1947
Born in Duluth, Minnesota to Julian Sem and Evelyn Synnove Steen.
1958
Attends the Rotary Awardees Luncheon with Eleanor Roosevelt on May 20 in Bozeman, MT.
1964
Wins Minnesota’s Best Actress (one-act play contest) and Minnesota’s Jr. Miss, 3rd runner-up, nationally.
1969
Sings soprano for the St. Olaf’s Choir, graduates cum laude from St. Olaf College, earns a Bachelor of Arts in social psychology and Asian studies.
1970
Becomes a social worker for the Hennepin County Welfare Department in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
1973
Becomes a clergy team member of an exchange program with the Lutheran World Federation in Göppingen, Germany.
1978
Becomes clergy team member and music director of the Jubilation Singers of Bethel Lutheran Church in Rochester, Minnesota.
1983
Becomes clergy team member and youth choir director of First Lutheran Church in St. Louis Park, Minnesota.
1986
Becomes administrator of Family Child Care Facility in St. Louis Park, Minnesota, and auditions into the National Lutheran Choir.
1988
Becomes a faculty teacher at Stenson Suzuki Studios and Home Studios at St. Louis Park, Minnesota.
1988
Authors “Mother Tongue Singing/Voice Method.”
1991
Studies postgraduate courses at Hamline University.
1991
Receives a Bachelor of Music equivalency (MMTA, MTNA) from the University of Minnesota and other institutions.
1993
Authors research paper “Carts vs. Horses II” and becomes a small group leader at Mount Olive Lutheran Church in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
1995
Becomes founding director of the Fair Pay Institute in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
1996
Authors “School Start Time/Teen Sleep Deprivation.”
1997
Becomes a co-incorporator of FairVote Minnesota.
1998
Becomes a member of the workshop and children’s ministry at the Augsburg College Youth and Family Institute and Trinity Lutheran Congregation.
2001
Serves as first early childhood music chair of the Minnesota Music Teachers Association with work cited in its State Affiliate of the Year 2011 Award from the Music Teachers National Association.
2005
Co-founds anti-torture committee, Women Against Military Madness; founder of the Steen Early Childhood Music/Education Fund at Augsburg University.
2017
Receives the Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award from Marquis Who’s Who.
2018
TV Documentary: Restorelilacway.com/parks/rock island meet Diane Steen-Hinderlie.