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  Neil Bucklew Interview, February 28, 1986

  Neil Bucklew

  Neil Bucklew discusses his educational background and career trajectory from working in the personnel field at several different universities to becoming President of the University of Montana from 1981 to 1986. He describes his greatest accomplishments as president, his hopes and visions of the future ... Read More

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  Neil Bucklew Interview, May 22, 1986

  Neil Bucklew

  Neil Bucklew discusses his reasons for leaving his position as the President of the University of Montana (UM) for a new position as President of West Virginia University. He talks about the general responsibilities of university presidents and the specific responsibilities he had while president ... Read More

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  Patricia Douglas Interview, December 20, 1976

  Patricia Douglas

  Patricia Douglas offers her definition of what the University of Montana is and what a liberal arts education is. She details the University’s main sources of funding, and explains why the Montana University System made its largest funding request, as of 1976, due to inflation. ... Read More

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  Pferron Doss Interview, December 7, 2016

  Pferron Doss

  Pferron Doss talks about his time at the University of Montana (UM) in the late 1960s and early 1970s, participating in civil rights movements with his fellow students. Doss remembers the protests he helped to organize, some related to R.O.T.C. on the UM campus, especially ... Read More

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  Philip L. "Phil" Wright and Richard "Dick" Hutto Interview, 1991

  Philip L. Wright and Richard Hutto

  Phillip "Phil" Wright discusses coming to work at the University of Montana Zoological Museum (now the Philip L. Wright Zoological Museum) in 1939 and his interest in the bird specimens in the C. F. Hedges collection. Wright and Richard "Dick" Hutto describe the history of ... Read More

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  Richard Solberg Interview, circa 1968

  Richard Solberg

  Dr. Richard Solberg describes the function of the University of Montana’s Biological Research Station at Yellow Bay, Montana. He explains that the laboratory is named after the founder of the biological station in 1897, Morton J. Elrod. Solberg describes Elrod’s contribution to ecological science in ... Read More

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  Royce C. Engstrom Interview, August 29, 2017

  Royce C. Engstrom

  In the first of a two-part interview, Royce Engstrom discusses his early years in Omaha, Nebraska; graduate school in Wisconsin; and 28 years working at the University of South Dakota, including as a department chair and administrator. He talks about his early interest in science ... Read More

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  Royce C. Engstrom Interview, March 8, 2018

  Royce C. Engstrom

  Royce Engstrom discusses his work as provost and president of the University of Montana (UM). He highlights UM 2020, which was the strategic plan for the University of Montana, his vision for the Global Leadership Initiative (GLI), and the expansion of research activity. Engstrom highlights ... Read More

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  Teresa Branch Interview, June 24, 2016

  Teresa Branch

  Teresa Branch discusses her education, which led to her working in administrative positions at various universities—University of Washington, Arizona State University and Iowa State University—before coming to the University of Montana. She recalls her tenure at the University where she served as Vice President of ... Read More

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  Walter Clark Hamor Interview, June 28, 2005

  Walter Clark Hamor

  Walter Clark Hamor recalls changing his major from music to education during his fourth year at the University of Montana [UM] and taking library science courses. Hamor discusses accepting a job at the University of Montana Library [now the Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library] after ... Read More