Ronald Reagan. It also began publishing Imprimis, a monthly speech digest. Russell Kirk taught at Hillsdale for one semester per year beginning in 1973.
Roche resigned his position at Hillsdale in late 1999, following a scandal surrounding the death by suicide of his son's wife, Lissa Jackson Roche, in the Slayton Arboretum on October 17, 1999. Hours prior to her suicide, Roche stated that she and her father-in-law had engaged in an on-and-off 19-year sexual affair. Married to Roche's son, Hillsdale Professor of History George Roche IV, Jackson Roche had been employed as managing editor of Hillsdale College Press for 14 years. President Roche denied the alleged affair, but was suspended by the College on November 1 and resigned his post on November 10th. Due to Jackson Roche's suicide and the ensuing scandal, the college's reputation suffered.
=== 21st century ===
Larry P. Arnn has served as president of the college since 2000. Hillsdale's K–12 Initiative developed a full liberal arts K–12 curriculum for use …
