The Board of Regents is the standing authority over the school. a corporate body with full control and direction of what started as the Normal System. The appointed Regent had the authority to locate, build, supply, and operate the school. Including controlling the expenditures of funds and broadly, the curriculum. As the Normal grew, it was necessary for a local to be appointed regent, and represent interests for both the school in Madison and the regent's interests in River Falls. Local regents represented in this collection include; Phillip.W. Ramer, 1913-1929, Jay H. Grimm, 1929-1941, James A. Richards, 1942-1945, Chalmer Davee, 1945-1953, Herman T. Hagestad, 1953-1959, David Rodli, 1959-1965, Norman L. Christianson, 1965-1972, Nancy M. Barkla, 1972-