Bio of GUNDERSON, Herbert J. (b.1886), Hennepin Co., MN
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EXTRACTED FROM: History of Minneapolis, Gateway to the Northwest; 
Chicago-Minneapolis, The S J Clarke Publishing Co, 1923; Edited by: Rev. 
Marion Daniel Shutter, D.D., LL.D.; Volume I - Shutter (Historical); 
volume II - Biographical; volume III - Biographical

HERBERT J. GUNDERSON - Vol III, pg 732, 735
Herbert J. Gunderson, president of the Minnesota Grain Company, is a native son
of Minneapolis and a member of a family which for thirty-four years has figured
prominently in commercial circles of the city in connection with this business.
He was born December 1, 1886, and his father, George B. Gunderson, was also a
native of this city. The paternal grandparents were born in Norway and in the
early '50s they emigrated to the United States, settling on a farm in Goodhue
county, Wisconsin. It was there that George B. Gunderson was born, on the 24th
of December, 1862, and he remained at home until he reached the age of fourteen
years, when he started out in life for himself, being employed at farm labor
during the summer season, while in the winter he attended the district schools.
In 1883, when twenty-one years of age, he secured the position of assistant
secretary of the Minneapolis Chamber of Com­merce, shortly after its
organization, but soon afterward went to North Dakota and spent two years in
that state, during which time he was employed as a bookkeeper. In 1885 he
engaged in the milling business at Kenyon, Minnesota, and three years later
returned to Minneapolis, becoming associated with W. L. Luce. In 1891 he entered
the grain commission business on his own account, forming the firm of G. B.
Gunderson & Company, which existed until 1904, when the business was
consolidated with the Minnesota Grain Company, and has since been operated under
that name. Mr. Gunder­son was made manager of the concern and continued his
identification with the company until his death, which occurred in 1920. He was
a very capable and enterprising business man and was largely responsible for the
success which attended the activities of the firm. He was a member of the
Minneapolis Chamber of Commerce, the Duluth Board of Trade and the Chicago Board
of Trade, and was also connected with the Minneapolis Commercial Club and the
Odin Club of this city, serving as president of the last named organization in
1905. He stood high in business and social circles of Minneapolis and enjoyed
the esteem of many friends. On the 5th of February, 18.85, he married Miss
Jennie C. Jarl, a native of Sweden, and they became the parents of four
children: Herbert J., Walter B., Charles F. and Alice Jeannette.
The public schools of this city afforded Herbert J. Gunderson his educational
advantages and after completing his studies he joined his father in the grain
business, with which he has since been identified. Following the death of his
father Mr. Gunderson was made president of the Minnesota Grain Company, which
office he is now filling, and he displays foresight, initiative and marked
executive ability in directing the important interests entrusted to his care.
Mr. Gunderson was married June 8, 1910, to Miss Dagney Peterson of Minneapolis,
and they have six children: Jeannette, Dorothy, Herbert, Jr., Lucille, Richard
and Barbara. Mr. Gunderson is a member of the Elks Club, the Odin Club and the
Minneapolis Athletic Club. He has an expert knowledge of the grain trade and has
demon­strated his ability successfully to manage an undertaking of large
proportions. He is a typical young business man of the city, alert, energetic
and progressive, and is held in the highest esteem by those who have known him
from boyhood to the present time.