1. Roland R Renne was an American agricultural economics professor who served as President of Montana State College from 1943 to 1964.
16 Facts About Roland Renne
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Roland Renne was the 1964 Democratic candidate for governor of Montana.
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Roland Renne, born on December 12,1905, was the third of five children born to Fred Christian Renne and Caroline Augusta Renne.
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Roland Renne grew up on the family's truck and dairy farm in the remote Pine Barrens of southern New Jersey.
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Roland Renne went to Montana State College in Bozeman, Montana in 1930 to work as Assistant Professor of Agricultural Economics.
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Roland Renne was an Agricultural Economics Professor and Agriculture Department Head from 1930 to 1943 and President of Montana State College from 1943 to 1964.
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In 1942, Roland Renne accepted a position in Montana's Office of Price Administration and Civilian Supply, but in the following year, 1943, Roland Renne left OPA and was appointed Acting President of MSC.
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In 1944 Roland Renne was appointed President of Montana State College.
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From 1950 to 1951 Roland Renne was the president of the Water Resources Policy Commission and in 1951 to 1953 he acted as chief of the Mutual Security Agency's Special Technological and Economic Mission to the Philippines.
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In 1960, Roland Renne became a consultant regarding land development for the US Operations Mission to Ethiopia, and in 1961 he became a member of the National Advisory Council for Health Research Facilities, HEW.
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Roland Renne became one of the original board of trustees of the Philippine Rural Reconstruction Movement.
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In 1974, Roland Renne was Director of the Foreign Trade Study at Montana State University.
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In February 1964, Roland Renne resigned as president of Montana State College to run for Governor of Montana in 1964.
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Roland Renne defeated Mike Kuchera in the Democratic primary, and advanced to the general election, where he ran against incumbent Governor Tim M Babcock.
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The election results had Roland Renne receiving 136,682 votes, and Babcock receiving 144,113 votes.
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Roland Renne was a member of Rotary, American Economic Association, American Academy of Political and Social Science, Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Kappa Phi and Alpha Zeta.