Time Machine: The Story Of Duane Arnold, The Namesake For An Eastern Iowa Nuclear Power Plant

Duane J. Arnold, who would become the namesake for a nuclear power plant in Eastern Iowa, grew up liking to perform, often taking part in school musical programs. Arnold was born Nov. 12, 1917, in Sanborn, a small railroad town in northwest Iowa. His parents were Grant Dole and Beatrice Short Arnold.He was the middle child, flanked by older brother Max and younger sister Cleta Mae.In a 1957 Gazette interview, Arnold told of his first job as a child: “I was seven and I had a bread route — I picked up the bread at the train and loaded it into my wagon and went door-to-door selling it.” The Arnolds lived in Sanborn until 1927, when the family relocated to Sioux City as Grant Arnold began the first of a string of jobs as a restaurant operator who bought businesses, built them up, sold them and moved on.