Lawrence K. Pettit, Political Scientist: I want to acknowledge the serious contribution Evan Barrett and the series have made to the understanding of Montana history… The interviews with major participants, the synthesis, the overview, the amassing of it all into a coherent narrative – all of this is a major contribution to Montana history. (see full statement below)

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Lawrence K. Pettit, Political Scientist: I want to acknowledge the serious contribution Evan Barrett and the series have made to the understanding of Montana history… The interviews with major participants, the synthesis, the overview, the amassing of it all into a coherent narrative – all of this is a major contribution to Montana history. (see full statement below)

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As a political scientist and history buff, but also as a participant in the period covered by Evan Barrett’s “In the Crucible of Change” series, I want to acknowledge the serious contribution Evan and the series have made to the understanding of Montana history. Because of his own deep involvement in the politics and government of this transformative period in Montana’s history, Evan Barrett is the only person who could have pulled this off. The interviews with major participants, the synthesis, the overview, the amassing of it all into a coherent narrative – all of this is a major contribution to Montana history. Only Evan could have known what questions to ask and how to steer the conversation to highlight what was truly important. Only he could have known whom to invite to participate, and only he could have cajoled all of them into service. Let us hope that other critical periods in Montana’s evolvement will get this kind of professional and personal attention.

Lawrence K. Pettit, PhD
B.A. University of Montana;
M.A. Washington University in St. Louis
Ph.D. University of Wisconsin
Retired President of Pennsylvania University (Indiana) and Southern Illinois University;
Former Political Science Professor at Montana State University
Also campaign manager for Governor Thomas Judge in 1972 and the Montana University System’s first Commissioner of Higher Education, 1973-79.

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Fall 2015

Lawrence K. Pettit, Political Scientist: I want to acknowledge the serious contribution Evan Barrett and the series have made to the understanding of Montana history… The interviews with major participants, the synthesis, the overview, the amassing of it all into a coherent narrative – all of this is a major contribution to Montana history. (see full statement below)

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