PERSONAL:

• Born April 18, 1940
• Married to Kathleen Malone
• Two Children and Three Stepchildren

EDUCATION:

• B.A., Magna cum Laude, History, Gonzaga University, 1962
• PhD., American Studies (History), Washington State University, 1966

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY:

• President (1991 - Present)
• Interim Vice President for Academic Affairs (1988 - 1990)
• Dean of Graduate Studies (1979 - 1988)
• Director, Burton K. Wheeler Center ( 1987 - 1990)
• Head, Department of History and Philosophy (1976 - 1979)
• Professor of History (1973 - Present)
• Associate Professor of History (1970 - 1973)
• Assistant Professor of History (1967 - 1970)

Texas A&M University:

• Assistant Professor of History (1966 - 1967)

AWARDS& DISTINCTIONS:

• Inclusion in "The 100 Most Influential Montanans of the Century," The Missoulian (October 1999).

• Inclusion in "The 100 Outstanding Montanans of the Twentieth Century," Great Falls Tribune, forthcoming.

• Merriam Award in Regional Literature, University of Montana (1999).

• Invited Lecturer, University of Oslo, Norway (1999).

• Invited Lecturer, Board of Directors, Northwest Area Foundation, St. Paul, MN (1999)

• Invited Lecturer, Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia, (1997).

• Rodman Paul Award For Outstanding Contributions to Mining History, Mining History Association (1996).

• Invited Lecturer, Colorado Historical Society (1996).

• College of Liberal Arts Distinguished Alumni Award, Washington State University (1994).

• Charles Redd Memorial Lecture, Brigham Young University (1993).

• Alumni Merit Award, Gonzaga University (1992).

• Oscar O. Winther Award, Western History Association, Best Article of the Year in Western Historical Quarterly (1990).

• Outstanding Centennial Alumnus (1890 - 1990), Washington State University (1990).

• The Montana Award in the Humanities, by the Montana Committee for the Humanities (1989).

• For The American West: A Twentieth-Century History, History Book Club - main selection for Christmas (1989).

• President, National Advisory Board, Mountain West Center for Regional Studies, Utah State University (1988 - 1991).

• Keynote Address, Conference on the American West, Amerika Instituut, University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands (1988).

• President, Montana Historical Society Foundation Board of Trustees (1986 - 1987).

• President, Western Association of Graduate Schools (1984 - 1985).

• For The Battle for Butte, The Emil and Kathleen Sick Award in Western History and Biography, University of Washington (1981).

• William Andrews Clark Memorial Library Seminar - Lecture, University of California at Los Angeles (1975).

OTHER PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS:

• Member, Board of Directors, and Chairman, International Commission, National Association of State Universities and Land Grant Colleges (1996 - 1999).

• Commission on Colleges, Northwest Association of Schools and Colleges (1995 - Current).

• Board of Directors, Buttrey Food and Drug Company (1992 - 1998).

• Board of Trustees, Montana State University Foundation (1977 - Current)

• Board of Trustees, Museum of the Rockies, Bozeman, Montana (1977 - 1983) and (1988 - Current).

• Editorial Board, Montana: The Magazine of Western History (1978 - Current).

• Senior Associate, Burton K. Wheeler Center, Montana State University (1990 - Current).

• Review Editor, Montana: The Magazine of Western History (1978 - 1990).

• Board of Trustees, Montana Historical Society (1977 - 1989).

• Executive Committee, Western Association of Graduate Schools (1983 - 1986).

• Member, Montana Committee for Humanities (1984 - 1987).

• Editorial Board, Western Historical Quarterly (1978 - 1980)

• Editorial Board, Pacific Historical Review (1975 - 1977)

• Executive Council, Western History Association (1975 - 1977)

• Montana Bicentennial Commission (1974 - 1976)

PUBLICATIONS: Books:

In Progress: The Search for Paradigm in Western American History, 1930 - 2000, Contracted with Yale University Press, scheduled for publication in 2002.

Malone, Michael P. (ed.), Montana Century. Helena: Falcon Press, 1999.

Malone, Michael P., Montana: A Contemporary Profile. Helena: American & World Geographic Publishing, 1996.

Malone, Michael P., James J. Hill: Empire Builder of the Northwest. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1996.

Malone, Michael P. and Etulain, Richard W., The American West: A Twentieth Century History. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1989.

Malone, Michael P., ed. Historians and the American West. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1983.

Malone, Michael P., The Battle for Butte: Mining and Politics on the Northern Frontier, 1864 - 1906. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1981.

Malone, Michael P., Roeder, Richard B. and Lang, William L., Montana: A History of Two Centuries. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1976, revised edition, 1991.

Malone, Michael P., C. Ben Ross and the New Deal in Idaho. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1970.

Malone, Michael P. and Roeder, Richard B., eds. The Montana Past: An Anthology. Missoula: University of Montana Press, 1969. (Reissued in 1973 as Montana’s Past: Selected Essays).
 
 

PUBLICATIONS: Articles:

Malone, Michael P. and Peterson, F. Ross, "Politics and Government in the Modern West," The Oxford History of the American West, ed. C. Milner II, C. O’Connor and M. Sandweiss. New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press. 1994: pp. 500-533.

Malone, Michael P., "Earl Pomeroy and the Reorientation of Western History," Writing Western History: Essays on Classic Western Historians, ed. R.W. Etulain, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press. 1991: pp. 311-334

Malone, Michael P., "The New Western History: An Assessment," Montana: The Magazine of Western History. 40 (Summer 1990): pp. 65-67.

Malone, Michael P., "The West in American Historiography," The American West as Seen by Europeans and Americans, ed. Rob Kroes. Amsterdam, The Netherlands: Free University Press. 1989: pp. 1-18.

Malone, Michael P., "Beyond the Last Frontier: Toward a New Approach to Western American History," Western Historical Quarterly. XX (November 1989): pp. 409-427.

Worster, Donald, Armitage, Susan, Malone, Michael P., Weber, David J. and Limerick, Patricia Nelson. "The Legacy of Conquest, by Patricia Nelson Limmerick: A Panel of Appraisal," Western Historical Quarterly. XX (August 1989): pp. 303-322.

Malone, Michael P., "The Collapse of Western Metal Mining: An Historical Epitaph," Pacific Historical Review. LV (August 1986): pp. 455-464.

Malone, Michael P., "The Historical Roots of Anti-Corporate Sentiment in Montana," Montana Business Quarterly. 24 (Spring 1986): pp. 27-30.

Malone, Michael P., "The Close of the Copper Century," Montana: The Magazine of Western History. 35 (Spring 1985): pp. 69-72.

Paul, Rodman W. and Malone, Michael P., "Tradition and Challenge in Western Historiography," Western Historical Quarterly. XVI (January 1985): pp. 27-53.

Malone, Michael P., "Midas of the West: The Incredible Career of William Andrews Clark," Montana: The Magazine of Western History. 33 (Autumn 1983): pp. 2-17.

Malone, Michael P. and Dougherty, Dianne G., "Montana’s Political Culture: A Century of Evolution," Montana: The Magazine of Western History. XXXI (January 1981): pp. 44-58.

Malone, Michael P., "Montana Politics at the Crossroads, 1932-1933," Pacific Northwest Quarterly. 69 (January 1978): pp. 20-29.

Malone, Michael P., "Montana as a Corporate Bailiwick: An Image in History," Montana: Past and Present. Los Angeles: William Andrews Clark Memorial Library, University of California at Los Angeles. 1976: pp. 55-76.

Malone, Michael P., " The Montana New Dealer," The New Deal, ed. John Braeman, Robert H. Bremner and David Brody. Columbus: Ohio State University Press. 1975, Volume 2: pp. 240-268.

Malone, Michael P. and Roeder, Richard B., "The Centennial Year in Montana," Montana: The Magazine of Western History. XXV (Spring, Summer, Winter, Autumn, 1975). (A series of four articles re: Montana in 1876.)

Malone, Michael P., "Montana Politics and the New Deal," Montana: The Magazine of Western History. XXI (Winter 1971): pp. 2-11.
 

Malone, Michael P., "The New Deal in Montana," Montana: The Magazine of Western History. XXXVIII (August 1969): pp. 293-310.

Malone, Michael P., "C. Ben Ross: Idaho’s Cowboy Governor," Idaho Yesterdays. X (Winter 1966): pp. 2-9.

REVIEWS:

• American Historical Review
• Arizona and the West
• Journal of American History
• Montana: The Magazine of Western History
• New Mexico Historical Review
• Pacific Historical Review
• Pacific Northwest Quarterly
• Southwest Social Science Quarterly
• University of Nebraska Press
• University of Oklahoma Press
• University Press of Kansas
• University of Washington Press
• Western Historical Quarterly
• Wisconsin Historical Quarterly
• Yale University Press

SCHOLARLY PRESENTATIONS:

• American Historical Association (1989, 1982)
• Council of Graduate Schools in the U.S. Summer Workshop (1981)
• Montana Historical Society (1996, 1995, 1984, 1981, 1978, 1976, 1974)
• Organization of American Historians (1989, 1978)
• National Association of State Universities and Land Grant Colleges (1999, 1998, 1997, 1996, 1995)
• Pacific Coast Branch, American Historical Association (1990, 1981, 1968)
• Pacific Northwest History Conference (1973, 1972, 1970, 1968)
• Western Association of Graduate Schools (1985, 1984)
• Western History Association (1999, 1997, 1996, 1995, 1990, 1989, 1988, 1986, 1984, 1981, 1976, 1974)