My dad and Montana’s 1972 Constitution

By: Betsy Scanlin

Outlets: Daily Montanan

Published: May 20, 2026

Words: 595

Last Updated: 2 months ago

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Human rights, the emerging concern for the environment, and the importance of Indigenous culture were the focuses of my father, Rev. Donald A. Scanlin, as a delegate to the Montana Constitutional Convention of 1972.

In the early ‘70s, Dad, a retired minister, began a second career as an adult educator, thanks to a later-in-life teaching certificate he earned from Rocky Mountain College. His new position at Garfield School, located “on the south side …

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