Richard C. Setterstrom was born in Little Falls, Minnesota on June 1, 1905, the son of Axel and Emma Setterstrom. He grew up in Portland, Oregon and received an electrical engineering degree from Oregon State College. He moved to Butte, Montana, in 1932 and got a job with the Montana Power Company eight years later. As an MPC employee he worked mainly with large industrial contracts. He died in Fairfield, Washington, on August 25, 1997.
From the description of Richard C. Setterstrom papers, 1960-1968. (Montana Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 739959180