MOHN, George William b: 1884

MOHN, RINGSTAD

Posted By: County Coordinator
Date: 5/14/2008 at 23:08:23

George William Mohn was born in Northfield in 1884. He is a son of the late President Th. N. Mohn, for twenty-five years president of St. Olaf College, Northfield, Minn., and Anna E. Mohn, nee Ringstad.

He received his education at St. Olaf College, from which institution he graduated in 1905, receiving the degree of A. B. Immediately after completing his college course he became local news editor of the Northfield "Independent," in which position he continued for two years.

In the fall of 1907 he accepted the position of principal of St. Ansgar Academy, St. Ansgar, Iowa. Newspaper work, however, was his chosen profession, and in the fall of 1908 he returned to Northfield to become a member of the Mohn Printing Company, with which he has since been connected, first as news editor of the "Norwegian-American," and later as general manager of the company.

HISTORY OF RICE & STEELE COUNTIES (Minnesota) VOL I & II 1910