History
Rocky Mountain College indirectly traces its history to the 1878 founding of the Montana Collegiate Institute in Deer Lodge, Montana. Later renamed College of Montana, that institution closed in 1916, and in 1923 its assets were incorporated into Intermountain Union College, located in Helena. Intermountain Union, in turn, relocated to Billings after its campus buildings were destroyed by a series of earthquakes in October and November, 1935. Students and faculty finished the academic year in temporary quarters in Great Falls, after which the college merged with the Billings Polytechnic Institute to create today's Rocky Mountain College. The existence of a private, postsecondary institution in Billings dates from 1908, the year Billings Polytechnic was founded. Since the merger of Intermountain Union College and Billings Polytechnic Institute in 1947, Rocky Mountain College has had the following presidents as leaders:
- William D. Copeland, 1947 – 1951
- Herbert W Hines, 1951 - 1958
- Philip M. Widenhouse, 1958 - 1966
- Lawrence F. Small, 1966 – 1975
- Bruce T. Alton, 1975 – 1986
- James J. Rittenkamp, Jr., 1986 – 1987
- Arthur H. DeRosier, Jr., 1987 – 2002
- Thomas R. Oates, 2002 – 2005
- Michael R. Mace, 2005 – present
Rocky Mountain College is accredited through the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities and the Office of Public Instruction for the State of Montana for the preparation of elementary and secondary teachers. The Accreditation Review Commission on Education accredits the physician assistant program for the Physician Assistant ARC-PA, while the Aeronautical Science major and Aviation Management major at Rocky Mountain College are both accredited by the Aviation Accreditation Board International (AABI).
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