Harold Strandberg was born in Alaska. He studied geology and mining at the Alaska Agricultural College and School of Mines and graduated in 1931. He worked as a placer miner with his father and three brothers at Cripple Creek, Folger, Candle, Manley Hot Springs, and at Goodnews Bay. He became vice-president and scretary of Strandberg and Sons, Inc., a mining corporation (later renamed Strandberg Mines, Inc.), in 1937. Harold Strandberg was the Anchorage port commissioner (1955-1964); he served in the Alaska House of Representatives for two terms, after which he was appointed commissioner of public works (1968), becoming deputy commissioner in 1971.
From the description of Papers, 1938-1967. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 42926505
