Dr. Larry C. Skogen became president of Bismarck State College on March 1, 2007. He is the college's sixth CEO during its 67-year history.

Retired from a career in the U.S. Air Force, he is a native of Hettinger, N.D. Dr. Skogen holds degrees from Dickinson State University (B.S. in secondary education), Central Missouri State University, Warrensburg (M.A. in history), and Arizona State University, Tempe (Ph.D. in history).

Throughout his career, he has been involved in education as a high school teacher and as a college instructor and administrator in a variety of military and civilian institutions, including the United States Air Force Academy.

Dr. Skogen is the author of a legal history of federal Indian policy that was published by the University of Oklahoma Press in 1996, as well as articles and reviews in historical journals.

He is married to Alison, a native of Cape Cod, Massachusetts. They have a family that includes two sons, a daughter-in-law, and three granddaughters.