Hersrud, Marian Mathews

Marian Mathews Hersrud is a Minneapolis native who attended Carleton College and graduated from the University of Minnesota, where she met her husband, Morry. Following Morry's Air Force service in World War II, the couple moved to South Dakota and raised four children while Marian served on the Board of Regents of Higher Education, the South Dakota Humanities Foundation, and South Dakota PEO.

Marian started writing in the third grade and never stopped. Her articles have been published in "The Educational Review", "Sage Woman", and "South Dakota Magazine" She has authored a cook book, "My F...