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Morledge Kimball Open House (08-27-09) :

Morledge Kimball Open House (08-27-09)

06-25-09 Wayne Gustafson : A longtime Billings architect, who served as a member of the Rocky Mountain College Board of Trustees and has been a loyal friend of the College, was honored for his service Thursday, June 25, at 3 p.m., outside Technology Hall.

Wayne Gustafson, who designed many notable buildings in Billings, as well as many buildings and restorations on the RMC campus, has a history with the RMC campus dating to the 1930s. His father was a professor and the family lived in faculty housing located where Fortin Education Center is today.

“Wayne has helped Rocky for decades and still provides valuable service for which we want to show our appreciation,” said RMC President Michael Mace.

A rough cut stone – similar to those quarried for many of RMC’s buildings from the nearby rim rock cliffs -- with a commemorative plaque was placed outside Technology Hall. It reads: Special Thanks. For Your Vision and Years of Dedicated Service to Rocky Mountain College.”

Gustafson’s signature designs can be seen in schools and churches across the state. Among buildings in Montana, he designed West High, the Billings Gazette, Security Federal Savings and the MSU-B student union building.

On the RMC campus he worked on the renovation of the Bair Family Student Center and the Paul M. Adams Memorial Library and Education Resource Center. He continues to provide designs for possible renovations for the RMC Aviation Hall.

In 1920, Gustafson’s parents moved west to Montana and settled on a homestead north of Chinook. Gustafson was born there in 1927, the third son of a family of four boys. When hard times hit, the family moved to Billings in 1931 and then Hardin in 1934, where he graduated from high school in 1945.

He enlisted in the Navy in March 1945, when he was 17-years-old, and was assigned to duty in the South Pacific where he served aboard an amphibious ship used for landing troops during invasions. After WWII ended, he was honorably discharged in 1946.

He studied architecture at MSU-Bozeman, graduating in 1950. In 1955, he and Vernon Drake founded Drake-Gustafson Architects.

Gov. Ted Schwinden appointed Gustafson to the Montana Board of Architects in 1987. He was then elected president of the board and was a delegate to the National Council of Architectural Registration Boards. In 1998, Tau Sigma Delta Honorary Society in Architecture presented his with its prestigious Silver Medal for a record of distinction in the field of architecture.

Besides serving as a trustee on the RMC Board of Directors, he served on the board of First Interstate Bank and was president of the board of the Billings Chamber of Commerce. He is presently president of the board of Western Heritage Center.

06-25-09 Wayne Gustafson

04-23-09 Tree Planting :

04-23-09 Tree Planting

10-20-08 Michael Ledeen :

10-20-08 Michael Ledeen

September 2008, Jack Mowell :

September 2008, Jack Mowell

08-05-08 Seebart Memorial Plaque : SEEBART FAMILY DEDICATES PLAQUE TO FATHER IN EATON HALL

August 5, 2008 Don Seebart, Carol Seebart Dunkle and George Seebart, children of Arthur Seebart, Professor of Social Sciences and head of Religious Studies at Billings Polytechnic Institute from 1930 to 1944, gathered with friends on the first floor of Eaton Hall to dedicate a bronze plaque commemorating their parents long service to Rocky and its students. President Mike Mace, former president Larry Small, Don Seebart and Francis Wayne Gustafson, whose family shared residence on campus for a part of the Seebart family's campus residence shared brief comments. Among others in
attendance were Mr. and Mrs. Otis Hopper (BPI '32), Frank and Helen Mathew (BPI '41), Patti Morledge, Pam Gustafson, Shari VanDerlinder, Patsy Rettig and Obert Undem. After Eaton Hall activities the group convened in Fraley Lounge in The Bair Family Student Center for refreshments and a tour of Lillis Chapel on the Garden Level of the Student Center. It was a much enjoyed reunion of long time friends on the beautiful campus.

08-05-08 Seebart Memorial Plaque

07-11-08 MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR DR. ARTHUR H. DeROSIER, JR. :

07-11-08 MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR DR. ARTHUR H. DeROSIER, JR.

Dec. 2007 President, Mike Mace, Reading to Head Start Children :

Dec. 2007 President, Mike Mace, Reading to Head Start Children

11-02-07 Tree Planting :

11-02-07 Tree Planting

10-19-07 Tree Planting and Book signing :

10-19-07 Tree Planting and Book signing

© 2007-2009 Dave M. Shumway, RMC

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