Dave Senjem is a charter member, joining in June 1995, of the Soldiers Field Memorial.
Dave’s involvement has been limited because he is employed, full time, at the Mayo Clinic and was also a city councilman and later a state Senator.
Dave was with Wayne Stillman when the idea for a memorial was born at the reunion of the 173d Airborne in June 1995. Stillman started forming a committee and Dave agreed to serve as a liaison with the City Council and do whatever else he could.
Dave was instrumental in getting the grant from the Mayo Clinic to start the memorial. Dave spent a lot of time in the preparation for the presentation to the Mayo Board. If the presentation had not been successful it would have been very difficult to get the memorial off the ground and running.
Dave’s duties as a council member and Senator have kept him from heavy involvement in the memorial but he has given the memorial all the time that he could. He has been dedicated and committed to the memorial since its conception.
