So, I went down this bit of a rabbit hole recently, trying to track down some info on a name I kept bumping into: Bob Green, specifically connected to Montana Tech. It wasn’t for anything super important, just sorta scratching a personal curiosity itch. I think I first saw the name mentioned in relation to some old mining history stuff I was reading up on, something about the Butte area maybe.
Starting the Search
First thing I did, obviously, was just punch “Bob Green Montana Tech” into the usual search engines. You know how it goes. Got a bunch of hits, but nothing solid right away. Lots of noise. Common name, Bob Green, turns out. Who knew?
So, I figured, okay, let’s try the source. Went over to the Montana Tech website. Started poking around there. Looked through the faculty lists, department pages, even tried their site search. It felt kinda clunky, digging through website menus and all that. Spent a good chunk of time just clicking, hoping to stumble on something.
- Checked the engineering departments first, given the mining connection I thought I remembered.
- Looked through news archives, press releases. Found mentions of a Bob Green here and there, but was it the Bob Green? Hard to tell.
- Tried searching alumni databases, but those are often locked down unless you’re logged in as alumni, which I’m not. Dead end there.
Hitting a Few Walls
It got a little frustrating, honestly. Was this guy a professor? A researcher? Maybe a significant donor? Or just a student from way back when? The lack of easy-to-find, specific info was the main hurdle. Found mentions of different Bob Greens in different contexts, sometimes just in lists of names. It all got kinda jumbled.
I even thought about maybe trying to call the university library or archives. But honestly, that felt like too much effort for just a casual interest. Seemed like overkill, and I pictured getting stuck on hold or explaining myself awkwardly. Nah, decided against that.
A Small Find
Just when I was about ready to just drop it and move on, I stumbled across something interesting. It was buried in an old, digitized campus newsletter I found through a deeper search, something from way back, maybe the 80s? Can’t recall exactly.
This piece actually mentioned a Bob Green involved with some environmental science initiatives at Montana Tech, specifically related to mine reclamation studies. That clicked with the vague memory I had. It wasn’t a big biography or anything, just a few paragraphs mentioning his role in a project. But finding that specific connection, that felt pretty good. It wasn’t about uncovering some hidden secret, more like solving a tiny personal mystery.
So yeah, that was my little adventure trying to find out about Bob Green at Montana Tech. Didn’t find a whole lot, but found something. Sometimes the process of digging is more memorable than the actual result, right?
