Presidents and Chancellors
As the 12th chancellor of Montana Technological University, Dr. Les Cook is focused on advancing Montana Tech while listening, learning, and engaging with all Montana Tech constituents.
Before he was appointed chancellor on July 1, 2019, he spent 16 years at Michigan Technological University (Michigan Tech) in Houghton, Michigan. At Michigan Tech, he held numerous leadership positions, including vice president for strategic university partnerships, vice president for student affairs and advancement, vice president for student affairs, and vice provost and dean of students. He led advancement, alumni engagement, athletics, dean of students, enrollment management, student affairs and university marketing and communications. Under Cook's leadership, Michigan Tech experienced significant increases in enrollment, student success, and fundraising. Cook was named a NASPA Pillar of the Profession in 2016.
Before Michigan Tech, Dr. Cook held positions at the University of the Pacific, University of Utah, and Salt Lake Community College.
Dr. Cook holds a doctorate of education in educational leadership from Brigham Young University, 在犹他州立大学获得社会科学硕士学位和政治学学士学位. Dr. Cook also completed Harvard University's Institute on Educational Management.
Cook is actively involved with several professional and student service associations. 他担任全国学生人事管理协会(NASPA)基金会董事会主席, is member of the NASPA national board, and is a trustee for the Leadershape Institute. 库克曾担任密歇根州立大学协会(Michigan Association of State Universities)首席学生事务官小组主席，目前是student affairs Today的董事会成员. Cook has long served as a lead faculty member for the LeaderShape Institute, is a lifetime member of the National Orientation Directors Association, has been an active member of the Association for Public and Land Grant Universities (APLU), and the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education (CASE). Dr. 库克是Butte-Silver Bow Chamber的董事会成员，也是当地经济发展委员会的成员.
Cook was actively involved in his community in Michigan, serving on the Houghton Downtown Guidance Team, Dial Help board of directors, and the Keweenaw Community Foundation Board.
Les and wife, Stephanie, have two grown children: Cole, who lives in Phoenix, AZ; and Adison, a senior at Michigan Tech.
On July 1, 1998, Frank Gilmore became the tenth Campus Executive Officer (Chancellor) of Montana Tech. A native of Mississippi, Dr. Gilmore earned a B.S. degree in Chemistry at Virginia Military Institute and a Ph.D. degree in Organic Chemistry at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, did a Postdoctoral year at Florida State University, studied Law and Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of Missouri at Kansas City, and attended the Institute of Educational Management at Harvard University.
Before coming to Butte, Dr. Gilmore had an extensive research career in both the private and public sectors. His original and innovative research in developing and demonstrating peptidomimetics, 首次合成具有光学活性的氨基膦酸和含有它们的肽，在药物设计和开发中具有重要意义. Also, Dr. Gilmore had a distinguished career as an educator and administrator, 包括被密西西比大学药学院评为“年度教师”. 他在西弗吉尼亚大学理工学院担任学术事务副校长和执行副校长五年，为他领导菲律宾十大彩票平台学院做好了准备.
During his 13 years as Chancellor, Dr. Gilmore spearheaded the first Comprehensive Capital Campaign undertaken at Montana Tech. Campus physical facilities improved by the addition of two new buildings, renovation of four buildings, construction of a new Greenhouse, and the Montana Tech Arch. 扩大了学术课程，增加了卫生学科的学习机会, as well as the Trades and Software Engineering. Under Dr. Gilmore’s leadership, the student body grew from 2,230 to 2,864, the operating budget increased by 118%, the endowment grew by 158%, and the land area of the campuses more than doubled.
Upon his retirement on June 30, 2011, Dr. Gilmore was appointed Chancellor Emeritus. Consistent with his lifelong passion and commitment to the sciences and education, one year following his retirement from Montana Tech, Dr. Gilmore由董事会任命，并经美国总统行政办公室批准，担任Barry Goldwater奖学金和卓越教育基金会主席.
In October 2012, 弗兰克和安·吉尔摩大学关系中心是为了纪念他们对菲律宾十大彩票平台学院的服务和承诺而设立的.
William Franklin "Frank" Gilmore died on Feb. 14, 2018.
在担任纽约大通曼哈顿银行的副总裁和技术总监之后, Dr. Lindsay D. Norman became the ninth President of the college on July 1, 1986. Born in Pennsylvania, Lindsay earned his degrees at the University of Maryland: B.S. in Metallurgy/Chemical Engineering in 1960, M.S. in Metallurgy/Nuclear Engineering in 1964, and a Ph.D. in Materials Science/Physics in 1970.
诺曼先生为校园带来了全国认可和丰富的金属和采矿行业管理经验. Earlier he had been appointed Director of the U.S. 曾任琼斯和劳克林钢铁公司负责研究的副总裁.
When Lindsay arrived in Butte, he wanted to enhance the international reputation of the “college on the hill.” His goal was to make the campus a unique, world-class center of excellence in training future engineering and business professionals.
Fred W. De Money became eighth President of the College on July 1, 1972. Born November 25, 1919 in Oak Park, Illinois, De Money received a B.S. in Fire Protection Engineering in 1942 from the Illinois Institute of Technology.
He worked in industry from 1941-1972 and during part of that time, also attended the University of Minnesota, receiving a M.S. in Metallography in 1951 and Ph.D. in Physical Metallurgy in 1954.
当蓝丝带委员会建议将工程项目转移到蒙大拿州立大学并使学院成为一所大专院校时，德莫尼校长在学院面临的最大挑战来了. President De Money provided the leadership necessary to successfully defend the College. Moreover, he moved the College forward in steady enrollment increases, expansion of physical facilities and growth of academic programs.
在1984年秋季任期开始时，德莫尼总统宣布他将于1985年退休.
Following 11 years as head of the Chemistry Department, Butte native Edwin G. Koch became President in 1957 and served until his retirement in 1971
In 1928 he received a B.A. in Chemistry from Montana State University in Missoula. The University of Illinois conferred a Ph.D. in Chemistry on him in 1933. Following a short career in industry, Dr. Koch began teaching at the University of Tennessee.
Koch was called to active duty during World War II and in 1945 was mustered out as a Lt. Colonel, having served 29 years on Army active reserve duty.
After teaching Chemistry at the University of Texas for one year, Dr. 科赫于1946年来到学院，从而为校园提供了25年的稳定影响.
Born in 1896, J. 罗伯特·范佩尔于1951年成为学院的第六任院长，直到1956年辞职. Originally, he received both a B.A. in science and a B.A. in mining from the Michigan School of Mines in 1922. Later, he obtained an A.B. degree and a Doctor of Science degree from Cornell of Iowa.
Dr. 范佩尔做过铲土工、测量员和地质学家，甚至还管理过一家工业博物馆.
In Ohio, 他组织了一个在职项目，为从事工业研究的科学家和工程师做好准备. From this position, Dr. Van Pelt came to Butte.
An active member of many professional organizations, President Van Pelt published numerous articles in technical journals.
Francis A. Thomson, the College's fifth President, was born December 21, 1879 in London, England. He came to North America and received E.M. (1904) and M.S. (1914) degrees and a Doctor of Science degree (1923) from the Colorado School of Mines.
他是一名勘探者、矿工、化验员、采矿工程师和采矿作业监督员. 在来到Butte之前，他还在华盛顿州和爱达荷州担任过各种学术和行政职位.
Dr. 汤普森于1928年成为该学院的第五任校长，直到1950年因健康原因被迫辞职. By stressing a selective but quality education, Thomson succeeded in turning out engineers who had the mark of excellence. Thus he gained national recognition for the College in the minerals industry. The College was referred to by some as the “Freiberg of America.”
Herbert Hoover eulogized Francis Thomson saying, “He was not only a great teacher, but a magnificent American.”
George W. Craven, the fourth President of the College, was a minister's son. Born in Last Chance Gulch in April 1871, young Craven later lived in several other Montana localities, including Corvallis and Bozeman.
After graduating with a B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Craven stayed in Massachusetts to work for a railroad. 后来，他受雇于大瀑布市的一家矿业公司和犹他州的一家冶炼厂，后来才来到巴特, where he worked for several mining companies.
By 1905, Craven was a member of the College's faculty, teaching Mining Engineering, Mathematics, Drawing, and Mechanics. In 1919, he became vice-President, the first in the College's history. He was President from 1921 to 1928.
C.H. Clapp, the third President of the College, graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1905, with a B.S. in Mining Engineering. In 1910, he received his Ph.D. from Harvard. From 1905 to 1907, 他是北达科他大学的地质和采矿讲师，在那里他还担任助理州地质学家. From 1913 to 1916, he taught Geology at the University of Arizona. He came to Butte in 1916 to teach Geology at the College.
Named acting President in 1918, Dr. Clapp was appointed President in 1919 and served in this capacity until 1921. During his presidency, Clapp established the Montana State Bureau of Mines and Metallurgy.
Charles H. Bowman was the second President of the College. Born in Davenport, Iowa in 1873, 1895年，他从爱荷华州立大学毕业，并在芝加哥大学攻读研究生. 后来，他在芝加哥安装发电厂，并管理一家铁路电气维修店.
In 1900, he came to the College as a professor of Mechanics and Mining Engineering, eventually serving as President from 1906 to 1918. When he died in 1942, President F. A. Thomson said, “He had the reputation of being a skillful, careful and painstaking teacher and was devoted to his students and to his institution.”
Nathan R. Leonard was first President of the College at a time when it was call the Montana State School of Mines. A former newspaper owner/editor in Fort Wayne, Indiana, he received an A.M. in mathematics from Kossuth College in Iowa where he later taught for seven years.
接下来的27年里，伦纳德一直在爱荷华州立大学担任数学和天文学教授，并担任代理校长.
Born in Ohio in 1832, Leonard was 68 years old when he became president of the Montana State School of Mines. In 1917, at the age of 85, he passed away in the Leonard Hotel in Butte.