Michael P. Malone

Who was Michael P. Malone?

Michael Peter Malone was an American historian who served from 1991 to 1999 as the 10th president of Montana State University. One of Montana's preeminent historians and writers, he was named by both The Missoulian and the Great Falls Tribune newspapers as one of the 100 most influential Montanans of the 20th century. His Montana: A History of Two Centuries was called the "definitive history of the state" by the Bozeman Daily Chronicle. His final work, The American West, was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize.