Our Donors

MSU Billings is thankful for the continuing support and generosity of our loyal alumni, friends, and community partners. More than 85% of MSU Billings students receive some type of financial assistance. Scholarship support allows MSU Billings to make sure deserving scholars have the opportunity to reach their full potential, regardless of economic circumstances. We invite you to meet some of our valued donors and let their stories inspire you.

If you want to change lives in an extraordinary way, make a gift to the MSU Billings Foundation.

Dick Anderson Construction, Inc. Endowed Scholarship

Dick Anderson Construction, Inc. Endowed Scholarship

Dick Anderson Construction, Inc., formerly High Tech Construction, provides consulting, estimates, material options, and construction planning that meets the business owner’s budget and schedule. They work hard to solve their business needs and be a one-stop shop...

Dick Edwards Memorial Endowed Scholarship

Dick Edwards Memorial Endowed Scholarship

The Dick Edwards Memorial Endowed Scholarship was established in 1981 in memory of Eastern Montana College (now MSU Billings) basketball coach Dick Edwards, who died suddenly on his way to a Yellowjacket basketball practice on January 31, 1981. The endowment fund...

Dickerson/Knight Access to Education Endowed Scholarship

Dickerson/Knight Access to Education Endowed Scholarship

The Dickerson/Knight Access to Education Endowed Scholarship was established in November 2000 by an anonymous donor. The endowment provides scholarship funding to students who are full time student’s working towards their Bachelor’s degree. Scholarship awards...

Donald E. Fox Memorial Endowed Scholarship

Donald E. Fox Memorial Endowed Scholarship

Donald E. Fox was the controller at Eastern Montana College (now MSU Billings). After Don passed away in 1988 from cancer, family and friends established the Donald E. Fox Memorial Scholarship to honor Don and his years of service to MSU Billings. The first...

Donald J. Baker Scholarship

Donald J. Baker Scholarship

Don Baker graduated in 1966 from Montana State University with his Masters in Architecture. Don is originally from Glasgow, Montana and established a successful architecture firm in Saint Paul, Minnesota. Don was an avid hunter, fisherman and traveler and cared...

Donna M. Bliss Memorial Scholarship

Donna M. Bliss Memorial Scholarship

Dorothea Cromley Piano Endowed Scholarship

Dorothea Cromley Piano Endowed Scholarship

Dorothea Cromley, chairperson of the Department of Music and a much-beloved professor of piano, music appreciation, piano pedagogy, music history and piano literature, has been a member of the MSU Billings faculty for 25 years. Professor Cromley earned her Bachelor...

Dorothy Shinn Endowed Scholarship

Dorothy Shinn Endowed Scholarship

Dorothy Belle Shinn was born in Deaver, Wyoming, in 1925. She graduated from the Deaver school and went on to college, graduating from Eastern Montana College (now Montana State University Billings) in 1950 with her bachelor’s degree in Elementary Education. Dorothy...

Doug and Kathy Yates

Doug and Kathy Yates

Doug Yates attended Eastern Montana College from 1964-1968. After graduating from Harlowton High School, Harlowton, Mont., Yates served four years in the U.S. Air Force and then enrolled at Eastern. In a time before financial aid was available, Yates had enough money...

Dr. Jeanette J. Bieber

Dr. Jeanette J. Bieber

Dr. Jeanette J. Bieber, Emeritus Professor of Information Resource Management at MSU Billings, established the Bieber Endowment for Students with Disabilities in 1996 in memory of her parents, John and Lenora Bieber. John and Lenora, who farmed in South Dakota and...

Dr. Joe W. Floyd and Barbara L. Noble Scholarship

Dr. Joe W. Floyd and Barbara L. Noble Scholarship

Dr. Joe Floyd was a faculty member at MSU Billings for 29 years retiring in 2007. At the 2007 commencement, he was awarded the rank of Professor Emeritus of Sociology. While a faculty member, Dr. Floyd focused on applied sociology that is making sociological...

Dr. Krista Jean Mougey

Dr. Krista Jean Mougey

Krista Jean Mougey grew up in Colstrip, Mont., enjoying the beauty of Eastern Montana and filling her role as “Her Daddy’s only son.” She loved anything outdoors – camping, hiking, fishing, hunting, swimming, and photography. She found her passion in life – wildlife...

Dr. Norm Schoenthal Endowed Scholarship

Dr. Norm Schoenthal Endowed Scholarship

Dr. Norm Schoenthal’s dedication, enthusiasm and passion inspired many students during his career at Eastern Montana College (now MSU Billings). He taught in the biological sciences department from 1966 to 1994 and is now an emeritus professor of biological sciences...

Dr. Rolf Groseth Endowed Scholarship

Dr. Rolf Groseth Endowed Scholarship

To honor retired Chancellor Rolf Groseth, the proceeds from the “Heads or Tails” lot of the live auction at the 2014 Wine and Food Festival created the Dr. Rolf Groseth Scholarship Endowment. Dr. Groseth spent over 36 years with the Montana University System, with...

Edna Frost Bookstore Scholarship

Edna Frost Bookstore Scholarship

Edna Frost was the first manager of the campus bookstore at Eastern Montana College (now MSU Billings). In honor of Ms. Frost, the campus bookstore, Jackets and Company, provides funding for two scholarships annually for MSU Billings students. The first scholarships...

Ed Randash Memorial Scholarship

Ed Randash Memorial Scholarship

Ed Randash was an avid automotive enthusiast. He loved auto racing of all types, restoring and collecting vintage and collectible vehicles, getting his hands dirty working on cars, being involved with buying and selling used cars and above all, helping his sons work...

Education Is Our New Buffalo Scholarship

Education Is Our New Buffalo Scholarship

In April 2011, the MSU Billings Office of American Indian Outreach launched a new scholarship campaign to earn money for American Indian students who attend MSU Billings. The campaign, held during the 2011 MSU Billings Powwow, was called Education is Our New Buffalo....

EideBailly, LLP Scholarship

EideBailly, LLP Scholarship

EideBailly was founded in 1917 and is one of top 25 public accounting firms in the United States. They offer brokerage, financial, tax and investment management services. The company provides a variety of accounting services, such as general ledger processing, bank...

Elaine Marie Smith Endowed Scholarship

Elaine Marie Smith Endowed Scholarship

Elaine Marie Smith attended Eastern Montana College (now MSU Billings) and received her Bachelor of Science in Rehabilitation and Related Services on June 3, 1979. Elaine continued with her education at EMC as a graduate student majoring in Rehabilitation Counseling....

ELEPHAS Real Estate Group

ELEPHAS Real Estate Group

The ELEPHAS Civic Leadership Award is made possible by ELEPHAS Real Estate Group founder Neil Beyer. Beyer donated 10 percent of his commission on every real estate transaction to the MSU Billings Foundation to finance scholarships. As a real estate professional in...

Ellen Shields Endowed Scholarship

Ellen Shields Endowed Scholarship

Ellen Shields grew up in the small farming community of Choteau, Montana, and graduated from the University of Montana with a master’s degree in mathematics in 1933. She taught math at Billings Senior High School until her retirement. Ellen loved to travel and...

Elma Epstein Endowed Scholarship

Elma Epstein Endowed Scholarship

Elma (Rautio) Epstein, a 1932 graduate of Eastern Montana Normal School (now MSU Billings), was a true Montana pioneer. Elma’s education was just beginning when she graduated in 1932. Following her marriage to Larry Epstein in 1936, she settled in Glacier County and...

E. Lyle Cooper Memorial English Endowed Scholarship

E. Lyle Cooper Memorial English Endowed Scholarship

E. Lyle Cooper, Emeritus Professor of English, taught at Eastern Montana College (now MSU Billings) from 1947-1972. Mr. Cooper passed away December 31, 1994. In his memory, family and friends established the E. Lyle Cooper Memorial Scholarship in English in 1995. The...

Emma Chatham Standish Endowed Scholarship

Emma Chatham Standish Endowed Scholarship

Emma Chatham was born on December 26, 1908, at her aunt’s home in Rotten Grass, five miles south of Lodge Grass, Montana. Emma married at age 14 and never had children. She lived her entire life on the reservation, raising cattle and quarter horses. She bought land...

Employee Benefit Management Services (EBMS)

Employee Benefit Management Services (EBMS)

Employee Benefit Management Services, Inc. (EBMS) is thrilled to support students who are pursuing careers in healthcare. As Montana’s first third party administrator for self-funded health plans and one of the nation’s premier industry leaders in health risk...

Empowering Indigenous Educators Scholarship

Empowering Indigenous Educators Scholarship

The donor organization has a dream to provide an opportunity for someone from a Montana Native American tribal community to receive a high-quality education through MSU Billings in the field of education. Their hope is that the beneficiary of this scholarship will go...

Energy Laboratories Chemistry Endowed Scholarship

Energy Laboratories Chemistry Endowed Scholarship

Bill Brown, President, and John Standish, Vice-President, co-owners of Energy Laboratories, established the Energy Laboratories Chemistry Scholarship Endowment at MSU Billings in 1991 to provide scholarships for chemistry students. The partners’ goal was to forge a...

Eric Robert Anderson Memorial Endowed Scholarship

Eric Robert Anderson Memorial Endowed Scholarship

After graduating high school in 2000, Eric Anderson joined the Army National Guard. He excelled with his role in the military and during this time he really grew as a person, an officer, and as a gentleman. While serving his country in Army National Guard, Eric...

Esther Eaton Endowed Scholarship

Esther Eaton Endowed Scholarship

Esther Martha Carlstrom Eaton was born north of Custer, Montana, in a small homesteader’s shack. Her father, Carl Herman Carlstrom, had emigrated from Sweden at the age of 16 with minimal formal schooling, but he was a strong proponent of education. Her mother, Lois...

Eugene F. Wiesner Endowed Scholarship

Eugene F. Wiesner Endowed Scholarship

Dr. Eugene F. Wiesner was born in July 1927 to a farming family in Kansas. Eugene married Helen Honas in 1950 and together they raised five children. In October 1950 he was drafted into the army and sent to the front lines of Korea. After being discharged, he...