Rocky Mountain College - Yellowstone / Poly Yearbook (Billings, MT)

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ROCKY MOUNTAIN 15 11 POLY DRIVE BILLINGS, MONTANA 59102 To The Rocky Community of 1983 - 1984: This will long remain as a special year at Rocky Mountain College. The largest enrollment increase in the century plus history of the institution. The develop- ment of many new and varied programs - mathematics and computer science, pre- engineering, petroleum land management, legal assistant studies, a weekend college, and others. It is a perfect time to look forward, a very good time to look back. Colleges are people places, and I sense that Rocky is more so than many institutions that I have observed. It is the people who make this college different. Two are honored in the dedication of this yearbook - Mr. Phil Ganson, who for twenty-three years has served the College, most recently as Director of the Physical Plant, and Dr. Lawrence F. Small, Rocky ' s fourth president, and now Professor of History. It is folks like Phil Ganson and Larry Small who make Rocky the special community that it is. People loyal, concerned, and deeply committed to the ideal of church-related, liberal arts higher education. It is my guess that you will peruse this yearbook, and do so again several times in the coming months. Then you will place it among other books on your shelf, or in your closet. But then, on a number of occasions in the next half century or so you will pull it out. And what will you remember? Not the all-nighters. Not the D-that you got on that freshman English theme. No, not even the fact that food in the dining hall was never quite like which mother used to make. What you will rmember is the people. Students. Faculty. Staff. And so, enjoy this issue of the Yellowstone. It will be one of the treasured memories of your experience at Rocky. Not the book itself. But the book and its pictures, which will prompt memories of the people and an exceptional college experience. My very best wishes to you, now, and in all the years Bruce T. Alton President

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This is Rocky Pride. This is the Rocky Experience. This is Rocky Mountain College. This book was formerly called the Yellowstone. How- ever, we ' ve decided to change the name to something that reflects what we feel about the place where we live and learn. Hence Rocky Pride. We hope you agree with it and it agrees with you.

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J K f S m i J m k Jfc Bl ' K DEDICATION: DR. LAWRENCE SMALL Dr. Lawrence Small has been a part of Rocky as its President, as a beloved professor, and as one of our resident historians and authors. This quiet man is a fountain of kindness and wisdom. We dedicate this page to one of the living legends of Rocky. May you continue to fill students with knowledge, and remain a shining example of the greatest and best of what life has to offer.