(BOZEMAN) – Retired U.S. Marine Corps Col. Eric Hastings, a Montana State University alumnus and founder of a national organization that serves traumatically injured servicemen and women, will receive an honorary doctorate degree from MSU during the university’s fall commencement ceremony on Friday, Dec. 12, at the Brick Breeden Fieldhouse.
On Friday the Montana Board of Regents approved the honorary degree for Hastings. Honorary doctorates are the university’s highest form of commendation, conferred upon individuals who have excelled and made outstanding contributions to society.
Hastings served as president and CEO of Warriors and Quiet Waters from 2007 to 2016 and continues to serve on its advisory board. He served as a national board director for the Order of Daedalians, and he founded the Gallatin Skyhawk Scholarship Foundation. He also has served in the leadership of Bozeman United Methodist Church and Gallatin Airport Authority and has been active in the Kiwanis club of Bozeman.
