Alumnotes
1980s
Richard Cobb ’84 retired from teaching. He taught chemistry, biology and general science classes at Stewartsville (Mo.) High School for 29 years.
2000s
Dr. Jamel Santa Cruze Bell ’00 is special assistant to the president for strategic and diversity initiatives at Eureka College in Eureka, Ill.
Scott Sollars ’00 was promoted to Senior Portfolio Manager/Vice President at The Private Client Reserve of U.S. Bank.
Jason West ’00 was promoted to the Air National Guard and will be commissioned as a 1st Lt. West is a clinical professor at the University of Tulsa and is the state director for the National Strength and Conditioning Association.
LaShaundra Randolph ’03 received the 2014 Markley Award from the National Association for Campus Activities Central Region. The award is one of the association’s highest honors, recognizing an individual regarded as a positive role model for students, professional staff and associates, in addition to the involvement in and contributions to the central region in the field of student activities.
Candice (Day) Quarles ’05 and her husband, Jeremiah, announce the birth of a daughter, Avery Nicole, born Aug. 19, 2014.
Michael O’Neal ’06 married Kyleigh Hein on April 26, 2014. The couple resides in Bethany, Mo.
2010s
Jessica (Galczynski) Clark ’10 and her husband, Eric, announce the birth of a son, Cooper Paul, born Aug. 19, 2014.
Joel Hane ’11 joined Tieman, Spencer, Holaday & Hicks of St. Joseph, Mo. as an associate attorney. He graduated from the University of Missouri School of Law in Columbia, Mo. in 2014.
Sally Hawks ’12 was among 99 St. Louis-area educators to receive an Emerson Excellence in Teaching Award. Hawks earned a Master of Applied Science in Assessment, Autism Spectrum Disorders, from Missouri Western.
In Memory
We honor those who have passed away. If you want to include someone in this listing, please call (816) 271-5651, mail the information to Diane Holtz, Missouri Western State University, 4525 Downs Drive, St. Joseph, MO 64507, or email holtz@missouriwestern.edu.
John P. Adams ’47, St. Joseph, Mo., July 4, 2014.
John P. Allen ’72, St. Joseph, Mo., July 24, 2014.
Laura L. (Singer) Bonham ’65, St. Joseph, Mo., July 28, 2014.
Patrick M. Byrne ’77, St. Joseph, Mo., July 31, 2014.
Patricia Donaher, St. Joseph, Mo., Nov. 4, 2014. Donaher was a professor of English and had been teaching at Missouri Western since 1995.
Dr. Ethel Hester-Shrout, Lee’s Summit, Mo., Nov. 9, 2014. Dr. Hester-Shrout taught business at Missouri Western from 1966-87. She also served as chair of the Department of Business and Economics.
James J. Hoffman, Weston, Mo., June 23, 2014. Hoffman was retired from Missouri Western Office of Admissions.
Barbara (Seeber) Huelse ’52, Lee’s Summit, Mo., June 30, 2014.
Norma J. Lindensmith Gallagher, St. Joseph, Mo., Oct. 29, 2014. Gallagher retired after 25 years as a secretary to Missouri Western presidents Dr. M.O. Looney and Dr. Janet Murphy McCarthy.
Clarence J. Powers ’41, St. Joseph, Mo., Aug. 6, 2014.
Harold W. Ruch ’49, Olathe, Kan., Aug. 1, 2014.
Beulah Winger ’40, St. Joseph, Mo., June 24, 2014.
Marilyn F. (Holt) Yarrington ’37, Arlington Heights, Ill., May 28, 2014.