Which historian held positions in the oldest independent private university in the Rocky Mountain Region of the United States?
Robert Earl Roeder Robert Earl Roeder (16 May 1931 – 15 November 1998) was a historian and academic administrator who was one of the founders of the World History Association. He was also a founder of the American Issues Forum of the American Bicentennial. Roeder held positions at Harvard, the University of Chicago, and the University of Denver.
University of South Dakota The University of South Dakota ("or informally" USD "or" the U) is a public coeducational research university located in the small town community of Vermillion, South Dakota. USD was established by the Dakota Territory legislature in 1862, 27 years before the establishment of the state of South Dakota (first classes held 1882 in the Clay County Courthouse), USD is the oldest public university in the state.