles Osburn
Carpentry Instructor
1904-35 31 
Lee Ottoway
Chief Engineer
1924-52 28 
L. Dwight Rafferty, '37
Academic/Graphic Arts
Instructor/Coach
1943-85 42 
Diane Rice
Academic Instructor
1979-1998
2002-2005
22 
Sibyl Regan
Part-time Pianist
1953-76 23 
Jacob Rieger
Laundry Manager
1954-80 26 No photo Louis Ringuette
Chief Engineer
1899-1920 21 
Mary Rutten
Academic Instructor
1979-2006 27 
Inez Serumgard
Academic Instructor
1920-43 23 
Thomas Sheridan
Academic Instructor
1908-47 39 
Carl F. Smith
Superintendent
1945-69 24 
Blanche Wilkinson
Academic Instructor
1922-46 24 
Frances Wiltse
Academic Instructor
1960-80 20 
Lyle Wiltse, '40
Academic Instructor
1954-85 31 
Karen Zinke
Resident Living - Night
Supervisor
1985-2007 22