Born: 5 April 1919 in Napoleon, North Dakota;
Professed: 11 July 1941;
Ordained: 19 May 1946;
Elected 4th Abbot: 14 July 1954;
Resigned: 29 December 1966;
Died: 6 September 1987.

By training, Hunkler was an English teacher;
he held a master’s degree in literature.