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Mizzou Legacy Stories
Fulton Remembers Her Greatest Supporters With Gift to MU
Norman Gerald Barrier submitted an entry into a high school essay contest describing why he wanted to be a social worker. He won. His own essay convinced him that he could not be a social worker. He was too sensitive, says Joanne Fulton MSW '76, his wife of 29 years.
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Gifts to Benefit Research in Medicine
George and Melna Bolm's own health issues were the catalyst to support research in the MU School of Medicine. They established the George L. and Melna A. Bolm Distinguished Professor in Cardiovascular Health and the Distinguished Faculty Scholar in Ophthalmology. They wanted to help ensure advances would be made in medicine in the areas of ailments they experienced.
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Do You Remember?
The last issue (2010) of Mizzou Legacies stated: "This 1957 picture of the Shack includes members of the Missouri Showme staff. If you recognize someone in the photo or can tell us more about it, we'd love to hear from you. Your responses were wonderful. Here are a few:
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It's Amazing What a College Education Can Do for You!
Mable Emilie Meites '42 SO WK knows firsthand what a college education can do. From her childhood in rural Ellington, Mo., to her days at MU, her life has evolved in vast ways. In return, Mable and her late husband, Dr. Joseph Meites, strongly supported education and research.
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Scholarship Makes a Lasting Impact
Thanks to the James S. Rollins Scholarship, Brendan Abberton, BS CiE '10, graduated summa cum laude in May 2010 without financial stress.
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A Sign for "Bud" Weiser
More than 55 years ago, Bud and Sue Weiser met at MU and fell in love. Read why these two alumni pledged a legacy gift from their estate in honor of their 50th wedding anniversary.
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Tigers for Life…
If you ask Greg and Tara Boehne, they will tell you they are Tigers forever. Now, through a gift of life insurance, they will create scholarships for future Tigers forever. When asked about how they settled on doing a gift for MU, Tara, BHS '91, said that it is something they've thought about for a long time.
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Responses to "Do you remember?"
Bob Davidson, BS BA '70, said the photo was taken during the 1969 Homecoming parade. Davidson was the drum major for Marching Mizzou in 1968 and 1969. "What is unique about this picture is that it was unusual for Marching Mizzou to perform in street parade formation because the band was accustomed to performing half-time shows on the football field," Davidson says.
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Love at first sight ...
That is how Titus J. Blackmon, M Ed '88, describes his relationship with MU. Blackmon, who served as President of the Mizzou Alumni Association (MAA) Board of Directors in 2007-08, says he fell in love with MU the first time he stepped on campus as a junior in High School. Through the years the love-affair with Mizzou has grown. Early in his career...
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Cheerleader for Education: Joanne Harrison
Standing in the frozen air of Arrowhead stadium in November 2007 Joanne Harrison says she experienced the atonement Mizzou fans have awaited 40 years: MU beat KU in football knocking them out of 1st place in the polls avenging a loss in 1960 when the Tigers were ranked No. 1.
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$1 billion better, thanks to you: The impact of planned giving on the For All We Call Mizzou campaign
On Nov. 7, 2008, Chancellor Brady Deaton announced that the For All We Call Mizzou campaign has achieved its $1 billion goal. Over the past eight years, the planned gifts of Legacy Society members helped the university reach this monumental achievement.
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The House That Ham Built
Morris Burger is no "ham." In fact, Burger, BS Ag '57, will tell you he's shy by nature. But when it comes to ham, no one knows more and no one does it better. Burgers' Smokehouse, or "the Ham House," makes country hams cured the old fashioned way.
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Chemistry at 7:30 a.m.
Being outnumbered by University of Texas supporters in his hometown of Austin doesn't intimidate David Levine, who loves his alma mater enough to wear Mizzou attire in any state. But wearing black and gold in Longhorn country isn't the only sign he is a loyal alumnus.
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Photo-finish Legacy Society Event, April 26, 2008
When black and white was the only photographic option for newspapers, light was the paintbrush with which the photographer painted his picture. Angus McDougall was a master.
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$125,000 Donation to MU Supports Missourian, Honors Alumnus
A recent gift to the University of Missouri will provide support to the Columbia Missourian newspaper in the School of Journalism. June Reynolds Miller donated $125,000 in memory of her late husband, MU alumnus George H. Miller.
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Maximizing Potential: from sailing to surgery Max Heeb is better than good
Max Heeb, MED '51, knows something about maximizing potential. Potential was about the only thing anybody had growing up in southeast Missouri during the depression.
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Circle of Influence: Banning gives back to Mizzou
Back in 1954 a freshman was photographed as he matriculated for classes at MU and his image appeared in the alumni magazine but no name was mentioned.
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Gem for Geology at Mizzou—John Marshall
John Marshall, BA '49, MA '50, has taken that gift and helped others reap the rewards throughout his lifetime. From his decades-long career as a geologist in the oil industry to his involvement as a volunteer and donor for the Geological Sciences Department in the MU College of Arts and Science, Marshall has shown others where to find the proverbial "diamond in the rough" all of his life.
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Piano Prodigy turned Patron of the Arts
When entering Isobel Degnan's great room, the concert piano is the first thing you see. The Steinway sits prominently beneath a massive mirror in a room of equally generous proportions—a suitable venue for a recital.
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Brizendines Create Their Own Mizzou Legacy: Investing in Tomorrow's Leaders
Leadership has been a passion for Lyle Brizendine since his days as student body president at Lee's Summit High School. It continues in his current executive leadership role for Bank of America in St. Louis. Throughout his career in banking, a career that began soon after he completed...
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MU Graduates Honor Their Mother Through Endowed Scholarship Fund
Losing a family member can be a difficult experience for all parties involved. Often, gifts, cards and donations are made to honor relatives who have passed away. Now, a family of University of Missouri-Columbia graduates and their father are going beyond traditional means to pay tribute and honor their hero.
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Spirit of "MU" Inspires this Journalism Grad to Set His Own Mizzou Legacy
The news of Bill Daniel's birth didn't make the front pages of the St. Louis newspapers on May 20, 1927. But the journalists of that day might be forgiven for the oversight—after all, that was the very day Charles Lindbergh gunned the engine of his "Spirit of St. Louis" down the dirt runway of Roosevelt Field in Long Island and lifted off toward Paris.
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Joyce Lake Created Her Own Mizzou Legacy
Talking about Mizzou for Joyce Lake, BSEd '59, M Ed '63, is like breathing for most other people; it just comes naturally. After two degrees from MU and 16 years working for the University, Joyce said, "I am Black and Gold. People who know me know how much I love Mizzou."
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Mizzou Alum Knows Great Performances
Denis Overholser knows a thing or two about great performances. A 1958 graduate of the College of Engineering, he has seen—or been a part of—some of the best.
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Shaping a Legacy: Moberly Residents' Small-Town Values Help Make a Better World
The quiet town of Moberly, Mo., has a hero. Standing tall in Moberly's beautiful Rothwell Park is the sculpture of General Omar Bradley, a local boy who grew up to lead 1.3 million men into battle during World War II, helping to save the world from tyranny.
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Stirred to Action: A Lifetime of Helping Others
Throughout a teaching career that began in the throes of the Depression, Martha Faye Fouts Woollums has never lost her passion for the young people of Missouri--or for those who helped light her path to success.
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