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Politician Professors in Montana
University and College Faculty, Professors, Deans

Arthur Ainslie Ageton (1900-1971) — also known as Arthur A. Ageton — of Annapolis, Anne Arundel County, Md.; Washington, D.C. Born in Fromberg, Carbon County, Mont., October 25, 1900. Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; rear admiral; U.S. Ambassador to Paraguay, 1954-57; university professor. Episcopalian. Died, in Bethesda Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Montgomery County, Md., April 23, 1971 (age 70 years, 180 days). Interment at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.   Relatives: Son of Peter Benjamin Ageton and Minnie Anna (Drummond) Ageton; married, November 24, 1933, to Jo Lucille Gallion.   See also Wikipedia article — U.S. State Dept career summary — Find-A-Grave memorial   Books by Arthur A. Ageton: Admiral Ambassador to Russia, with William H. Standley (1955) — The Naval Officer's Guide (1944) — Naval Leadership and the American Bluejacket (1944)   Fiction by Arthur A. Ageton: Hit the Beach — The Jungle Seas   Theodore M. Brantly (1851-1922) — also known as Theodore M. Brantley — Born near Lebanon, Wilson County, Tenn., February 12, 1851. Republican. Lawyer; college professor; district judge in Montana 3rd District, 1894-98; chief justice of Montana state supreme court, 1899-1922; died in office 1922. Member, Freemasons; Elks. Died in Helena, Lewis and Clark County, Mont., September 16, 1922 (age 71 years, 216 days). Interment at Forestvale Cemetery, Helena, Mont.   Relatives: Son of Rev. Edwin Theodore Brantly and Mary Eliza (McKnight) Brantly; married 1891 to Lois A. Reat (sister of Samuel Callaway Reat); father of Lois Brown Brantly (who married Francis A. Hazelbaker); nephew of Neill Smith Brown and John Calvin Brown.   Political family: Brown-Oliver-McMillin-Hazelbaker family.   See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial   Brian J. Coyle (1944-1991) — of Moorhead, Clay County, Minn.; Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minn. Born in Great Falls, Cascade County, Mont., June 25, 1944. College instructor; in 1968, he was indicted and tried for his refusal to comply with the military draft, but was acquitted as a conscientious objector; Independent candidate for U.S. Senator from Minnesota, 1978; candidate for mayor of Minneapolis, Minn., 1979; president, Minneapolis city council. Gay. One of Minnesota's first openly-gay politicians. Died, from AIDS-related complications, August 23, 1991 (age 47 years, 59 days). Burial location unknown.   Michael Joseph Mansfield (1903-2001) — also known as Mike Mansfield — of Missoula, Missoula County, Mont. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., March 16, 1903. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; mining engineer; university professor; U.S. Representative from Montana 1st District, 1943-53; defeated in primary, 1940; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Montana, 1944, 1948, 1952, 1956, 1988, 1996, 2000; U.S. Senator from Montana, 1953-77; U.S. Ambassador to Japan, 1977-88. Irish ancestry. Member, Alpha Tau Omega. Received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1989. Died, of congestive heart failure, at the Walter Reed Army Hospital, Washington, D.C., October 5, 2001 (age 98 years, 203 days). Interment at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.   Relatives: Son of Patrick Mansfield and Josephine (O'Brien) Mansfield; married, September 13, 1932, to Maureen Hayes.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — U.S. State Dept career summary — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial   Books about Mike Mansfield: Don Oberdorfer, Senator Mansfield : The Extraordinary Life of a Great American Statesman and Diplomat   Roland Roger Renne (1905-1989) — also known as Roland Renne — of Bozeman, Gallatin County, Mont. Born in Greenwich, Cumberland County, N.J., December 12, 1905. Democrat. Economist; college professor; president, Montana State College, Bozeman, 1943-64; candidate for Governor of Montana, 1964. Presbyterian or Unitarian. Member, Rotary; American Economic Association; American Academy of Political and Social Science; Phi Beta Kappa; Phi Kappa Phi; Alpha Zeta. Died August 30, 1989 (age 83 years, 261 days). Interment at Sunset Hills Cemetery, Bozeman, Mont.   Relatives: Son of Fred Christian Renne and Caroline Augusta (Young) Renne; married, August 9, 1932, to Mary Kneeland Wisner.   Renne Library at Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana, is named for him.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Roscoe B. Turner Steffen (1893-1976) — also known as Roscoe Steffen — of Hamden, New Haven County, Conn. Born in Great Falls, Cascade County, Mont., April 9, 1893. Democrat. Law professor; candidate for Connecticut state house of representatives from Hamden, 1932, 1934. Died in Berkeley, Alameda County, Calif., June 8, 1976 (age 83 years, 60 days). Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Step-son of William L. Turner; son of John Bonard Steffen and Grace May (Brazelton) Turner; married 1919 to Ona Belle Raymond.

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