VB 03-04 MG.pmd - Montana State University - Billings

Administration
Dr. Ronald P. Sexton was named Acting Chancellor at MSU-Billings in July
1994 and appointed Chancellor in March 1995 following an extensive nationwide
search. Dr. Sexton became the first Chancellor in the history of Montana
State University-Billings when the university was renamed from Eastern Montana
College in 1994. The name change was a result of restructuring of the
Montana University System by the Board of Regents. MSU-Billings officially
became administratively affiliated with Montana State University in July 1994.
Before becoming Chancellor, Dr. Sexton was the Academic Vice President
and Professor of Special Education and Reading at MSU-Billings
from 1987 to 1994. He has held several administrative and academic
positions at MSU-Billings since 1977.
Dr. Sexton earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Eastern Montana College in 1959. Sexton played
collegiate baseball for the Yellowjackets and has been a strong proponent of Yellowjacket Athletics throughout
his tenure at the university. He received his Master of Science degree from EMC in 1964 and earned
his Ph.D. in Education from the University of Oregon in 1971.
Dr. Gary R. Gray is Director of Intercollegiate Athletics (NCAA Division II)
and Professor (graduate program in sport management) at Montana State
University-Billings. He is former Chair of the Department of Health and
Physical Education, former Associate Dean in the College of Education and
Human Services, and former Director of the Employee Wellness Program at the
same institution. He received his B.P.E. degree from the University of New
Brunswick (Canada), his M.S. degree from the University of Kentucky, and his
Ed. D. degree from the University of Oregon. His doctoral dissertation studied
sport-related negligence lawsuits in school settings.
Dr. Gray has taught physical education and coached in schools, large and small,
public and private, grades one through university, in the United States and
Canada. He has been active in researching, writing, speaking, and consulting on
sport management issues and sport safety and risk management behaviors in a wide variety of sport and
recreational environments since 1983. Gray is the former and founding Editor of the Journal of Legal Aspects
of Sport and is a Past President of the Society for the Study of Legal Aspects of Sport and Physical Activity
(SSLASPA). He is an active member of the American Alliance for Health, Physical Education and Dance
(AAHPERD) and served for many years on the Board of Directors as well as President of the School and
Community Safety Society of America (SCSSA). Gray has also been active in the National Congress of
State Games by serving as the national Chair for insurance and risk management.
Gray has been at MSU-Billings since 1994. Prior to that he directed the undergraduate and graduate
programs in sport management at Iowa State University from 1987-1994. He went to Iowa State from
Eastern Montana College, where he taught and coached from 1984-1987.
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