Presidential Timeline
2020s
2023
NSCS Chancellor Paul Turman announced Dr. Ron K. Patterson as the 12th president of Chadron State College at an April 18 all-campus meeting.
Dr. Ron K. Patterson took office July 1.
2022
Dr. Randy Rhine announced his retirement Nov. 1.
2010s
2013
NSCS Board of Trustees officially named Dr. Randy Rhine as the 11th president of Chadron State College at its Jan. 15 board meeting.
2012
Nebraska State College System Chancellor Stan Carpenter announced Nov. 29 that the NSCS Board of Trustees will name Randy Rhine as the 11th president of Chadron State College
Dr. Randy Rhine, CSC vice president for enrollment management and student services, became the interim president on May 11.
Dr. Janie Park announced her retirement on April 10.
2000s
2005
Dr. Janie Park was appointed to be the new president. She had previously been the dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at Montana State-Billings.
2004
Dr. Tom Krepel announced his resignation as president.
1990s
1999
Dr. Thomas Krepel became the college’s ninth president after the trustees made his interim position permanent.
1998
Dr. Tom Krepel, senior vice president of academic affairs, became interim president July 1, when Dr. Sam Rankin left office.
1997
President Sam Rankin announced he would step down from office to teach history at CSC.
1980s
1987
Dr. Sam Rankin was inaugurated in April as the eighth president of the college.
1986
In February, Dr. Edwin C. Nelson resigned as president of Chadron State effective Sept. 1.
1970s
1975
Dr. Edwin Nelson was asked to temporarily become executive secretary of the Board of Trustees and Dr. Larry Tangeman became the Chadron State president. The arrangement was to last 20 months, or until July 1, 1975.
1960s
1967
Dr. F. Clark Elkins resigned as president and Dr. Edwin C. Nelson was promoted from dean to president. Dr. Larry A. Tangeman became dean of the college.
1963
The name of the college officially became Chadron State College.
Dr. Barton Kline resigned as president and Dr. Glenn Hildreth resigned as dean. They were replaced by Dr. F. Clark Elkins and Dr. Edwin C. Nelson, respectively.
1950s
1954
Dr. Barton L. Kline was appointed president.
Dr. Wiley Brooks resigned as president, effective July 1, 1954.
1940s
1941
Dr. Wiley G. Brooks became president in May.
1940
Robert Elliott resigned as president for health reasons in March, and was replaced by professor Edwin Rouse, who served as acting president for 14 months.
1910s
1916
Joseph Sparks resigned as president of Chadron Normal in April. At the same meeting, Robert I. Elliott was selected as the new president.
1910
Members of the Nebraska Board of Education returned to Chadron on June 15 to select the site of the new building and to drive the stake marking the location for what became the Administration Building. That same day, Joseph Sparks was selected as the school’s president.
1909
A bill introduced by State Rep. Charles H. Chase of Crawford calling for the establishment of a state normal school in what was then the Sixth Congressional District passed in the Nebraska Legislature in April.