Roland Chicoine, father of David Chicoine, the university’s 19th president, and Nicole Klein, a professor in the Department of Economics, died May 19, 
2016. He was 93. Chicoine served as a state legislator from 1980-2000.
He attended South Dakota State College on track and field and 4-H scholarships until World War II interrupted his education. In 1987, the Roland Chicoine family was recognized as the South Dakota State University Family of the Year.
The funeral was held May 25 at St. Peter’s Catholic Church in Jefferson.
