Roland Kenneth Haugen was born in Hannaford in the Gilbertson House. He was born on June 30, 1948. He was the third child of Ingvard and Ruth Haugen. He attended the Haugen School and later the Karnak School. In seventh grade he transferred into Hannaford Public School. He graduated from Hannaford High School in 1966.
He attended Valley City State College for a while and then went on to work for a road construction crew in western North Dakota. He then moved to Denver, Colorado, where he was employed by ADT for several years. After completing his electrical school in Denver, he was employed by a private firm.
He married Diane Wright on June 30, 1973. They had two children, Gina and Robert. Diane passed away in October 1982. He continued to make his home in the Denver area until 1985, when he moved to Grand Forks, North Dakota. He and his son made this move and he began working for Bergstrom Electrical Company there. On October 4, 1986, he married Donna Korsgarden in Grand Forks. They make their home there where he continues his electrical work and Donna is a secretary for an insurance company. Robert attends South Junior High School.
Dad always reminisced that they brought home his boy, Roland, and his first new tractor on the same day. It is the Case tractor that all of us learned to drive and ride on as it had a good place for riders to stand.
Source: Hannaford Area History North Dakota Centennial 1889 - 1989 Page 151