MCA History & Past Presidents

Established in 1935 and incorporated in 1937, the Montana Contractors Association remains the oldest and most prestigious construction organization in the state. Since that time, the MCA has been built by the same well-respected construction companies that have built the industrial legacy of Montana.

Group of construction workers posing around a vintage cement mixer on an early 20th‑century town construction site.
Black-and-white photo of a vintage dump truck unloading on a dirt road, with a man beside and a man in the cab, while a horse-drawn wagon and team stand in the background.
Black-and-white photo of a large tractor with a spiked roller attachment used for soil compaction on a construction site, under a cloudy sky, with a worker seated at the controls. - concise informative alt text 1
Vintage Titan tractor with large metal wheels pulling a plow on a dirt rural road, four men in hats standing nearby.
Stone building under construction with a domed turret, scaffolding, and tall cranes; two workers stand in the foreground.
Mountain pass blocked by a large rockslide; a vehicle appears in the distance for scale as rubble covers the road.
Three men work in a rocky excavation, using shovels and a rope in a quarry setting (black and white).
Caterpillar bulldozer pushing a rock pile in a quarry under a cloudy sky.
Black-and-white photo of a steel truss bridge spanning a river with rocky hills in the background, likely historic infrastructure.
Black-and-white photo of a horse-drawn farming implement with several men working on a dry, flat field in the background

MCA Past Presidents

Oval black-and-white portrait of a smiling man in a suit, with a caption showing the name'Fred Birch' and the year '1937' beneath.
Oval black-and-white portrait of a man in a suit and tie, set in an oval frame with a caption reading'W.P. Roscoe 1937-1946'
Black-and-white oval portrait of a man in a suit, with caption'Les Sheridan 1946–1948' below.
Portrait of Dan Mooney in a suit, inside an oval frame. Captions read “Dan Mooney 1948-1950.”
Oval-framed black-and-white portrait of George Nilson, 1950–1952 (caption visible).
Oval black-and-white portrait of Edward M. O'Neil wearing glasses, suit, and tie, name and 1952-1954 beneath.
Black-and-white portrait of Stephen A. Birch in an oval frame, wearing glasses and a checkered suit with a patterned tie; bottom text reads Stephen A. Birch 1954-1956.
Black-and-white formal portrait of Elmer Schye in a suit and tie, inside an oval frame (1958–1960).,
Oval black-and-white portrait of a man in glasses and a suit, labeled Jay LaLonde, 1960–1962.
Black-and-white portrait of Clifford Craig in an oval frame, 1962–1964.
Black-and-white portrait of a man in a suit, shown in an oval frame with the caption'Chat Oliver 1964-1966' beneath.
Black-and-white portrait of a man in a suit and glasses, framed by an oval border with a caption beneath (name and dates).
Black-and-white formal portrait of J.F. Fred Ratchye in an oval frame, wearing glasses and a suit with a tie, captioned 'J.F. Fred Ratchye 1968-1970'
Black-and-white portrait of a smiling man in a suit within an oval frame, captioned'L. M. Brownlow 1970'
Black-and-white oval portrait of Tom Dolan in a suit, caption reads 'Tom Dolan 1971'.
Oval black-and-white yearbook portrait of Dennis Washington, wearing a suit with a patterned tie, labeled'Dennis Washington 1972'
Black-and-white portrait of a man in a suit and patterned tie, framed in an oval on a memorial plaque: David W. Hilde, 1973.
Black-and-white portrait of a man with glasses inside an oval frame, captioned 'Robert Sletten, 1974'
Black-and-white portrait of David R. Zook in a suit and tie, framed in an oval, with the name and year 1975 printed below.
Black-and-white portrait of Phil Maronick in a suit and patterned tie, framed in an oval, 1976.
Yearbook portrait of Meredith Reiter, 1977, shown in a grayscale oval frame wearing a suit and striped tie.
Black-and-white formal portrait of Ralph J. Struder Jr. in a suit and tie, framed in an oval on a gray background (1978).
Oval studio portrait of Patrick Fitzsimmons wearing a suit and striped tie, year 1979 written below.
Black-and-white portrait of a smiling man in a suit inside an oval frame; caption reads 'O.F. Ty Ingram 1980'.
Smiling man in a suit photographed in black and white, framed oval with caption'Robert McIntyre 1981' below
Oval black-and-white portrait of a man wearing glasses, a light suit, and a striped tie, with 'Clifford Schellinger' and '1982' shown below.
Grayscale portrait of a man in glasses and a suit inside an oval frame, with the caption'Dan Huestis 1983' beneath.
Portrait of Paul Foster in a suit and tie, within an oval frame in a black-and-white photo.
Oval black-and-white portrait of John Hansen in a suit and tie, 1985 photo.
Oval-framed black-and-white portrait of a man in a suit; caption reads'Robert G. Robertson 1986' at the bottom.
Black-and-white oval portrait of a man with glasses and a mustache in a suit; caption reads 'W.T. Oftedal 1987' below.
Black-and-white portrait of Hugh W. Frame in an oval frame, dated 1988, wearing a suit and tie.
Portrait of a smiling man in a suit inside an oval frame; caption reads 'Robert L. Livesay, 1989'
Portrait of Dean Swank in an oval frame, wearing glasses, suit, and striped tie; caption reads 'Dean Swank 1990'.
Black-and-white portrait of a smiling man in a suit and tie inside an oval frame, labeled 'Guy Huestis 1991'
Oval black-and-white portrait of Harold Gierke wearing glasses and a checkered suit, with a tie; caption reads'Harold Gierke 1992'.
Oval-framed black-and-white portrait of a man in a suit, labeled Al Schellinger 1993
Black-and-white oval-framed portrait of John L. Hansen Jr. wearing glasses, a suit, and tie; caption reads'John L. Hansen Jr. 1904–1994'.
Oval black-and-white portrait of a smiling man in a suit and striped shirt, labeled Jack Morgenstern, 1995
Black-and-white portrait of a man in a suit, framed in an oval on a gray background; caption reads 'Dewey Skelton 1906 1996'.
Oval-framed black-and-white portrait of a man wearing glasses and a suit, labeled Arnie Mohl, 1997.
Portrait of Gregory Oswood wearing a suit and tie, in an oval-framed black-and-white photograph (1998).
Black-and-white portrait of Mitch Leslie wearing glasses and a suit, framed in an oval; caption reads 'Mitch Leslie 1999'
Black-and-white portrait of Joel T. Long in a suit, framed by an oval border with his name and year beneath.
Black-and-white oval portrait of a smiling man in a suit; caption reads ‘Edward M. Maronick 2001’.
Black-and-white portrait of a man in glasses and suit, inside an oval frame; caption reads Joe Hansen 2002.
Smiling woman in a white blouse inside an oval photo frame against a dark background; caption reads Jan M. Livesay, 2003 (black-and-white portrait).
Black-and-white portrait of Bradley B. Talcott in an oval frame, wearing a suit and tie; year 2004 displayed below.
Grayscale portrait of a man in a suit and tie inside an oval frame, with the caption 'Kerry Gray 2005' beneath.
Black-and-white portrait of a man with light hair and mustache, inside an oval frame, captioned 'Tom Evans 2006'.
Smiling man in a suit inside a circular photo frame; caption reads Derek Swank, 2007.
Portrait of Dick Anderson in a suit and tie, inside an oval frame on a gray background (caption: Dick Anderson, 2008).
Portrait of a smiling man in a suit inside an oval frame on a gray background; caption reads'Ron Pike' with year '2009' beneath.
Black-and-white head-and-shoulders portrait of Lonnie Anderson in a suit and patterned tie, oval crop on gray background, caption reads ‘Lonnie Anderson 2010’
Black-and-white head-and-shoulders portrait of a man in a suit, shown within an oval frame with the caption 'Tony Martel 2011' below.
Black-and-white portrait of a man in a suit, framed by a white oval on a gray background, captioned 'Russ Olsen 2012'.
Portrait of Deb Poteet in an oval frame on a gray background, captioned Deb Poteet 2013.
Black-and-white head-and-shoulders portrait of Dave Zinke in a suit, with the caption 'Dave Zinke 2014' beneath.
Grayscale portrait of a smiling man in a suit inside an oval frame, with text 'Scott Olsen 2015' below.
Black-and-white portrait of a smiling man with gray hair and glasses in a suit and striped tie, against a gray backdrop with the text 'Mike Newton 2016' at the bottom.
Black-and-white head-and-shoulders portrait of Jim Berve in a suit, smiling, with a circular frame and'Jim Berve 2017' caption below
Black-and-white portrait of Aaron Golik in a suit and tie, smiling; caption reads'Aaron Golik 2018' at the bottom.
Formal black-and-white portrait of Trevor Livesay in a suit and patterned tie, oval frame, 2019 date printed below
Grayscale portrait of a smiling man in a suit and patterned tie, circular frame with 'Bob Warren' text underneath
Oval-framed black-and-white portrait of a smiling man in a suit and tie, with caption 'Marty Schuma 2021'.
Black-and-white portrait of a smiling man in a suit, framed in an oval on a dark background; caption reads'Andy Mathison 2022'.
Black-and-white portrait of a man in a suit inside an oval frame, labeled 'Bill Langlas, 2023'.
Black-and-white formal portrait of Cale Fisher in a suit and tie, shown in an oval frame.
Formal black-and-white oval portrait of Hal Fugleland, smiling, in a suit and tie; labeled 'Hal Fugleland 2025' below.
Oval black-and-white portrait of a bearded man in a blazer; caption reads 'Guy Slaybaugh 2026'
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