BOZEMAN (U.P.) -- Dr. George Mangun, director of research for Warner-Chilcott, producer of pharmaceutical supplies, returned to Montana in somewhat different fashion then the first time he came to the state in 1928.

In 1928, Mangun, then 17, rode the rods to Billings.  He hopped what he thought was a southbound freight and found himself in Livingston.  Lloyd and Mary Shellhamer, now of Bozeman, gave him work on their ranch at Clyde Park and encouraged him to attend Clyde Park High School.

He won a high school physics scholarship contest and enrolled at Montana State College.

Upon graduation he did graduate work at Western Reserve University in Cleveland, and received a doctorate in biochemistry in 1938.

He has been director of research at Warner-Chilcott since 1952.  Research under his direction has included development of the hormone, releasin, also a new tranquilizer known as pacatal and development of diagnostic regents used to verify accuracy of certain clinical methods.

Mangun has gained nationwide recognition for his work in research developments.