Roland Renne
| Roland Renne | |
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Roland "Rollie" Renne in 1960
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| 6th President of Montana State University |
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In office 1943 (acting from 1943 to June 30, 1944) – February 1964 |
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| Preceded by | A. L. Strand |
| Succeeded by | Leon H. Johnson |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
December 12, 1905 Greenwich, New Jersey, United States |
| Died | August 30, 1989 (aged 83) Bozeman, Montana, United States |
| Spouse(s) | Mary Polly Kneeland Wisner |
| Children | Roger Lewis Renne; Paul Wisner Renne; Karen Schaeffer Renne; Joan Eleanor Renne |
| Alma mater |
Rutgers University University of Wisconsin |
| Profession | Professor of Economics |
| Website | www.montana.edu |
Roland R. Renne (December 12, 1905 – August 30, 1989), an Agricultural Economics Professor, served as President of Montana State College from 1943-1964. Dr. Renne was also active in Washington D.C. and United States overseas agricultural economics work. He was the 1964 Democratic candidate for governor of Montana.
Roland Renne, born on December 12, 1905, was the third of five children born to Fred Christian Renne and Caroline Augusta (Young) Renne. Roland grew up on the family's truck and dairy farm in the remote Pine Barrens of southern New Jersey. As a boy, Roland helped his father on the farm and attended country schools. With the financial help of his father, he attended Rutgers University and graduated summa cum laud in 1927. He continued his education and obtained his Ph.D. in Agricultural Economics from University of Wisconsin in 1930.
Rutgers University and University of Wisconsin are both land-grant schools and each influenced the development of Roland Renne's educational philosophy and championing of public education. There were two economists who heavily influenced Dr. Renne; the economist Richard T. Ely, who in 1892 was a founder of the Wisconsin University School of Economics, Political Science and History, and the economist John R. Commons, who was Ely’s assistant and a pioneering historian on the U.S. Labor Movement.
Following his graduation in 1930, Renne arrived in Bozeman, Montana to start his teaching at Montana State College as Assistant Professor of Agriculture Economics. On August 19, 1932 he married Mary Polly Kneeland Wisner with whom he had four children.
Dr. Roland R. Renne died in Bozeman, Montana on August 30, 1989.
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