Pauline Hancock Rich was born in Barre, Massachusetts, on September 18, 1891. She grew up in Barre and attended Wellesley College, graduating in 1913. She worked in New York City for the H. W. Wilson Company, publishers of the Reader’s Guide and the Literary Digest....

The PEO Sisterhood is an international organization with broad philanthropic and cultural aims and an interest in furthering educational opportunities for women. The mission of the PEO Chapter AE in Billings is to further the education of women by offering financial...

The PEO Sisterhood is an international organization with broad philanthropic and cultural aims and an interest in furthering educational opportunities for women. The mission of the PEO Chapter AN in Billings is to further the education of women by offering financial...

The PEO Sisterhood is an international organization with broad philanthropic and cultural aims and an interest in furthering educational opportunities for women. The PEO Chapter BL in Billings has established this scholarship to offer financial assistance and...

Headquartered in Houston, Texas, Phillips 66 is an advantaged downstream energy company, with segment-leading Refining and Marketing (R&M), Midstream and Chemicals businesses. The company’s R&M operations include 15 refineries with a net crude oil capacity of 2.2...

Phyllis Jean Lewallen graduated from Northwestern Hospital in Minneapolis, Minn., as a registered nurse in 1949. Her mother-in-law graduated from the same hospital in 1918 as a registered nurse. The value of education was a strong family value. She worked as an R.N....

In 1987, a scholarship endowment was established by donations from the Institute for Habilitative Services faculty and staff and was named the IHS Scholarship Endowment. On April 14, 1989, the scholarship fund was officially renamed the Professor Ken Card Endowed...

Sonja C. Jones was a longtime resident of Great Falls, Montana. She put herself through nursing school and was an R.N. or stay-at-home mom the rest of her life. She met an Exxon management trainee in Denver, Colorado, named Richard A. Jones Jr. and married him in...

Red Lodge Lions Club is one of the 45,000 clubs of the Lions Club International which is the largest service organization in the world. The Red Lodge Lions Club is dedicated to serving the people of Red Lodge and the surrounding areas of Carbon County in Montana. In...

Doreen Renee Johnson, daughter of Lois and Toby Johnson, was born on May 23, 1978, in Billings, Montana. She grew up in Forsyth, Montana, and attended school in Forsyth and later Colstrip, Montana, where she graduated in 1997. Renee completed her AAS degree in...

Rev. Kim Woeste served on the board of the United Campus Ministry at Montana State University Billings from 1995-2002 and worked as the Campus Minister for 10 years, from 2002-2012. She remains dedicated to ministry with young adults and ministry in higher education...

Roberta Ann Boyd Stewart spent her childhood years in Billings, Mont., and graduated from Billings West High School in 1965. Her 30-year banking career began when she went to work for Midland Bank. Over the years, Midland Bank became US Bank. Roberta eventually...

Bob and Joan Carr, along with their oldest son, moved to Montana from Michigan in the fall of 1971. After experiencing the Montana culture for four years, they made a decision to stay in Billings and raise their family. Joan came from a family with three siblings and...

Dr. Robert J. McRae joined the faculty at Eastern Montana College (now MSU Billings) in 1958. His job as a college physics teacher would be just the beginning of a long and storied career in the Montana University System. Eventually Dr. McRae became a full professor,...

Dr. C. Robert Waterman was a teacher and academic administrator for a cumulative 40 years. He joined the faculty at Eastern Montana College (now MSU Billings) in 1956.He served EMC and Montana for nearly 30 years in various collegiate capacities, including Department...

Rob McCarvel was born on June 25, 1972, in Glendive, Montana. He was raised and educated in Glendive, graduating from Dawson County High School in 1990. He attended MSU Billings and would have graduated in the spring of 1996 with a degree in chemistry. He was an avid...

Rocky Mountain Bank, with branches located in Billings, Bigfork, Plains, Stevensville, Whitehall, Bozeman, and Plentywood, sees its community contributions as investments. In 2005 during the People, Pride and Promise Campaign for MSU Billings, Rocky Mountain Bank...

Roger K. Larsen was executive director of Walleyes Unlimited for the State of Montana and was inducted into Walleyes Unlimited Hall of Fame in March 2001. He also was a member of Ducks Unlimited, and was an active lobbyist for Walleyes Unlimited. He was an avid...

After dedicating more than 30 years to higher education, Dr. Ronald P. Sexton retired as chancellor of MSU Billings in August 2010. In honor of his retirement, the Heads or Tails game during the 2010 Wine & Food Festival’s live auction was used to create an endowed...

Roseanna Chatham Milne was born on March 14, 1911, in a log house on her mother’s Crow allotment land in the Rottengrass area. Rose began her schooling at age seven by riding horseback to a one-room school, later transferring to Lodge Grass, Montana, when her parents...

Royal and Norma Johnson established the Royal and Norma Johnson Charitable Foundation Endowed Scholarship in December 2001 to provide financial assistance to education majors at MSU Billings. Norma and Royal began their married life in 1950 in Billings. They moved to...

Russell James Foreman graduated from Huntley Project High School, Huntley Project, Montana, in 1948. At age 17, he entered Rocky Mountain College in Billings, Montana, and played football and basketball. In 1952, he graduated from RMC with his bachelor’s degree and...

In 1973 Dan Rust attended Eastern Montana College (now MSU Billings) to pursue a business degree to eventually open his own business. Dan competed on the basketball floor and in the classroom for four years and graduated with a B.S. degree in business and even a...

Hard work and perseverance were common threads woven throughout the fabric of Ruth Hveem Kronmiller’s life. Despite growing up with few advantages, Ruth’s personal motto was, “Look ahead; don’t dwell on the past.” She lived by that motto for 95 years. Ruth was born...

Delivered by a neighbor/midwife, Ruth N. Johnson was born the fourth child of five to Herman and Helen DeVries on a dry land farm near Roberts, Montana. At the age of 4, her younger brother Martin died and also her mother. Her Aunt Grace and grandmother Amelia...

In 2016, Rena and Wayne established the R.W. Bucher Scholarship Endowment at MSU Billings. Rena Bucher is the “R” in the R.W. Bucher Scholarship. It is her belief that a good education is extremely important to each person to be successful in life. Rena retired after...

In 2003, RBC Dain Rauscher established a one-time scholarship in memory of their dedicated employee, Sam Norman. Sam’s widow, Gail Norman, decided to continue the scholarship in Sam’s name. Through Gail’s generosity, a MSU Billings business major receives scholarship...

Sanctuary Spa and Salon was created in 1998 as a dream of owner Kris Carpenter. Born and raised in Billings, Montana, Kris traveled and gathered ideas and treatments to create a sanctuary to care for women. “I believe women are the care givers of the world and I...

Sandra Lee Haugan, 82, passed on July 29, 2023. Sandy was born to John and Lois Parriott on Feb. 4, 1941, in Livingston. While growing up in the family business, Livingston Hardware, she met Ron Haugan during her school years. Ron and Sandy were married in 1965 after...

Drs. Deborah and Rachel Schaffer are professors of English at MSU Billings and have been actively involved in campus life since arriving in 1983. Over that time their professionalism, volunteerism and accomplishments have garnered them much-deserved praise and...