Bio of HAGEN, John Julian (b.1865), 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

J. J. HAGEN (John Julian Hagen) - Vol III, pg 376-379
The name of J. J. Hagen will always be associated with the American Business
College, of which he is one of the founders and the president. The thousands of
students who have passed through its doors have had the privilege of contact
with a man of inspiring personality as well as the formal instruction of the
class room. A born teacher, Mr. Hagen has risen to a place of leadership in the
educational world.
J. J. Hagen's earlier life was a fitting preparation for the presidency of an
educa­tional institution. A native of this state, he was born in Fillmore county
on January 15, 1865, and his boyhood was the usual one of a country child. He
lived on a farm and had his initiation into the mysteries of writing and books
in the nearest rural schoolhouse. His education was continued at the Preston,
Minnesota, high school and the Decorah Institute, Decorah, Iowa. He then went to
Chicago to take a course in penmanship and shorthand at the Lakeside Business
College to fit himself for teaching commercial subjects. After five years'
experience as instructor in the public schools he accepted a position in Caton
College, Minneapolis, teaching penmanship, arithmetic, bookkeeping and
shorthand, there remaining for three years. He then taught in the Sioux Falls
Business College and Normal School at Sioux Falls, South Dakota, staying there
for two years. He then returned to Minneapolis to take a position in the old
Archibald Business College. After teaching there for nine years he left to help
organize the American Business College.
Associated with Mr. Hagen in this new venture were J. L. Hallstrom, E. L.
Berg­quist, and G. L. Hempstead, the latter two of whom were coworkers on the
faculty of the Archibald College. The four men pooled their resources and
started the new school in 1904. When it was incorporated in 1912, Mr. Hagen
became the president and Mr. Bergquist, whose biography appears elsewhere in
this work, the secretary and treasurer. Of the original proprietors these two
alone remain. The college has had an extraordi­nary history. It was opened at
the corner of Chicago avenue and Lake street, but at the end of five years it
had completely outgrown its quarters, and a new location became imperative. The
owners interested some wealthy men in their undertaking and were able to form a
holding company which built the business block at the corner of Nicollet avenue
and Lake street. At first the third floor was devoted to school pur­poses, but
by 1919 the overflow had filled half of the second floor, and in 1920 that
entire floor was taken over to provide accommodations for the five hundred
students. With this splendid record and solid foundation the friends of the
school look for even greater development in the future.
In 1887 Mr. Hagen was united in marriage to Miss Caroline Gunvalson, who died in
1895, leaving two children: Grace I.; and Horace J. of this city. The death of
his daughter was a further break in Mr. Hagen's family circle. His second
marriage oc­curred in 1898, when Miss Jane Ferguson became his wife.
Mr. Hagen is an enthusiastic fisherman and hunter. In solving the problems of
bait and game trails he can completely forget those of the schoolroom, and he
finds life in the Minnesota woods a source of both rest and pleasure. He is a
member of the Grace Presbyterian church, and is affiliated with the Benevolent
Protective Order of Elks and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. In politics
he votes the republican ticket. Well read, and with a discriminating knowledge
of artistic values, Mr. Hagen is a man of genuine culture and a delightful
companion.