Vince was employed with Dickinson Public Schools for 41 years before retiring in the spring of 2017. He served on the board of directors for the Blue Hawk Booster Club from 1987-2003 and served as president from 1991-1993. Vince also served on various North Dakota Educational field boards including, but not limited to, North Dakota Council of Educational Leaders, North Dakota Elementary Principals, and the North Dakota Association of School Administrators Legislative Focus Group. 

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Haylee Cripe returned to her hometown, Dickinson, after graduating with her Bachelors of Accountancy from the University of North Dakota's School of Business and Public Administration and her Juris Doctorate from the University of North Dakota School of Law. Haylee started her college education at Dickinson State University, taking advantage of the dual credit courses offered through DSU while she was a student at Trinity High School.

Haylee is the managing partner of the Marinosci Law Group PC for North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, and Wyoming. She currently serves on the Downtown Dickinson Association DID Board and several other committees for the local hospital foundations.

Originally from Medicine Bow, Wyoming, Klayton Oltmanns is a Financial Advisor for Edward Jones Investments. He attended DSU and graduated in 1993. Since then, he has been active in the community serving as a past member of the Dickinson City Council.

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He resides in Dickinson with his two children, Austin and Alyssa. 

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Raised on a ranch by New Town, ND, Butch graduated from Dickinson State Teachers College in 1966 with a Bachelor of Science in Secondary Education with a major in Biology and a double minor in Social Studies and Physical Education. During the summer of 1969, he went to Imco Drilling Fluids School in Houston, Texas, where he became a chemical engineer. Butch is active with the DSU Heritage Foundation as a member of the Development Committee.

He is also a member of the Blue Hawk Touchdown Club, Theodore Roosevelt Medora Foundation, Republican Party, Elks Club in Williston and Dickinson, Chamber of Commerce in Williston, and the API. He is one of the six Charter members of the Savages Boosters. Butch has been happily married to his wife of 57 years, Patti. They have three sons: Dean (Kristy), Shawn, and Chad (Kim). 

Rob is a 1974 graduate of Dickinson State majoring in history, teaching and coaching.  He is the Vice President for Advancement and Cretin-Derham Hall High School in St. Paul, Minnesota. Rob was formerly the Executive Director for University Advancement at Bemidji State University Alumni & Foundation and prior to that a Development Officer & Assistant Athletic Director at the University of North Dakota.

During his coaching career, he was the Offensive Coordinator at UND and Central Missouri State University; head coach at Northern State University in South Dakota, Bismarck Jr. College, and Richardton High School.

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He and his wife Lisa have four children: Brooks, Lauren, and Hayley live in Minneapolis, Michael in Grand Forks.

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Bob graduated from Dickinson State University with a bachelor's degree in composite science in 1979. He has worked as the technology director for the Bottineau Public Schools in Bottineau, ND, as well as an instructor in Cisco Networking classes at Dakota College in Bottineau. In 2011, he was hired by the North Dakota Information Technology Department (ITD) where he currently serves as the PowerSchool Manager within the EduTech division.

Bob is married to Jan '77 and they have two children: Erica (Pete) and Andrew (Alicia). Their pride and joy is their grandchild, Fiona. 

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Hank is a former football player and coach. He was the head football coach at Dickinson State University, a position he had held since the 1976 season before retiring following the 2013 season. Hank was one of the few college football coaches with over 200 career wins and 30 seasons of experience at the collegiate level. In 2006, he was inducted into the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) Hall of Fame as a coach. He is also in the Amateur Baseball Hall of Fame and the North Dakota Athletic Hall of Fame.

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He retired as an Associate Professor of Health and Physical Education. He earned a Bachelor of Science from Mayville State University and a Master of Science from the University of North Dakota.

Hank and his wife Sue have been life-long educators. They have two sons, Vince and Tony – both graduates of DSU.

Bruce is originally from Killdeer and a 1977 graduate of DSU with a BA in Business Administration. His wife Lisa graduated from DSU in 1983 with her Registered Nursing (RN) degree. While at DSU, Bruce was active in athletics and later involved with the Board of Directors of the Blue Hawk Booster Club and the DSU Heritage Foundation.

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After graduation, Bruce was involved in banking for 38 years. He recently retired from serving as the Regional President for American Bank Center, now known as Bravera Bank. Bruce and Lisa have three children. Their son is a banker in Fargo and their two daughters are RNs in Fargo and Bismarck.

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Vince Terrald Bang was born to ranch. Raised in the Killdeer Mountains, Terrald attended Killdeer High School before furthering his education at Dickinson State College. He graduated in 1969 with a bachelor's degree in education. He pursued teaching for a few years before returning to the family ranch to help with the day-to-day operations.

Terrald and his wife, Carol '70, continue to ranch on the family operation northwest of Killdeer. Terrald is also involved with the Dunn County Fair Board, Dunn County Saddle Club, National Cattlemen's Beef Association, and the Killdeer Mountain Elk Unit Landowners Association. 

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Terrald and Carol are the proud parents of Todd '95 (Talia), Becki '03 (Josh), and Taylor '96 (Kara). Their pride and joy are their seven grandchildren: Cooper, Cassie, Jace, Josey, Taylee, Karly, and Kelly. 

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Grant Haugland is originally from Ambrose, ND and attended Divide County High School in Crosby, ND. He graduated from Dickinson State University in 2003 with a degree in Business Management. During Grant’s time at DSU he was a member of the football and basketball programs.

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After graduating from DSU, Grant took a banking position in Crosby that he held for 11 years before moving on to his current position as CFO of New Century Ag. Grant and his wife, Sheila, and daughter, Greenlee, continue to reside in Crosby. He is an active member of the Crosby Volunteer Fire Dept., Dollars for Scholars Chapter, Northwest Outdoorsmen, the Crosby Country Club, and other community organizations.

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Dodie is the Key Account Manager, on the Grocery West team, for Nestle USA, based in Boise, ID. He graduated from Dickinson State University in May 1992, with a Bachelor's of Science Degree in Business Administration. During the 2013 DSU Homecoming, he was recognized by the Business Department as an Alumni Fellow. On the Birdsall side of the family, including spouses, they have had 18 family members graduate from DSU, 6 more have attended, and the list is still growing. Dodie was born and raised in Dickinson. 

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Bob is the owner and President of AG Insurance Services in Fargo and Valley City, North Dakota and Fergus Falls, Minnesota. His wife, Dr. Susan Cordes-Green, is an Associate Professor of Psychology at Concordia College in Moorhead, Minnesota. Bob graduated from DSU in 1971. 

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Scott graduated from Dickinson State University in 1988 with a Bachelor's degree in Business Administration and Management. He was the Chief Operating Officer of LIDS Sports Group from 1995 until January 2016.

He and his wife, Carolyn, live in Indianapolis, Indiana. 

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Val Mack transferred to DSU after attending Miles City Community College and Adams State College. She played college basketball and helped the women's basketball team win the conference championship while working towards attaining her degree in Business Administration.

Val is the Senior Trust Officer for Dakota Community Bank & Trust in Dickinson and serves as a member of Rotary and the Western Dakota Estate Planning Council. She resides in Dickinson with her husband, Scott, and their two sons. 

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Irene attended DSU as an ‘other than average’ student for five years and received a Bachelor of Science degree.

She is currently one of the new board members working to re-organize the DSU Heritage Foundation and is serving on two committees including the Centennial Committee which will be organizing our 100th Anniversary Celebration.

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Irene was honored at the 2015 Homecoming with the Golden Hawk award. In addition to being involved with a lot of organizations in Dickinson, she is the manager of the Pennysaver & Bakken Weekly. She has been the Executive Officer for the Dickinson Home Builders for 29+ years.

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She has three children, Steve, Greg and Nicole, six grandchildren and one great-grandson.

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Originally from Baker, Montana, Pete chose to attend Dickinson State University and was a two-sport athlete for the Blue Hawks, excelling in football and track. After graduating in 1989, Pete returned to Montana to teach and coach at Terry High School (9 years) and Belgrade High School (2 years). He also graduated with his master's degree from Montana State University. He returned to his alma mater in 2000 as a professor in the Department of Health & Physical Education as well as the head coach of the men's and women's track and field teams and assistant football coach.

He was named the NAIA Men's Outdoor Track & Field Coach of the Year from 2003-2006 with the men's teams winning national titles from 2004-2006 and runner-up titles in 2003 and 2007-2010.

Pete Stanton is currently the head football coach and athletic director of Blue Hawk Athletics. He has led the Blue Hawks to seven consecutive North Star Athletic Conference Championships in football. He resides in Dickinson with his wife, Candace '91. They are the proud parents of Luke and Maddy. 

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Jim is a 1974 graduate of DSU with double majors in Mathematics and Business Administration. Jim has achieved the professional designations of CPA,PFS, CFP, and RIA practicing out of the main office in Dickinson as well as their branch office in Longmont Colorado - specializing in tax, estate, financial planning, and asset management. Jim and his wife, of 52 years, Darlene, are Dickinson natives and have lived in the community their entire lives. Jim was fortunate, when Uncle Sam called, and got to experience an all expense paid tour of Vietnam in 1971. He was even more fortunate to have returned to Dickinson, establish professional roots, and in turn give back to his community. DSU proved to be the stepping stone into a rewarding professional career and he is eternally grateful to DSU and all of his professors.

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Ty was chosen to serve as Executive Director of the DSU Heritage Foundation by its board of directors in December, 2015. He came to DSU as its men's basketball head coach in 2007, but was most recently a major gifts officer of Sanford Health.

He has 13 years of fundraising experience, which began in athletics as head men's basketball coach as McCook (NE) Community College and continued into coaching and fundraising at DSU. Ty and his wife, Michelle, have two sons - Tristan and Cooper.  

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Deb was raised in Taylor, ND. She attended NDSU for two years but received her degree in Business Administration from Dickinson State College in 1975. She worked in the acounting department at West Plains Electric Cooperative after graduation and remained committed to her employer until she retired from Roughrider Electric as the Director of Finance and Administration.

Deb loves DSU and can be found at almost all of the home football games. She enjoys camping, gardening, and spending time with her family and dog, Zoey.  

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Serving as the President at his alma mater, Stephen Easton came on board in December 2019.  He is a 1980 graduate of Dickinson State College where he attained his bachelor's degree in accounting and a minor in business administration.  After graduation, he continued his education at Stanford Law School where he earned his Juris Doctorate in 1983.  Easton practiced law for over 20 years before returning to higher education as a professor and administrator.

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Together with his wife, Marivern, they have three children: Gaylemarie, Tedder, and Nathaniel.

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Dickinson State holds a special place in the hearts of the Easton family.  There have been four generations of Eastons who have  graduated from the College on the Hill. 

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Dr. Thomas Arnold, MD, practices Obstetrics & Gynecology at CHI St. Joseph's Health Clinic in the Women's Health department (formerly St. Joseph's Women's Clinic). Dr. Arnold received his medical degree from University of ND School of Medicine. He has practiced for nearly a quarter of a century and has remained in the Dickinson area.

He has delivered over 5000 babies during that time, including some to mothers whom he delivered early in his practice. In addition to delivering babies, he provides prenatal care to his patients. His professional accomplishments include serving as the District Chair for American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists.

Dr. Arnold and his wife, Marie, have five children. Besides reading and keeping abreast of changing healthcare options and treatments, his hobbies include farming and running. 

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Born and raised in Dickinson, North Dakota, Brian Jesperson attended Dickinson State University from 1970 to 1974.  He graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Chemistry and Biology.  He participated in football, golf, and student government while at DSU.  He was the President of his fraternity and a student ambassador.  He was the last Homecoming Chief and after graduation he received the Young Hawk Award.  After graduation, he taught at Bismarck High School and coached football and basketball.  He attended Loyola Dental School and after receiving his Doctor of Dental Science, he continued this education at the University of Iowa and received his Master of Science in Orthodontics.  He practiced for forty years in Bismarck and Dickinson before retiring in 2021.  He is board certified in his specialty and is a past president of the Midwest Society of Orthodontics.  He has been president of his church council and the Bismarck Public School Foundation and continues to be on the Young Life Board. 

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His wife, Jane (Belland) Jesperson also graduated from DSU.  They have been married for forty-six years and have been blessed with four children and six grandchildren.  In retirement, Brian substitute teaches and take tennis and piano lessons.  His hobbies include golfing, hunting, fishing, and traveling.  He continues to volunteer with several community organizations and in his church.  He says, "Life has been great, and I have been blessed beyond my imagination, and I look forward to more joy-filled years ahead".

Steve is a 1988 graduate of Dickinson State University, majoring in Business Administration with a Concentration in Agriculture. While attending DSU, he was a four-year letter winner in football. Since graduating, Steve has been engaged in farming in Ray, North Dakota. In addition to farming, he spent many years coaching football. He has also been active in numerous organizations.  He has been serving as a Director for Ag Country Farm Credit Services, US Durum Growers, the Blue Hawk Touchdown Club Board, and St. Michael’s Church Finance Council. In 2018, Steve was honored to be the recipient of the DSU Heritage Foundation Golden Hawk Award. Steve and his wife, Bernadette, also a DSU alum, have four children and two grandchildren.

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