FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Merl Paaverud
September 26, 2011
(701) 328-2666
STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY MAKES STAFF CHANGES
BISMARCK – The state’s history agency, the State Historical Society of North Dakota (SHSND), has recently made some staff changes at two of its state historic sites and the agency’s headquarters, the North Dakota Heritage Center in Bismarck.
The following changes have occurred:
- Jack Mattson will retire effective this Friday, September 30. The site supervisor at Fort Totten State Historic Site since 1995, he began working at the site in 1989. Mattson has worked on many projects at Fort Totten and been instrumental in opening several of the site’s old buildings for public visitation. He also spent the past winter working to enhance the Visitors Center, including resurfacing the floor, repainting the new exhibit area, and helping install the new exhibit, Encountering Fort Totten. A native of Kenmare, North Dakota, he served in the U.S. Army from 1963 to 1983, including 12 years in West Germany.
- Guinn Hinman began work September 22 as administrative assistant in the Support Services Division. She previously worked as an administrative assistant for real estate businesses in Washington, and also for the Stutsman County Housing Authority in Jamestown, North Dakota. Hinman earned a Master of Arts degree in museology from the University of Washington in June, and a Bachelor of Arts degree in English with a minor in history from Brevard College in North Carolina.
- Craig Wilson resigned effective September 15 as site supervisor at Fort Abercrombie State Historic Site to move back to Michigan. He had been site supervisor since May 19. A Michigan native, Wilson came to North Dakota from Mackinac State Historic Parks in Michigan.
- Elaine Schlinger retired effective September 1. An administrative assistant with the Support Services Division, she began working at the State Historical Society in 1994. Schlinger was honored by her colleagues in 2006, when they selected her to receive the Staff Award for Excellence as the agency’s outstanding staff member.
- Jena Arteseros began work July 5 as administrative assistant in the Support Services Division. Before that, she was employed by Kadrmas, Lee & Jackson in Bismarck, working as an administrative assistant and later as a field services coordinator/archaeological technician. She also worked as a dispatcher for Lesmeister Transportation in Bismarck. Arteseros earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in history from Dickinson State University, and an associate in arts degree in history from Bismarck State College.
The State Historical Society of North Dakota manages 55 state historic sites and two state museums, operating as North Dakota’s department of history, archaeology and archives since 1895. The agency has 62 full-time employees and some 200 volunteers working in its four divisions statewide. For more information about the Society, contact the North Dakota Heritage Center in Bismarck, call (701) 328-2666 or visit the Society’s web site at www.history.nd.gov.
