Gordon W. Erlandson, retired professor of agricultural economics, died Dec. 8 at age 86. He lived in Charlotte, N.C.

 An NDSU faculty member from 1965 until he retired in 1986, Erlandson earned his bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degrees at the University of Minnesota. In 1984, he received NDSU’s Odney Award for excellence in teaching. He also was the long-time faculty adviser to the university’s Intervarsity Christian Fellowship chapter.