Feature Alum
by Emmy Lu Olson
Fall 2003

Former 1948 NMC graduate, Elmer Main, an enrolled member of the Gros Ventre Tribe on the Fort Belknap Reservation has retired from a life long career in education. Main attended Gonzaga University in 1941, but his education was interrupted by the attack on Pearl Harbor and he served the country in the military. He then enrolled at NMC under the G.I. Bill of World War II. Elmer enjoyed his two years at NMC and made many friends with other WWII veterans. After graduating, he transferred to the University of Montana in Missoula, where he received a BA in education and began a teaching career in high schools along the Hi-Line. In 1958, he received his master's degree in public school administration and served as the superintendent in several public schools where he had taught throughout his career. Elmer says, "I felt happy about teaching young students to prepare for their future." Main also attended the University of Oklahoma and the University of Colorado in 1968 1969 to compliment his work at the University of Montana in adult education.
  

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