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1950s
Jerry Hoover ’58 (Chesterfield, Mo.) was presented with the Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award by Marquis Who’s Who.
Thomas Stevens ’59 (Overland Park, Kan.) is the national and local president of the Korean War Veterans Associations.
1960s
Paul Stillwell ’66 (Arnold, Md.) was named 2017 Knox Naval History Award winner.
Larry Radford ’69 (Dallas, Texas) retired as Managing Director for UBS Southwestern Region.
1970s
James “Jim” Roberts ’71 (Parkville, Mo.) was honored with the President’s Award by the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame.
Virginia Blaine ’73 (Seattle, Wash.) and brother, Greg Blaine, are co-owners of Continental Van Lines INC., a privately held moving and storage business started by their parents in 1951, with offices in Seattle, Tacoma and Anchorage.
Hollis Miller ’75 (Woodinville, Wash.) was inducted into the Drury Athletics 23rd Annual Sports Hall of Fame.
Walter (Walt) Haskins ’77 (Tulsa, Okla.) was awarded Oklahoma Landowner of the Year by the Oklahoma Wildlife Conservation Commission.
Michael Mallory ’77 (Glendale, Calif.) has authored his nineteenth book, Marvel’s Black Widow: Creating the Avenging Super-Spy: The Complete Comics History, published by Insight Editions.
1980s
Dr. Robin (Weber) Sronce ’83 (Magnolia, Ark.) has been named as the first recipient of the Peoples Bank Endowed Dean’s Chair at Southern Arkansas University.
J. “Wade” Rouse ’87 (Fennville, Miss.) has published his third novel, The Recipe Box.
Steven Edwards ’88 (Springfield, Mo.) has been awarded the Missourian Award.
Dr. Jeffrey Bradley ’89 (Chesterfield, Mo.) was named one of 23 Fellows of Radiation Oncology by the American Society for Radiation Oncology.
1990s
Jennifer (Chichester) Morrison ’93 (Springfield, Mo.) received the Distinguished Service Award from Mid-America Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages.
Ingo Schranz ’95 (Arkadelphia, Ark.) was inducted into the Drury Athletics 23rd Annual Sports Hall of Fame.
Meleah Spencer ’97 (Springfield, Mo.) was named CEO of The Kitchen, an organization that works to prevent and end homelessness in the Springfield community.
Timothy Garrison ’98 (Springfield, Mo.) was named Interim United States Attorney for the Western District by Attorney General Jeff Sessions.
Andi (Hilburn) Vaini ’99 MBA ’05 (West Plains, Mo.) has been appointed to Community First Banking Company’s Advisory Board of Directors.
2000s
Ruth “Diane” (Watson) Homan ’01 (Springfield, Mo.) has been promoted to Executive Vice President and Market Executive of the Springfield location of Central Trust Company.
Nicole (Long) Rader MA ’01 (Starkville, Miss.) was named Associate Dean for Academic Affairs in Mississippi State University’s College of Arts and Sciences.
Erin Gollhofer ’02 MAC ’06 (Richardson, Texas) joined the Community Health Charities’ Board of Directors.
Amanda (Holt) Long ’02 MBA ’04 (Willard, Mo.) was named the new Chief Development Officer for Catholic Charities of Southern Missouri.
Everett Stone ’02 (Austin, Texas) was named the 2017 Emerging Inventor of the Year by the University of Texas Office of Technology Commercialization.
Jon Taylor ’02 (Republic, Mo.) opened Republic Warrior Sports, an unofficial training ground for fans of the show American Ninja Warrior, and offers similar extreme obstacles.
Michael Garner ’03 (Keller, Texas) was promoted to President of UMB Bank-Fort Worth.
Lauren Holtkamp ’03 MAC ’04 (Tampa, Fla.) was inducted into the Drury Athletics 23rd Annual Sports Hall of Fame.
Dr. Jacob Thomas ’03 (Springfield, Mo.) was recognized as one of Springfield Business Journal’s “40 under 40” for 2018.
Heather (Webb) Heimbeaugh ’04 (Camdenton, Mo.) was named the Director of Accounting – Clinics at Lake Regional Health System.
2000s
David Rosser ’07 (Euless, Texas) graduated from the University of Arkansas with his Ph.D. in accounting and accepted a tenure-track position in the Department of Accounting at the University of Texas at Arlington.
Whitney Morris ’08 (Greenville, N.C.) was awarded with the Fulbright International Education Administration Grant to attend a higher education familiarization seminar in Taiwan for two weeks.
Amanda (Taylor) Snelson ’08 (Culver City, Calif.) was named one of eight 2017 DuPont Emerging Leaders Scholarship for Design Futures Council’s Leadership Summit on Sustainable Design.
Matthew Trtan ’08 (Atlanta, Ga.) has received licensure to practice architecture in the state of Florida.
Stefanie (Robinson) Virgen M.Ed ’08 (Washington, Mo.) has been named the School District of Washington’s recipient of the Emerson Electric Excellence in Teaching Award.
Richard ‘Ricky’ Meinhold ’09 (Saint Petersburg, Fla.) was named the pitching coach for the 2017-18 U.S. National Team.
2010s
Rev. Matthew Frierdich ’10 (Charlottesville, Va.) is an ordained minister in the United Church of Christ and a Board Certified Chaplain with the Association of Professional Chaplains.
Slone DeLong ’12 (Naples, Fla.) earned the Young Professional of the Year Award in 2017 from Young Professionals of Naples.
Erin (Dolan) Edminister ’12 MAC ’13 (Bentonville, Ark.) was inducted into the Drury Athletics 23rd Annual Sports Hall of Fame.
Dana (Schlett) Pitchford ’13 (Springfield, Mo.) had her debut coming-of-age novel published in April of 2017 as D. L. Pitchford.
Lacon Smith ’14 (Little Rock, Ark.) was published in the University of Arkansas – Little Rock Law Review.
Katheryn (Young) Spencer ’16 (Springfield, Mo.) was named to the Board of Directors at Diaper Bank of the Ozarks.
Tevin Foster ’17 (Lawton, Okla.) is playing basketball with ACU where he holds the third best scoring average, most minutes played and most free attempts on the team.
Katelyn “Katie” (Dougherty) Jones ’17 (Springfield, Mo.) joined the Springfield Area Chamber of Commerce as the Talent Retention Coordinator.
Zachary Kellner ’17 (Strafford, Mo.) has been accepted as a new cross country and track coach at Fairfax R-3.
Alec Presley ’17 (Branson, Mo.) started a new position at Christian County Headliner News.
Alyssa Sargent ’17 (Springfield, Mo.) is now serving as the head softball coach at El Dorado Springs High School.
Births
Grant to Robert ’08 and Audrey (Campbell) Morrison ’06
Rolen Max to Clinton “Clint” Hall ’09
Rebekah Diane to Christa (Scott) ’13 and Kevin Rieger
Evelyn ‘Evie’ to Kelsy (Long) ’10 and Jake Allison ’10
Carter Ross to Hillary (Cockrell) ’12 and Richard “Ricky” Meinhold ’09
Case Ray to Megan (Sturtevant) ’16 and Grant Kennemer
William James to Victoria “Tori” (Lemmon) ’16 and Steven Hynds ’16
Cicile Elizabeth to The Hon. James ’00 and Claire Owen
Marriages
George “Paul” Clements ’15 to Marisa Schmidt ’16
In Memoriam
Dr. Roy Caughran ’39 Marjorie (Bodine) Thomas ’42
Arminta (Shipman) Bower ’46
Wanda (Thompson) Hawkins ’46
Dr. Semon Sandven ’46
Mary (Carroll) Strickland ’46
Richard Johnson ’47
Marcus Ormsbee ’48
Anne (Anderson) Appleby ’49
Helen (Snyder) Gordon ’50
James “Bill” Scott ’50
Hubert “Herb” Speaker ’50
Richard Hewes ’51
Carl “Jim” Onken ’51
Margaret (Turner) Schooley ’51
Suzanne “Suzie” (Holland) Tindall ’52
Emma Lou (Burleson) VanDeMark ’52
Dorothy “Jane” (Keltner) Posakony ’53
Rev. John Bartlett ’54
Charles “Chuck” Jones ’54
Joel Trestik ’54
Rev. Willis Jones ’55
William “Monty” Harlow ’56
Donald Sallee M.Ed ’58
Ancell Atkins ’60 M.Ed ’62
Robert Betts ’60
Rosalie (Collinson) Cook ’60
Elaine (Stroud) Crabtree ’63 M.Ed ’66
Thomas Mallicoat M.Ed ’63
Rev. Warren McPherson ’63
Rev. Bill Tibbs ’63
Ethel (Pohl) Breithaupt ’64 M.Ed ’90
Billy “Bill” Kenney ’64
Gladys (Wells) Long M.Ed ’64
Dr. Wayne Walton ’64
Martha “Kay” (Kelly) Carter ’65
Billy Stormes M.Ed ’65
Larry Kuhn ’66
Pauline (Hamilton) Amos M.Ed ’67
Carl “Ed” Deck ’67
Russell Keller MBA ’67
Michael Magoon ’67
Mary (Robberson) Thomas M.Ed ’68
Pamela (Aufranac) Howe ’70
Gary Gleason ’70
George Thompson ’70
Joy Baker ’71
Wilma (Putman) Kaufman ’71
Ricky Remming ’71
Jacqueline (Niles) Bishop ’72 M.Ed ’86
Dr. Beverly (Baker) Mathis ’72
Stephen Powles ’73
Howard Snow M.Ed ’73
Ellen Newby-Hines ’74 M.Ed ’79
Pamela Miles M.Ed ’76
Jack Ott ’76 M.Ed ’82
Vernon Reynolds ’76
Gary Bass ’78
Eric Fritzen ’78
Virginia (Crump) Williamson M.Ed ’79
Sidney Shouse MBA ’80
Mary (Wolford) Williams ’81
Nancy Steiner ’83
Lisa (Seboldt) Kelpe ’85 M.Ed ’93
Jeanie Pickering ’85
Beverly (Wirt) Flavin ’87
Libby (Williams) Livingston ’88
Gayle Stanek ’88
Betty (Yetter) Hatfield M.Ed ’90
Jeffrey McMahon ’94
Jay Huff ’97
Saralyn (Swift) Pace ’00
