August Leroy Strand was an American entomologist who served as President of Montana State University from 1937 to 1942, and as President of Oregon State University from 1942 to 1961.
Original building
1970s addition and renaming of the entire building.
Montana State University (MSU) is a public land-grant research university in Bozeman, Montana. It enrolls more students than any other college or university in the state. MSU offers baccalaureate degrees in 60 fields, master's degrees in 68 fields, and doctoral degrees in 35 fields through its nine colleges. More than 16,700 students attended MSU in the fall 2019, taught by 796 full-time and 547 part-time faculty. In the Carnegie Classification, MSU is placed among "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity", one of only two universities to receive this distinction with a "very high undergraduate" enrollment profile. The university had research expenditures of $129.6 million in 2017.
Montana Hall, the second building constructed on campus. The Office of the President is located here.
Mission Revival-style Hamilton Hall, the first campus dormitory, constructed in 1910.
Iconic barrel vaulted Romney Gym, home of the 1928 national champion Bobcat basketball team, was constructed in 1922.
The Student Union Building (now Strand Union Building), which opened in 1940.
