Lynn Harvey Halverson was a native of Madison, Wisconsin. He graduated from the Oshkosh State Teachers College in 1917 and later obtained a bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees from the University of Wisconsin. Halverson joined the faculty at Northern State Teacher's College (now Northern Michigan University) in Marquette, Michigan in 1930. During his career at Northern, he was the chairman of the Department of Geography, Earth Science, and Conservation. Halverson retired in 1962 and died in 1973.
From the description of Lynn H. Halverson papers 1953-1970 (Olson Library, Northern Michigan University). WorldCat record id: 756925780