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L&S Advisory Council
Established in 2005, the Letters and Science Advisory Council is the College's outside advisory group that serves as a "cabinet" for the academic deans. The Council comprises leaders from the business, civic, and academic communities who bring special qualities, expertise and interests applicable to the College's initiatives in such areas as undergraduate education, strategic planning, financial management, and development priorities. Current L&S Advisory Council members are listed below.
Dorothy Bradley
A former state legislator, Dorothy Bradley lost a close gubernatorial race to Marc Racicot in 1992. She served as director of the Montana Water Center from 1993 to 1999, and is currently the Court Administrator for Montana's 18th Judicial District.
Susan Edsall
Susan Edsall is a private consultant working with not-for-profit organizations on large-scale systems change including strategic planning, conflict resolution, team learning, and board development. Most of her work involves long-term involvement with clients to develop teams of people capable of designing organizational systems to deliver quality services and products to customers in an increasingly competitive environment. She co-authored a book on board governance titled Policy Governance Fieldbook and in June 2004 published her memoir Into the Blue: A Father’s Flight and a Daughter’s Return.
Joseph B. Gary
Born and raised in Bozeman, Montana, Joe Gary attended Carroll College and Montana State University, and received his Juris Doctorate degree from the University of Michigan. He was elected as a State of Montana District Judge in 1977. During his judgeship, he was president of the Montana Judge’s Association, served on the Sentence Review Board at Montana State Prison, and was chairman of the Judicial Standards Commission. He retired in 1989 and in 1991 received an award from the Montana Trial Lawyers Association "For His Outstanding Contributions to the Montana Legal System."
Marshall Gingery
Marshall Gingery received two B.S. degrees, one in Earth Science and the other in Geography, from Montana State University in 1962 and 1963. He enjoyed a successful 31-year career with the Department of the Interior, holding various management positions with the Department of the Interior and the National Park Service across the country. He served in several senior management positions in Washington, D.C., as a Regional Director with the Department of the Interior and his final tenure of ten years was as the Assistant Superintendent, Science, Resource Management, and Planning of Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming, from which he retired in 1994.
Bob Hawks
Bob Hawks graduated from Pacific University with a Doctor of Optometry in 1966. Currently, he is a state senator from Bozeman in the Montana State Legislature, elected for his first term in November 2004. Among other responsibilities, he serves on the Senate Education and Cultural Resources Committee. From 1988 to 1992, Hawks served on the Bozeman City Commission and was mayor for the final two years of his term.
Susan Heyneman
Susan Heyneman grew up on a ranch in northwestern Wyoming, attended Vassar College for three years, graduating from Barnard College in New York City in 1961, and did graduate work at the University of Colorado. She has served on the boards of the Montana Committee for the Humanities and the Yellowstone Art Museum, and currently serves on the Montana Land Reliance and the Sonoran Institute boards. She was awarded an Honorary Doctorate from the College of Letters and Science at Montana State University in 1996. Susan and her husband have ranched in Fishtail, Montana, for 40 years.
Captain Stephen A. Luckey
Capt. Steve Luckey enjoyed a successful 33-year commercial flying career as an International 747-400 Captain with Northwest Airlines. Capt. Luckey is a 1962 graduate of the University of Pennsylvania and has completed graduate studies in political science and media technology. His military aviation career included duty as a U.S. Marine pilot, flying the A4 Skyhawk and several other high performance fighter-type jet aircrafts. He currently resides in Kalispell, Montana, and chairs the National Security Committee for the Airline Pilots Association.
Richard Roehm
Richard Roehm, a Bozeman native, graduated from Montana State University in 1957 with a degree in microbiology. He later received a Master of Science degree in Public Administration from Troy State University. Mr. Roehm is a retired senior USAF officer who flew fighters his entire 25-year command, and also held a variety of key command, executive, and international policy planning positions. He served on the Montana Board of Regents of Higher Education from 1998 to 2004. Currently, he lives in Bozeman and serves on the Bozeman Hospital Board, the Gallatin Airport Authority, and the Rotary Board.
Steven R. Rovig
Steve Rovig received his J.D. from the University of Montana in 1980, after graduating from Montana State University in 1975. He served as Legislative Council to U.S. Senator Max Baucus from 1980 to 1983. He then moved to Seattle, Washington to begin a successful practice in real estate law with the firm Willis Clark Martin & Peterson. With the increasing urbanization of Puget Sound, he has increasingly focused on the drafting of community governance documents for condominiums, timeshare projects, and master planned communities.
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