University of Montana alum Tom Cotter pledges $11 million for scholarships

Tom Cotter traveled the world on a container ship, worked as a deckhand on a freighter, found employment with Boeing, and served as a U.S. Army special agent.

Somewhere along the way, he found time to earn his master’s degree from the University of Montana before launching a successful career as a financial planner – a job he held for 20 years before settling down in Palo Alto, Calif.

By Martin Kidston

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