Earl Strinden (born November 28, 1931 in Litchville, North Dakota[1]) is a North Dakota politician, and former President of the University of North Dakota Alumni Association, serving from 1974 to his retirement in 2000. For the town in Argentina, see 28 de Noviembre. Events Year 1931 ( MCMXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1931 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Litchville is a city in Barnes County, North Dakota in the United States. North Dakota ( is a state located in the Midwestern and Western regions of the United States of America. The University of North Dakota ( UND) is a Public university in Grand Forks North Dakota, USA. Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. He served as House Majority Leader in the North Dakota House of Representatives for several years and then ran for the United States Senate against Quentin Burdick in 1988, but was unsuccessful. Party leaders of the United States House of Representatives are elected by their respective parties in a closed-door (private Caucus. The North Dakota House of Representatives is the lower house of the North Dakota Legislative Assembly, larger than the North Dakota Senate. The United States Senate is the Upper house of the bicameral United States Congress, the Lower house being the House of Representatives Quentin Northrup Burdick ( June 19 1908 – September 8 1992) was a United States Senator from North Dakota from Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar) He also was the founder of the UND Foundation. [2]