In this episode of Lives of the Carroll Saints, host Alana Wangen sits down with Jim Michelotti, a 1966 Carroll College graduate, Butte native, and 2026 Golden Graduate. Jim reflects on his journey from Boys Central High School in Butte to Carroll, where a difficult freshman year and the support of the Carroll community helped shape his life. He shares memories of St. Charles Hall, Carroll’s close knit campus community, and the professors and mentors who encouraged him to pursue new possibilities.

Jim also recounts a career that took him from mathematics and teaching into the emerging world of computer science, with stops at Boeing and IBM before a 30 year career at Montana Tech. Along the way, he discovered how an education in mathematics could open unexpected doors and create opportunities to serve his community.

The conver ...