1970s Mary Ann Wilkerson ’72/’87 retired from the City of Savannah, Missouri as a class A water plant operator in June 2017. Carol Hartigan '73 Carol Hartigan ’73, Certification and Policy Strategist for the American Association of Critical Care Nurses and the AACN Certification Corporation, received the Lifetime [...]
1960s Julia Schneider ’67, retired library director, received a Lifetime Achievement Award at the YWCA Women of Excellence Lunch in June. She was recognized for her 44 years of service to Missouri Western and as a leader in the library science field at the state and national levels. 1970s Bill [...]
1970s Missouri Rep. Pat Conway ’73 was named one of 50 Missourians You Should Know by Ingram’s Magazine, Kansas City’s Business Magazine. Rep. Conway served as Buchanan County clerk for 28 years and was elected to the state Legislature in 2010. George Hayward ’75 was inducted into the Missouri Sports [...]
1980s David Slater ’82 received an award for outstanding service from the Missouri Municipal League. He is currently serving his sixth two-year term as mayor of Pleasant Valley, Missouri. He is also serving his fourth one-year term as chair of the Metro Mayors Caucus, representing 84 communities in Jackson, Clay, [...]
Dr. Frances Flanagan ’35 passed away on May 13, 2016, just three days shy of her 101st birthday. Dr. Flanagan, a native of Easton, Missouri, graduated from the St. Joseph Junior College in 1935 and earned a Bachelor of Arts in English from Mount St. Scholastica College, now Benedictine College, Dr. [...]
1970s Kayla (Morgan) Schoonover ’77 was appointed to Missouri Western’s Board of Governors by Gov. Jay Nixon in June. Schoonover, from Fairfax, Missouri, is a special education instructor for Mound City R-2 Schools. Her term will end on Oct. 29, 2017. Dave Scheer ’79 was inducted into the St. Louis [...]
1980s Chuck Kempf ’83 was named director of Parks, Recreation and Civic Facilities for the City of St. Joseph, Missouri. He had been working for the city since 2005. Dr. Robert Newhart ’83 was named superintendent of the St. Joseph School District and was given a two-year contract in November [...]
1930s Dr. Frances Flanagan ’35 recently published “Art Along the Way,” a book of photographs from her world travels. The book is available for purchase for $40 at ArtCetera in downtown St. Joseph or in Spratt Hall 108. To order the book and have it mailed to you, send a [...]
1980s Trish Cryer Loeblein ’81 and Walt Loeblein ’83 retired as high school teachers. They had also been supporting students and staff with technology. They noted that the “terrific teachers in the chemistry department inspired us to be teachers.” The couple resides in Colorado. Dirck Clark ’85, formerly chief strategy [...]
