September 21-22, 2000
ITEM 108-2701-R0900������ Authorization to Confer the Title of
Professor of History Emeritus upon Dr. Mumtaz A. Fargo; Montana State
University-Billings
WHEREAS, Professor Mumtaz A. Fargo has
completed a distinguished teaching career of thirty-two years at Montana State
University-Billings, formerly Eastern Montana College;
WHEREAS, Professor Fargo has served as
chair of the Department of History for twenty-four years;
WHEREAS, he has been a member of numerous
campus bodies including the Faculty Senate, which he presided over for three
years, Academic Senate Budget Committee, International Education Committee,
Graduate Committee, and Library Committee;
WHEREAS, he served as a member of the Board
of Directors of the Montana State University Foundation for six years;
WHEREAS, he served as consultant to the
United States Department of Education International Studies Programs, The
American Association of State Colleges and Universities International Programs,
and the Fulbright-Hayes Group Project Abroad and Foreign Consultant Programs;
WHEREAS, he has appeared frequently on
local television as an authority on Middle Eastern affairs and lectured to
numerous civic and religious groups including the Billings Committee on Foreign
Relations, the American Association of University Women, Town and Gown,
Yellowstone Kiwanis, Rotary Club, and the Institute for Peace Studies of Rocky
Mountain College;
WHEREAS, he has addressed international and
national conferences, as well as spoken to groups throughout Montana and the
region concerning current events, especially on conditions in the Middle East;
WHEREAS, he has traveled extensively
throughout Europe, the Middle East, and Southeast Asia to study and do
research;
AND WHEREAS, Montana State University-Billings
wishes to honor Professor Fargo for his outstanding service to education and
his discipline;
THEREFORE, the Board of Regents of Higher
Education, on the recommendation of the Chancellor of Montana State
University-Billings, confers upon Dr. Mumtaz A. Fargo the title of Professor of
History Emeritus, with all the rights, privileges, and responsibilities
pertaining thereto.