winter 2010, vol. 9 no. 3
university of central missouri
Her Practically Perfect Career
Magic Kingdom Job is Dream Come True for UCM Alumna
COVER STORY
Her Practically Perfect Career . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Whether Mary Poppins, Mickey Mouse, the Seven Dwarfs, the Little Mermaid or hundreds
of others, Disney characters are unmatched for their lasting influence. For Marie Nelson
Masakayan, a 1989 Central Missouri alumna, it began with Mary Poppins, but in her
job now as vice president of global creative operations for the Walt Disney Company, it
encompasses much more.
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Class Notes
Call It the Denker Effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Central Yesterday . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Eateries, New and Old, Reawaken Memories
Bomb Expert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
From the Oklahoma City Bombing to the Desert of Afghanistan
First-Time Donors Tell the Story . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
UCM Foundation 2009 Annual Report
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Philanthropy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Class Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
In Memoriam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
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A Word
From the President
Many Degrees of Success
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One of my proudest moments as a university
president comes at the end of the fall and spring
semesters when I have the opportunity to give the
commencement addresses in celebration of our new
graduates’ success. It’s a wonderful feeling to look
across the Multipurpose Building and see the joy on
the faces of our graduates, as well as their parents
and friends who supported them in their journey to
earn degrees from the University of Central Missouri.
We know that each of our graduates has been given
a great gift — the opportunity to attend a wonderful
university that provides a world-class higher education.
They will forever reap the benefits of an educational
environment that helped them develop habits of mind and character.
As you peruse this issue of Today, you will see examples of what a UCM
education has meant for some of our past graduates — examples of
how the demanding work that led to their college degrees helped
prepare them for some highly successful professional careers. You’ll
also see examples of faculty and staff who contribute to making UCM
an exceptional place to learn.
One of our alumni featured in this issue is Marie Nelson Masakayan.
Find out what led this 1989 alumna to the Magic Kingdom, where
she serves as vice president for global creative operations for Disney
Consumer Products. Learn about Kerry Myers, a 1978 alumnus
who led an FBI team in uncovering evidence to convict the person
responsible for the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing. Find out how
former wrestling coach Roger Denker influenced the lives of UCM
graduates who became successful coaches. You’ll read about three
graduates and a current student who feel so strongly about the value
of their education that they became first-time donors to UCM.
We are proud of our students and alumni, and the many faculty
and staff who have contributed to making UCM an outstanding
place to pursue a university education. We look forward to sharing
their stories through this issue.
Aaron Podolefsky, Ph.D.
President, University of Central Missouri
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“All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them.” — Walt Disney
SEARCH STARTS FOR NEW PRESIDENT
Central Missouri’s Board of Governors has started a national
search for the university’s 15th president after voting last fall not to
extend Aaron Podolefsky’s contract, which expires June 30.
The board has engaged Ken Hutchinson, president of Hutchinson
Consulting LLC, Columbia, to conduct the search. He has served 42
years in higher education administration in Missouri and maintains a
relationship with the leading national search firm, Jerry H. Baker and
Associates, which brings additional expertise and resources to the
search.
Richard Phillips, board president, notes the search process will be
highly collaborative and involve input from all major stakeholders.
Such efforts include the appointment of a presidential search advisory
committee with representation from students, faculty, staff and alumni,
as well as the Warrensburg and Kansas City communities. For the
latest on the search, visit www.ucmo.edu/presidentsearch.
GRANT AIDS UCM HEALTH PROGRAMS
A $1.2 million grant for three UCM programs — nursing,
medical technology and communication disorders — will provide
the state with more trained health care professionals. That is
the goal of Missouri Governor Jay Nixon, when he announced that
$40 million in federal economic stimulus money will fund the Caring
for Missourians initiative.
“Caring for Missourians invests heavily in our state’s workforce
while also solving a pressing need for more health care professionals,”
Nixon said. “As this program puts more workers in the medical field,
it will help keep Missourians healthy while making our economy
healthier, too.” Grants were awarded to higher education institutions
throughout the state.
CHANGE OF GUARD FOR MULES FOOTBALL
Jim Svoboda was named head coach of Mules football in January,
following the announcement by Willie Fritz that he was leaving for
Sam Houston State University. Svoboda has experienced success at
every level, winning national championships at the Division
II and NAIA level as an assistant coach, as well as bowl
game and playoff appearances at the FCS and FBS
Division I levels. He comes to UCM after three
years as assistant head coach and quarterbacks
coach at Division I-FCS member Montana
State. Read more at www.ucmo.edu/athletics.
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WESTERHOLD RECEIVES OLDER
WORKER AWARD
At 80 years old, Ernestine
Westerhold is nearly 25 years
into her second career as a library
assistant at the UCM James C.
Kirkpatrick Library. She recently
received the 2009 Experience
Works Region IV Outstanding Older
Worker Award for Missouri.
Westerhold’s career with UCM began in 1985, after she retired
from 26 years as a public school teacher in several schools in Johnson
County, MO. Her job has changed dramatically in these two decades,
notes Mollie Dinwiddie, dean of library services. Instead of film and
print, there are CDs and computer storage. Electronic databases have
replaced the card catalog.
Westerhold’s willingness to keep up with new technology, along
with her work ethic and sense of humor in the face of past serious
illnesses, made her the ideal employee, says Dinwiddie. “Anyone
would have a hard time keeping up with her.”
Keeping Up with Mules & Jennies
Put fall 2009 into the
UCM record books for
more Mules’ and Jennies’
achievements. Consider
these three highlights:
The golf team’s
5-for-5 sweep of fall
tournaments was more
than any other team in
the nation in any NCAA division. It gained them the highest ranking
in school history by Golfstat at No. 2 in Division II. The team’s
starting five, all Missouri natives, and their coaches were Ty Needles,
assistant coach; Zach VanDolah, Kansas City; Jared King, Lawson; Matt
Miller, Eldon; Ryne Kloeppel, Kansas City; Justin Yoder, Versailles; and
Tim Poe, head coach.
Then there’s the volleyball team. Its MIAA title was the first since
2000. Its 32 wins were the most since 1996. Plus in his first year as
head coach, Flip Piontek was unanimously chosen Coach of the Year.
One more fact: in December the Mules’ basketball team was
ranked No. 1 in the nation for all of NCAA Division II for the first
time in a season since Feb. 20, 1980.
GRANT FUNDS ELECTRIC VEHICLE STUDY
Central Missouri’s automotive technology management program
and the Missouri Safety Center are receiving a $650,000 grant as
part of a group of in-state educational partners sharing a $5 million
grant from the U.S. Department of Energy. On a larger scale, the
project is part of a $2.4 billion federal effort to accelerate the
manufacture and deployment of electric vehicles, batteries and
components across the United States.
Under the grant agreement, Missouri University of Science
and Technology will focus on development of courses to train
advanced electric drive vehicle engineers; the Missouri Science
Center in St. Louis will address public outreach; and UCM and
Linn State will develop courses for operators, technicians and
product support managers.
Associate Professor Scott Wilson and Assistant Professor Terry
Nicoletti plan to create an undergraduate AEV certificate program
plus education materials for technicians and trainers. “In the next
five to 10 years, 50 to 60 percent of passenger vehicles will have
some sort of electric motor,” Nicoletti says, adding that they plan
to work with manufacturers to develop course content.
Wilson and Nicoletti expect high school instructors, community
college instructors, industry trainers and others to be able to
complete the certificate requirements, then assist in teaching AEV
courses at their respective companies and institutions.
BALSAM PRESENTED DISTINGUISHED
SERVICE AWARD
Nina Balsam, a strong
supporter of UCM’s
criminal justice department
and a major catalyst of
the restorative justice
movement, received the
university’s Distinguished
Service Award during the
fall 2009 undergraduate
commencement
ceremonies.
Working to assist crime victims and their families, Balsam
has helped Missouri become a leader in the restorative justice
movement. As director of restorative justice for the Center for
Women in Transition in St. Louis from 2004-2009, she implemented
the Missouri Restorative Justice Initiative and developed the
statewide Missouri Restorative Justice Coalition.
She engaged UCM’s criminal justice faculty to serve as research
consultants with the coalition, leading to publications and
professional group presentations for them. Balsam’s efforts also
stimulated graduate students to initiate thesis projects on topics
such as juvenile justice and school bullying programs.
ADVANCED AVIATION TRAINER UNVEILED
Central Missouri aviation students now have the experience that
professional pilots receive when they step into the cockpit of a
Boeing 737-800 airline cabin class aircraft, complete with controls,
instruments, and complex jet systems of a multi-engine aircraft.
The only exception is that most of today’s jetliners don’t have
the advanced technology systems that are part of the aviation
department’s new Boeing 737NG Advanced Aviation Training Device,
unveiled this past fall semester.
“It’s a next generation cockpit that will allow us to teach students
how to use a flight management system, which is the computer
system that flies the airplane,” says William Rankin, department chair.
“It provides us with advanced technological training opportunities
that we have not had before and are not available at a lot of other
institutions that have aviation programs.”
The trainer can be used to meet some Federal Aviation
Administration requirements for individuals who want to become
qualified to fly aircrafts with the B737NG configuration, including
logged flight experience, instrument experience, instrument
proficiency, and a maximum of 20 hours toward an instrument rating.
It can also be used to garner a maximum number of hours toward
private pilot, commercial and airline transport pilot certificates.
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Her Practically Perfect Career
Magic Kingdom Job is Dream Come True for UCM Alumna
By Heather Hickerson
E
veryone has unforgettable childhood memories of their favorite
Disney character. For Marie Nelson Masakayan, it was Mary Poppins.
“I remember seeing the movie in the theater with my parents and that
following Christmas, I got a Mary Poppins’ umbrella and raincoat. I liked
her because she had that cool bag with all the neat things that she pulled
out of it for the kids.”
Whether Mary Poppins, Mickey Mouse, the Seven Dwarfs, the Little Mermaid or hundreds of
others, Disney characters are unmatched for their lasting influence. For Masakayan, a 1989 Central
Missouri alumna, it began with Mary Poppins, but in her job now as vice president of global creative
operations for the Walt Disney Company, it encompasses much more.
Explaining her position
within the company, she says,
“I oversee creative operations
for the global creative team
in consumer products as well
as our Culture of Innovation.
We are responsible for creating
artwork, branding, packaging
and design portfolios for our
licensees to develop products
for our franchises.” Simply put,
every time people buy an item with a Disney tag, whether from the Disney store or a major U.S.
retailer, Masakayan’s team helped develop it.
She works for Disney Consumer Products, a division of the company that covers films, cable
channels, books, home products, fashions, food, health and beauty products, toys and stationery.
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For Marie Nelson Masakayan, a 1989
UCM alumna, it began with Mary Poppins, but
now in her job as vice president of global
creative operations for the Walt Disney
Company, it encompasses much more.
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This includes everything from Hannah Montana backpacks and Jonas Brothers t-shirts to Buzz
Lightyear bedding and Cinderella slippers.
For this midwestern woman, her Magic Kingdom job is a dream come true, stemming from her
days as a student at UCM.
Choosing Central Missouri was an easy decision for the Hickman Mills Senior High School
graduate because she liked its comfortable, relaxed feeling. She joined the Alpha Omicron Pi
sorority, which she credits to shaping her college experience. She says that being part of Greek
life and living in Panhellenic Hall with the other sororities created a sense of community and
support.
When she realized how much she enjoyed setting up social events for the sorority with the
fraternities, she switched her major to graphic arts technology management.
“I have always gravitated to the creative process, and when I first attended UCM, I was a
marketing major. Midway through school, I took photography and screen printing classes and
was suddenly drawn to graphic arts,” she says.
Finding an internship to complete her studies was tougher than she thought. Having no luck
after meeting with printers in Kansas City, she packed her bags and headed west to California
to live with her aunt. She found a job at a printing company and gained experience with layout
minus a computer.
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When she graduated from UCM and again
had no luck finding employment with area
printing companies, she returned to California
where she got her old job back. The company
had been bought by Applied Graphics, which
produces movie posters, records, CDs and other
entertainment-related prints. She was working
in customer service when a sales executive took
her under his wing. In a twist of fate, the Disney
Company called Applied Graphics to do some
printing, and she was assigned to their account.
It was her break into the corporate Disney
world.
Masakayan started at Disney as a manager
buying print materials for their creative
portfolios in the consumer products division,
coordinating $2 million in printing projects.
When the industry shifted to desktop computers,
she helped to bring print production in-house
to reduce costs. She was promoted to senior
manager over production, electronic studio and
traffic. Next, she worked with the company to
create a job family for project management, now
known as creative operations, and was named
its director. When the company decided to
centralize its creative development department,
she was promoted to vice president.
“It’s a very interesting career because I’ve
been exposed to so many different things,” she
says. “There are constant changes, but if you
can go with the flow instead of strictly thinking
A+B=C, then you’ll be successful.”
Masakayan knows a thing or two about
success. Since she started working there,
Disney Consumer Products has grown from a
$10 billion company with 100 employees in 1994
to a $30 billion company with 1,000 employees
in 2008.
Success often comes at a price. For Masakayan,
it’s a difficult work-life balance. Being promoted
to vice president at age 37, she constantly strives
for a positive balance. “I think that [balance]
comes with professional maturity, and we all
know you only get that through life and work
experiences,” she says.
To de-stress from hours of meetings and
hundreds of emails each day, Masakayan
walks her dog while her two sons (Jake, 13,
and Michael, 10) ride their bikes and enjoy the
California sun.
One of the perks of being employed by Disney
is the benefit of working with the best artists
in the world. But creativity is a fickle thing,
so Masakayan has adopted an uncommon
approach to motivating her staff and stimulating
fresh ideas. She developed the Culture of
Innovation in 2005 to give employees a positive,
creative environment that inspires the product
development process.
“Once a quarter we have an artist enhancement
trip, where we take
everyone to a place
that is fresh; where
something relevant is
happening,” she says.
“Last year we went to
San Francisco because
it’s at the forefront of
the green movement.
We actually went to a
dump and saw them separating the trash from
the recyclable materials. We also visited some
completely green buildings and museums.
Our goal is to inspire and invigorate them, and
hopefully something creative will come from
the experience.”
So how do Disney products make it from the
drawing tables to the store shelves? When Disney
is working on a movie — such as the upcoming
Toy Story 3 — Masakayan’s creative team meets
with filmmakers, directors and producers to
brainstorm.
“We get a copy of the script and see the
sketches, then we sit down and brainstorm to
get a feel for the movie,” she says. “As the movie
progresses, we get back with the directors and
producers to see that we are all on the same
page.”
On a movie project, 50 to 100 people may
work on the development process during the 18
months it typically takes for products to make
it from filmmakers to creative to licensing, then
back to creative to production and finally to the
stores. As an added benefit to working on the
movie, all the creative employees get to see the
film before it’s released.
Simply put, every time people buy
an item with a Disney tag, whether
from the Disney store or a major U.S.
retailer, Masakayan’s team helped
develop it.
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In the fall, Masakayan reached out to creative art schools in
the Midwest to get interns for the design and creative teams at
the company. She was surprised to learn that colleges now offer
career counseling to help students prepare résumes and find
internships and jobs.
“When I graduated, I really felt like I was on my own,” she
says. “What I’ve fallen into now at Disney is my dream job. But
I wouldn’t have been able to tell anyone that when I graduated
from college.”
That’s why she has decided to open the opportunity for a UCM
student to participate in a six-month, paid internship in project
management at Disney Consumer Products in California. “I
think there are people like me who are interested in creative work
but who don’t want to go completely down that path. I wish I
had had some type of internship or experience when I got out
of college that I’ve had at Disney. That’s why I’m working with
UCM to start a project management internship for a student,”
she says.
The internship is expected to begin this summer and will
be awarded to a graduate, so as not to disrupt the student’s
graduation track. She says that designers at Disney have
internships open year-round, but this will be the first internship
for project management.
Looking back on her time since graduating from UCM,
Masakayan now has the personal and professional experiences to
appreciate all the ups and downs of life with laughter.
“I was just in Kansas City for business meetings with Hallmark,
and I met some of my college buddies for dinner,” Masakayan
says. “I hadn’t seen many of them for at least 15 years, and we
laughed so hard at all the great stories. I was at UCM at such a
turning point in my life, getting an education, meeting some of
my lifelong friends and enjoying my independence; it was such
an amazing experience. I reference those years as some of the best
years of my life.”
Photos by Ryan Astamendi,
courtesy of Disney
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By Matt Bird-Meyer
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oger Denker never wrestled in high school or college. He
simply knew how to lead and inspire people, find the best
assistants to demonstrate moves and bring to the University
of Central Missouri the right athletes to form solid collegiate
squads. Many of these athletes still cherish Denker as a mentor,
motivator, father figure, role model and lifelong friend.
“In the last decade, a large majority of all state wrestling titles have been won by products
from Coach Denker. He’s recognized as the grandfather of modern Missouri wrestling,”
says Gary Mayabb, head wrestling coach at Staley High School in Kansas City.
Denker was Central Missouri’s head wrestling coach for 17 seasons, from 1963 to 1981,
claiming seven MIAA titles in that time. In fact, Denker had all but one of the MIAA
crowns for the Mules before UCM stopped competing in the conference after 1986. He
was inducted into the UCM Athletic Hall of Fame in 2001 and into the Missouri Chapter
of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame two years later. This year marks the 17th season
for the tournament named in his honor, the Roger Denker Open at UCM.
Denker, now 76 and enjoying retirement with his wife, Connie, in Hot Springs Village,
AR, still attends sports banquets for the kids of his former wrestlers. He sends notes if he
can’t make a birthday party, and his protégés frequently call him for advice or just to keep
in touch. And his protégés are doing astoundingly well.
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“In the last decade, a large majority of
all state wrestling titles have been won
by products from Coach Denker. He’s
recognized as the grandfather of modern
Missouri wrestling.”
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Denker can list the names of at least 50 of his former athletes and students who went on
to make careers as wrestling coaches and officials. Thirteen of them are coaching in Missouri
high schools, including Brett Barbarick at Raymore-Peculiar; Bill Biggerstaff, Lee’s Summit
North; Phil Dorman, Platte County; Bill Erneste, Park Hill; Ron Franklin, Pleasant Hill; Tony
Griffith, Parkway South; Mike Hammer, Liberty; Roger Offield, Odessa; Ray Stockdale, Knob
Noster; Joe Greim, Excelsior Springs; and Scott Vitek, Smithville.
“I know I probably missed a dozen or so,” Denker says during a telephone interview.
“There’s a whole bunch in the Kansas City area, Las Vegas, Phoenix, Arizona… It’s really kind
of interesting.”
Mayabb is one of Denker’s wrestlers who achieved extraordinary success as competitors,
coaches and officials. Two others are Mike Hagerty and Jimmy May.
“They are three of the finest coaching examples,” Denker says. “I can’t say enough good
words about all of them. They are three of the most unique people in the world.”
Gary Mayabb
The Staley High School coach hustles along the pristine halls, first
gathering equipment, then dressing for practice. Meanwhile, some 18
boys warm up in the mezzanine-level wrestling room. It was the fourth
day of practice, and Mayabb looked over his small squad, noting that he
should have 54 wrestlers. Many were absent, pushing through football
post-season.
A four-time Olympic Trials finals qualifier, U.S. Open finalist and fourtime USA Wrestling All-American, Mayabb joined Staley when it opened
in 2008.He had taught and coached since 1987 at Oak Park High School.
Mayabb can name 48 of his former athletes who became coaches in his
25-year coaching and teaching career. Seven of his protégés assist him at
Staley, five working as volunteers. Another volunteer coach is Mike Fallein,
who Mayabb got to know when he started wrestling in junior high. Fallein
went on to coach Mayabb on the Missouri national team in 1975-76.
Mayabb first came to UCM in 1978 and recalls how nervous he was
approaching Denker for the first time in his office. Mayabb was small at 105
pounds, and Denker didn’t mince words, telling Mayabb he might never
wear a Mules’ singlet.
“But I promise you, you’ll be a better person,” says Mayabb, recalling
Denker’s words. “That is a promise I make to my guys. Real, true success
comes down to what we do in the end.”
Mayabb did wear that singlet, leading to a wrestling career that ended
with the 1992 Olympic trials when he was 31. He also has officiated Big 10, Division I and II
matches and the NCAA national tournament. He coached Team USA at the Senior World
University Championships in Thessaloniki, Greece.
He recently had both hips replaced and didn’t get selected for Division I but hopes to get back
in 2010. Mayabb said that shouldn’t be a problem as he’s in the top 25 nationally, and Hagerty
is in the top five. The two have shared officiating duties, most notably the dual between Iowa
State and the University of Iowa, which last year drew a record-setting attendance of 16,000.
“For two small-town Missouri kids, that’s a pretty neat thing,” Mayabb says. “That’s a dream
come true.”
“The bottom line is he mentored
people. He made coaches.”
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Back in college, Mayabb said Denker would pull certain wrestlers out of practice and send
them to nearby schools to put on clinics and teach moves. So, they basically started coaching
and officiating before they left college.
“The bottom line is he mentored people,” Mayabb says. “He made coaches.” And they all
keep in close contact. In fact, Jimmy May comes to Staley to demonstrate moves.
“We’re more than fortunate,” Mayabb adds. “This whole thing is about that. It is about
building these relationships.”
Jimmy May
Sweat already shows through his shirt as May prepares for practice at Baker
University in Baldwin, KS. More wrestlers arrive and stretch out on the mats. May
stops a wrestler to offer encouragement from the previous night’s scrimmage.
“You looked good last night,” the coach says. “Now we just need to put some
beef on you.”
Practice starts, and May jogs the mats with his wrestlers, chatting with a few
of them at the same time. He then starts the drills and partners with one of his
heavyweights for an intense session of one-leg takedowns.
“Work on moving those feet!” he hollers at his squad.
May, a 1977 UCM graduate, was hired this past summer to head Baker’s first
wrestling program in the school’s 150-year history. Denker did what he could to
ensure May landed the job when he called one of his former graduate assistants,
Dan Harris, who, as it happened, was Baker’s athletic director.
“He said interview Jimmy May. Hire him. I’ll talk to you later,” Harris recalls
with a laugh. “I just love Roger Denker. He’s an awesome guy. He’s the reason I
hired Jimmy May.” Harris has since retired from the athletic director post.
May said he was ecstatic after receiving word of his new position at Baker.
“My dream was to be a head college coach, and I feel real grateful that I had this
opportunity.”
Starting the program at Baker highlights an already illustrious competitive
and coaching career for May, who was recently inducted into the Nevada chapter
of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame. He earned two junior college conference
and regional championships before arriving at UCM where he was team captain
and MVP. Then, he won two MIAA championships.
May was young, married and had a child when he came to UCM. He came
from a broken family, was raised by his grandmother and found a vital mentor
and role model in Denker.
“I owe him and UCM a lot for where I am,” May says. “Meeting Denker was a
blessing for me. I got to see what family values were about.”
After Central Missouri, May returned to Las Vegas to coach and teach high school for the
next 32 years. He became known for his “Dynasty in the Desert,” which refers to his 12 state
championships in 20 years at Eldorado High School. While there, he coached 63 individual
state champions and 19 All-Americans. The wrestling facility was named in his honor.
“Meeting Denker was a blessing
for me. I got to see what family
values were about.”
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Mike Hagerty
Hagerty credits May for teaching him many of the technical wrestling skills
while he was on Central Missouri’s squad; he credits Denker for getting him
there.
“Coach Denker was a great inspiration to my life,” he says. After graduating
from Higginsville High School in 1975, Hagerty contacted Denker. They met to
talk about him attending school here over a round of golf. After playing, it was
time to talk business, and Denker produced a scholarship form. Hagerty says
he told Denker that maybe he should talk to his father first.
Denker raised an eyebrow.
“He said if you choose not to come here, you can pay the green fees,” Hagerty
says, recalling that he hadn’t brought any money.
Hagerty signed, leading to a career as a highly successful coach and nationally
renowned official. He followed in Denker’s footsteps and coached the Mules
from 1983 to 1990.
Hagerty worked for the USA Wrestling program in Colorado Springs,
CO, until 1993 when he became head coach at Blue Springs High School. He
was Missouri District 7 High School Coach of the Year numerous times, was
inducted into the Missouri Wrestling Hall of Fame in 1993, coached back-toback undefeated teams and consistently finishes well at state.
Nationally, Hagerty was head coach of the USA Wrestling University World
Team, coached at Olympic Training Camps and coached international teams.
He’s officiated at the NCAA Division I championships every year since 2003.
Like Mayabb, Hagerty uses his summer club, MO-West, as a building block
for his high school program. He also spends part of his summer at wrestling
camps, such as the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, MD, and the Olympic
Training Center in Colorado Springs. He has taken his high school wrestlers,
including his son, Keenan, who was state champ last year at 125 pounds, to
train at the Olympic Training Center.
“It’s a lot of fun,” Hagerty says. “I’m just so used to doing it, I don’t know
what I’d be doing if I wasn’t doing it.”
It’s all about supporting the sport any way you can, something Denker drilled into his
athletes.
“Those words resonate every day in my mind,” Hagerty says. “Coach Denker was big about
giving back. He never defined the roles, but those who wrestled for him knew what giving
back meant.”
“Coach Denker was big about giving
back. He never defined the roles, but those
who wrestled for him knew what giving
back meant.”
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Central Yesterday
By Mike Greife
Eateries, New and
Old, Reawaken Memories
When the Chick-fil-A® cow arrived
on campus this fall, followed by the
two Einstein Brothers®, it was official;
the University of Central Missouri had
entered a new era of food choices.
Chick-fil-A Express® joined Pizza Hut®
Express, Burger King®, Garden Bistro™,
Sub City™, and Taco Bell® in the Elliott
Union Central Courte.
Next, a $3-million renovation by
university food service provider Sodexo
transformed Todd Dining Hall into
their fifth nationwide, multi-restaurant
venture, featuring the Flying Star Diner,
Panino’s Deli, Wild Mushroom, Bella
Trattoria and Magellan’s.
Then, Kirkpatrick Library entered
UCM food history by opening an Einstein
Bagels, becoming part of the largest bagel
retail company in the U.S.
Some of the most prominent food
franchises in the nation, these campus
eateries continue a tradition that began
generations ago.
Before such commercial food became
popular on campus, the Warrensburg
business community served students’
appetites. Local restaurants such as Hart’s
Café, Lamb’s Café, Wilson’s Café, Tip Top
Café, Peterson’s Drive In, Conner’s Café
and the Corner Café catered to hungry
students, often late at night.
Perhaps the most famous, and most
often remembered, restaurant was
Riggle’s, located directly across from the
campus on Maguire Street in the area
once known as Buentetown. Later known
as the Campus Inn, it served students for
more than 30 years while others came and
went along the same block of businesses.
Although Buentetown, known to a later
generation of students as the College
Plaza, is gone, one building still stands.
The old Buente grocery store, which for
many years also was Ike Martin’s music
store, now houses Planet Sub.
One of the first franchised restaurants
to arrive in Warrensburg was the Dog ’n
Suds Drive In east of Maguire Street on
Business Highway 50. A Pizza Hut® later
was built at the same location, it now is
the site of Walgreens. Sonic® appeared
in Warrensburg in the 1960s, only to
disappear for a decade or so during the
1980s. It reappeared in the same location,
where it remains today, serving another
generation of UCM students.
Before long, the Warrensburg business
community grew to accommodate more
of these restaurants. Commonly known
as “drive-ins” because of the convenience
of ordering from the car, they eventually
became known as “fast food” restaurants
because of the speed of service. Many of
these franchise operations, such as Ku Ku
and Mister S, are part of the local lore.
Others, like McDonald’s®, Burger King®
and Wendy’s® still compete with local
establishments.
Pizza always has been popular, beginning
with the Village Inn Pizza Parlor on South
Maguire. Its location across from what
once was the Campus Movie Theaters
made it a popular place. Its location close
to campus also made it popular for a
variety of restaurants over the years.
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Bomb Expert
From the Oklahoma City Bombing
to the Desert of Afghanistan
By Jeff Murphy
A
serene weekday morning in downtown Oklahoma City turned
into a time of shock and loss for the city’s residents April 19,
1995, when an explosion ripped off the north face of the Alfred P.
Murrah Federal Building. It was considered the worst terrorist attack
on U.S. soil up to that time.
One hundred sixty-eight people perished, including 19 children at a daycare center, when a
rented van carrying 5,000 pounds of ammonium nitrate fertilizer was detonated at a parking
space near the front of the building. The persistent “no stones unturned” investigation that
ensued led federal agents to Timothy McVeigh. He was convicted two years later on murder
and conspiracy charges partly due to key evidence uncovered by a team commanded by a
University of Central Missouri graduate.
When he got the call to assist with the case, Kerry Myers was a long way from his high school
stomping grounds in Independence and the dusty gravel road leading to the family farm in
Centerview. He had joined the Federal Bureau of Investigation in 1990 and was working as a
special agent in the Tampa, FL, office, having been certified as a bomb technician and hazardous
materials operator two years before.
“I had a technical expertise in bombing matters, so they sent me to Oklahoma City, where
I was in charge of about 100 people at the crime scene,” he says.
For approximately five weeks, the team that included members of the FBI, Army and Air
Force National Guard sifted through 3,500 tons of dust and rubble searching for clues. As they
sorted through the debris, the crew uncovered a truck axle and serial number that provided
an important break in the case.
“With the serial number we were able to trace that rear axle to a brand new Ford truck,
which Ford Motor Company said was sold to Ryder Rental Company in Miami, FL. The rental
company traced it to their store in Johnson City, KS,” Myers recalls. He adds the signed rental
agreement led them to McVeigh.
“Because of the importance of that evidence, they had to get it into the trial,” Myers says. “I
testified against Tim McVeigh, who was convicted and got the death penalty.”
As a bomb expert and government witness, he also testified against co-defendant Terry
Nichols, who also was sentenced to life in prison on murder charges for helping McVeigh to
plan and execute the bombing.
Long after his role in the Oklahoma City bombing, Myers continues to serve the FBI in
Tampa as a technical squad supervisor, a job he’s held since 2008. Reflections on his 19-year
career with the organization not only rekindle memories of other high-profile cases and his
world travels with the FBI Joint Terrorism Task Force but also the path that brought him to
worldwide levels of crime scene investigation.
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Kerry Myers and members of a U.S. Air Force explosive ordnance disposal unit prepare
to destroy a cache of explosives that troops recovered from insurgents.
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Kerry Myers recreates a terrorist suicide
bomb using a bus loaded with 60 pounds
of high exposives that is detonated and
recorded by high-speed, high-resolution
film.
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After moving to a farm at age 17, Myers enrolled
at UCM, where he pursued a bachelor’s degree
in accounting. He spent his summers as a welder
on the assembly line at the General Motors’
Leeds Plant in Kansas City, except for his senior
year, when he worked in accounting in the
freight department. When he graduated summa
cum laude in accounting in 1978, his interest in
crunching numbers had lost its appeal, so he
entered law school at the University of MissouriKansas City. He earned his law degree in 1981.
“When I graduated from law school, and after
passing the bar exam, I went to work as an attorney
with the chief federal judge for the Western
District of Missouri, and I got to work on a school
desegregation plan for the Kansas City School
District,” he says. “It was a very good job. I learned a
lot and got to see a lot of federal criminal trials.”
The clerkship with the Hon. Judge Russell
Clark later took him to the federal courthouse
in Springfield after the judge transferred his
office from Kansas City. When Myers’ two-year
appointment ended, he briefly became a federal
prosecutor, followed by private legal practice.
“I practiced for seven years in a law firm.
I made good money — don’t get me wrong. It was
financially rewarding, but after years of representing
insurance companies and handling car accidents
and whiplashes…there wasn’t a lot of personal
satisfaction in what I was doing,” he says.
While in law school, Myers pondered the idea
of an FBI career, but it wasn’t until age 34, only
months before the bureau’s cutoff age for new
agent trainees, that he decided to apply. A credit
to his UCM education, he not only was accepted
after going through a tough examination process,
including a lot of accounting-related questions, but
he also graduated at the top of his class at the FBI
Academy in Quantico, VA. The 1990 graduate also
was second in his class in firearms.
“I started out working mostly in violent crime
for the FBI — bank robberies, extortions, hunting
fugitives — that sort of thing, but I always had a
technical background. I had worked as a welder at
an assembly line with General Motors and before
that I worked as an auto mechanic,” he says.
A technical aptitude was exactly what the FBI
was looking for in 1993 when it selected Myers for
special training at the U.S. Army Hazardous Device
School at Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, AL. More
than just excelling as a bomb and explosives expert,
he also became a trainer, eventually traveling
throughout the U.S. to instruct others in the field.
Because of the timing of his training, Myers was
selected to help at Oklahoma City and be an active
participant in other major criminal investigations,
such as the Centennial Park bombing at the 1996
Summer Olympics in Atlanta, GA, and the TWA
Flight 800 disaster that same year. After more
training, he became an international terrorism
expert. He was assigned to the FBI Joint Terrorism
Task Force and traveled throughout the world
doing investigations for the bureau.
“I spent 2006 in Afghanistan supporting the U.S.
military in Operation Enduring Freedom as an FBI
bombing expert embedded with the Combined
Explosives Exploitation Cell,” he says. “During
this assignment, I would regularly travel with the
military to the scene of IED strikes to conduct
forensic post-blast investigations.”
CEXC is a group that includes representatives of
all four branches of the U.S. military, members of
other federal agencies and representatives of the
Australian, British and Canadian military. In recent
years, the FBI got involved because of its strength
in forensic science and the ability to do detailed
analysis, including searching for DNA. Myers’
role included providing analysis and conclusions
at the scene of a bombing that could be used by
the military and others to develop appropriate
countermeasures to the IEDs and help identify
insurgent bombmakers.
As he continues sharing insight into his FBI work
overseas and travels to places such as Egypt, Iraq,
Israel, Japan and Thailand, Myers discloses some of
the job’s potential hazards. The longtime bombing
expert nearly became a victim while investigating a
case in Afghanistan related to a Taliban insurgent
who drove a suicide vehicle into an armored convoy
that killed several citizens.
“The military set up security around the crime
scene. As I was working the scene, a second suicide
bomber ran a military check point,” he recalls.
“Soldiers opened fire on him and hit the vehicle, but
it didn’t hit him. Once he got inside the perimeter,
soldiers couldn’t fire anymore because of the danger
that they would shoot us, but we shot and killed
the bomber before he could detonate.”
For his role in stopping the insurgent and
protecting the lives of others at the scene, Myers
was honored in Washington, D.C., in 2008 as a
recipient of the Federal Law Enforcement Officers’
Association Annual Award for Bravery.
Today, he continues to work out of Tampa,
handling training duties, mentoring young FBI
members and arranging security at large-scale
events, such as SuperBowl XLIII in 2009.
The father of three college-age boys and husband
to a special agent in the Florida State Police seems to
have found the “purpose” in life that he sought so
many years earlier. Ask him how he feels about his
career, and he’s quick to point out, “You know that
old saying, ‘The man who loves his job never has to
work a day in his life.’”
“Working for the FBI has been, by far, the best
job I have ever had in my life and the best career
decision I could have made.”
Kerry Myers, second from right, poses
with soldiers during Improvised Explosive
Device training at Ft. Hood. Says Myers,
“The FBI cadre of special agent bomb
technicians teaches an IED combat postblast class to U.S troops before their
deployment to Afghanistan.”
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Philanthropy
“We started out in this business as builders of buildings. We soon understood that what we had to learn best was how
to be builders of people.” — Terrence P. Dunn
JE DUNN CONSTRUCTION SUPPORTS NEW KANSAS CITY EDUCATION INITIATIVE
William H. Dunn Sr., chair emeritus, and Robert P. Dunn, vice president of community affairs
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Demonstrating its commitment to building
strong learning opportunities for educators in the
metropolitan area, JE Dunn Construction Company
has provided a lead gift of $50,000 toward the Kansas
City Initiative, a project launched by the University
of Central Missouri’s College of Education.
Stressing a need for such an initiative, William H.
Dunn Sr., chair emeritus of JE Dunn, says, “We have
a long relationship with the University of Central
Missouri, and we welcome the opportunity for a
partnership benefiting education programs for both
Missouri and Kansas.”
Mike Wright, dean, explained the Kansas City
Initiative will maximize the college’s strengths,
including its emphasis on rigorous and challenging
preparation and training of pre-service teachers. It
also will provide an opportunity to develop more
programs that give educators an opportunity
to sharpen their skills in the classroom and to
explore leadership and professional development
opportunities as administrators. He believes the
“initiative holds promise of becoming a unique and
valuable network for producing more educated
citizens for the state and nation for generations to
come.”
The gift will be provided to UCM over a threeyear period. The company’s sponsorship will
serve as a model for other corporations to support
teacher education and programs for counselors,
administrators and other education professionals
that benefit Kansas City’s urban and suburban school
districts.
“We’re very grateful to JE Dunn Construction
Company and its commitment to helping us provide
a foundation for quality education programs,” says
Wright. “We want to make our degree programs
more accessible to more people with a goal to
prepare more qualified teachers and to make UCM
a university of choice for Kansas Citians who want to
enter the education field.”
HOLTHAUS RECEIVES
BART BROWN SCHOLARSHIP
KARSON WRIGHT JOHNSON MEMORIAL
SCHOLARSHIP AWARDED
Scott Holthaus can tell you what his
proudest moment has been as a UCM
aviation student. It was the semester that
“I worked harder than I ever knew I could
and received my instrument rating in three
months while getting a 4.0 GPA.”
He’s not as sure about what area of
aviation he wants as a career, but he knows
that receiving the Bart Brown Memorial
Scott Holthaus
Aviation Scholarship is getting him closer
to his goal of becoming a certified flight instructor. The scholarship
was established in memory of Brown, who was the chief flight
instructor at UCM’s Max B. Swisher Skyhaven Airport before he
died in 2008 from a heart attack.
Holthaus, who is majoring in flight operation and management,
plans to have earned his commercial and certified flight instructor
rating by the end of his junior year. Finding the resources to finish
his flight training, though, has been tough. He’s working 12 hours
a week, gets some help from his parents and has four loans.
“College has been full of good and bad experiences,” he says. “I
never expected to change my mind so many times about my major
and what I wanted to do with my life. I’m still changing my mind
as a junior, but at least I know my place is in aviation.”
When Matthew and Brooke Johnson
made a gift to the UCM Foundation to
create a scholarship, the couple knew
they wanted to establish a lasting legacy
in memory of their son, Karson, who died
at nine months from a true cord knot.
They also knew they wanted to give back
to a program at their alma mater that had
benefited both of them, wrestling.
Cory Bloodgood
The couple started the Karson Wright
Johnson Memorial Scholarship to help a member of the Mules’
wrestling team, who had been a national qualifier and had a
minimum grade point average of 2.5.
As a Mule wrestler himself, Johnson had been a three-time AllAmerican, four-time national qualifier and four-time Academic
All-American. Brooke was a manager for the team. Both
graduated in 2001.
The scholarship was awarded for the first time this past fall
to Cory Bloodgood, a junior and returning national qualifier
who wrestles at 141 pounds. “Cory is one of the hardest workers
we’ve had here at UCM,” says Coach Robin Ersland. “He has that
national tournament experience and comes to practice every day
and works his tail off.”
FIRST FRANCE, NEXT GERMANY FOR PARKS-SOULIS SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENT
Shannon Piehl has wanted to speak other languages and study
abroad since her older brother studied Russian and her older sister
learned French, after which both visited the respective countries.
With her father’s family originally from Germany, she had further
reason for her college pursuits.
Piehl’s interest explains why she was awarded the Jayme ParksSoulis Scholarship named in memory of the 2004 graduate who
pioneered UCM’s first direct exchange in Angers, France. Piehl spent
her semester in Angers this past fall; this spring she plans to be in
Bremen, Germany.
“Both my brother and sister were good at languages, so I figured
I would be, too. I chose UCM because the amount of scholarships
I received made it cheaper for me to attend here than any other
university in Iowa or Missouri.”
With a major in French education and a minor in German
education, Piehl says her goal is to “teach in a low-income school
for at least four years and then continue teaching at any grade level,
since I will be certified for all of them.” She also intends to obtain a
master’s degree.
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First-Time Donors Tell the Story
UCM Foundation 2009 Annual Report
By Dalene Abner
E
veryone can remember firsts in their lives: first day of school,
first pet, first car, first date, first presidential vote, first child.
While some of life’s milestones are major, such as taking a first
step, others are less momentous, like starting a new job.
For thousands of Central Missouri alumni, fiscal year 2009 was notable for another first. It
was significant because during the period from July 1, 2008, through June 30, 2009, they made
their first gift to their alma mater.
Central Missouri’s 8,575 donors represent all walks of life, from grandparents to current
students. Despite one of the worst economic downturns in U.S. history, individuals,
corporations and foundations provided more than $2.7 million to the university in support of
students, academics, outreach and athletics.
“Some 2,177 individuals became first-time donors to Central Missouri last fiscal year,” says
Joe Kremer, executive director of the UCM Foundation. “That kind of loyalty speaks to the
mindset of our alumni and friends who believe in this university’s mission and its commitment
to providing a quality education.”
Today interviewed four first-time donors: senior history major Matthew Seithel, firstgrade teacher Holly Trotter, third-generation business owner Eric Kolkmeyer and long-time
political consultant Tom Wyrsch. While their stories are individual, their reasons for making
a gift show common threads — they benefited from their education and now are paying it
forward.
“I have had so many amazing experiences here at UCM that I made my donation to the
university as a way for me to give back for all it has given me,” Seithel says.
Seithel says his best college experience was becoming a community adviser
in University Housing. “I met so many great supervisors who have turned
into role models, coworkers who turned into friends, and residents who have
turned into mentees and companions. I learned a lot about myself personally
and professionally, and I was introduced to a career that fit my personality in
the best ways possible.”
When he graduates in May, Seithel plans to teach English as a Second
Language abroad for a year, then return to pursue a graduate degree for a
career in student affairs. His long-term ambition is to become an academic dean.
One of his activities as a student was serving as an alumni ambassador. “Working with so
many alumni and seeing the connections they maintained over the years influenced me to
continue building those connections as well. After I was appointed to the Alumni Association
Some 2,177 individuals became
first-time donors to UCM last fiscal
year. That kind of loyalty speaks to
the mindset of our alumni and friends.
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“I have had so many amazing
experiences here at UCM that I made
my donation as a way for me to give back
for all it has given me.” — Matthew
Seithel, current UCM student
“Since I was given a leg up to start my
career, it is my responsibility to help
others succeed.” — Eric Kolkmeyer,
2006 business graduate
“I wanted the money to be slated for
scholarships because of the growing
need for quality teachers.” —
Holly Trotter, 2002 education graduate
“I’m like a lot of graduates who leave school
and get into life without thinking about
their college experiences until they get
older. Last year I had an opportunity
to give back.” — Tom Wyrsch, 1977
political science graduate
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Board of Directors, I saw it as an opportunity
to give back to UCM for everything it has
given me.”
Seithel has advice for other students and
recent graduates. “Although you may not
have a lot of money right now, if you make
a gift of any size to the university, it will
allow you to have another connection to
campus. You’ll be able to take pride that your
contribution made an impact on UCM.”
Eric Kolkmeyer made a gift to UCM simply
because he was asked. The 2006 graduate
knows the value of scholarships, since they
helped him finance his bachelor of science in
business management degree. The 700 people
who live in his hometown of Wellington, MO,
also raise about $15,000 annually to help their
high school seniors pay for college.
“I think that since I was given a leg up to
start my career, it is my responsibility to help
others succeed with life and career goals,”
he says. As a UCM student, Kolkmeyer
always knew what major he would pursue.
He’s the third generation working in the
family business, Wellington Oil and Gas, the
largest propane transportation company in
northwest Missouri and the Kansas City area.
“I’ve been taught to run the business from
my parents and grandparents, only one of
whom went to college. UCM helped me see
how other business models are set up and
successfully operate. I was taught computer,
communication and leadership skills as well
as the concepts and theories that make a good
manager and good business.”
Kolkmeyer, who served eight years in
the Army National Guard, is a captain with
the Wellington-Napoleon Fire Protection
District, the smallest fire department and
volunteer ambulance district in Missouri.
He’s responsible for public relations and the
junior firefighter program. While his fondest
UCM memory is “going to baseball games the
year we went to the College World Series,” he
most appreciates that the university “taught
me how to think about how to create and
manage a successful business.”
First-grade teacher Holly Trotter, a 2002
alumna, is another third generation who
never questioned her career ambition. “I
knew I wanted to teach for as long as I can
remember. I went to the same small school
where my mother and grandmother were
teachers. I played in their classrooms after
TOTAL GIFT ACTIVITY
TOTAL GIFTS
*by fiscal year
*by fiscal year
$3,936,494
2008
$3,185,408
2007
$3,936,494
$3,709,486
2006
$3,915,776
2005
$3,709,486
* audited numbers, July 1 - June 30
winter 2010
*July 1 – June 30
18,000
$2,742,687
2009
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school so I had more insight about teaching
than most kids.”
She adds, “I often think back now and
realize what great teachers I had when I was
in school. I can remember every one of them
and what their classrooms were like as far
back as kindergarten. When I think about
that, I realize what an impact a teacher can
have on a child’s life. I want to be remembered
as a great teacher who had a positive impact
on the children I taught. I want the children I
taught to have the same memories of me that
I had of my teachers.”
Trotter, from California, MO, made a gift
to support scholarships in the College of
Education. “I wanted the money to be slated
for scholarships because of the growing need
for quality teachers in our schools,” she says.
“College is very expensive and paying back
student loans on a teacher’s salary is not
easy!”
Trotter says she made her gift in honor
of her grandmother, Nell Hart, who taught
second grade for 22 years. “She was an
amazing teacher, and as a child, I recognized
how hard she worked and how much her
students adored her. Many of her former
16,000
14,000
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
15,174
15,832
16,178
16,270
15,720
Symington, Senator Thomas Eagleton,
the Democratic National Committee,
Congressman Jim Symington and Senator
Harry Wiggins. When he graduated in 1977,
he continued in politics, running the mobile
congressional office of Congressman Richard
Bolling.
Wyrsch continued to work on various
political campaigns, including a few of his
own, until 2006 when he became director
of compliance review for Jackson County,
MO. He’s responsible for affirmative action
compliance for vendors who do business with
the county, including projects such as the
newly renovated Truman Sports Complex.
When he read about an opening on the
Alumni Association Board of Directors, he
decided it was time to become more involved
with his alma mater.
“I’m like a lot of graduates who leave school
and get into life without thinking about their
college experiences until they get older. I
always followed the Mules and Jennies but
didn’t get involved in anything with the
school until recently,” he says.
He’s been active in Kansas City, especially
the St. Patrick’s Day Parade Committee, the
students still call or visit her today. I always
knew that someday I wanted to be like her!”
After teaching for several years, Trotter
realized even more how much she’s
benefited from her UCM degree. “I have a
great knowledge base and have always been
confident in my abilities as a teacher. In my
current school, I often have the opportunity
to mentor new teachers. I believe the program
at UCM gave me the foundation I needed to
become confident and successful,” she adds.
Scholarships also are the area that firsttime donor Tom Wyrsch supported with
his gift. As a student at Central Missouri, he
majored in political science and minored in
criminal justice. He designated his gift for
the Guillermo “Bill” Davila Scholarship for
Criminal Justice, honoring the professor
“who helped make the criminal justice
department one of the best in the country”
and who died in 2009.
Wyrsch’s life has centered around politics;
he put aside his college for a few years to
work as a volunteer coordinator for the
George McGovern for President Campaign in
Kansas City. In the six years he took to finish
his degree, he worked for Senator Stuart
American Royal Parade, Lenexa barbeque
competition, Martin City St. Patrick’s Parade
and the Executive Committee of the State
Democratic Party. He’s becoming more
involved with the Alumni Association board,
elected as its vice president for 2010.
With a 17-year-old daughter preparing for
college, he knows how expensive it is going to
be. That’s also a reason he made a gift toward
scholarships.
“Working in the public sector, I know the
salaries are not huge, but I have been lucky to
have a job and like what I do,” Wyrsch says.
“Last year I had an opportunity to give back
to UCM. I hope to be able to continue to give
every year.”
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SCHOLARSHIPS AWARDED
2009 Fiscal Year
*by fiscal year
$809,971
2009
9.3%
50.3%
40.4%
2008
$638,809
2007
$626,356
2006
$536,204
$423,609
2005
Corporations, foundations, other organizations, and estates 9.3%
Alumni 40.4%
*July 1 – June 30
Friends, faculty, parents, staff and students 50.3%
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Class Notes
1970-1979
Glen Enloe ’70 has published a
fourth book of cowboy poetry, No One
Knows Where the Longhorn Goes. He resides
in Independence, MO.
Ken Lamastus ’70, former
mayor of Maumelle, AR, retired two
years ago as executive vice president
of the Arkansas Medical Society.
He helped to start the Arkansas
Foundation for Medical Care, where
he spent 28 years, the last 20 as chief
executive officer. He was the go-to
man for the state’s physicians and
legislators when it came to shaping
health care legislation in Arkansas.
He also started the Arkansas Access
to Health Care Foundation, designed
to help those who have no health
insurance and the Arkansas Medical
Foundation which helps physicians
who have trouble with alcohol and
drugs. He and his wife, Quy, reside in
Maumelle.
Jerry Hogan ’71 has written
100 publications. His novel, New
Columbia, was serialized in three
parts in the journal, Aphelion, in
October, November and December.
His story, “Kerosene Heat,” has
been nominated by Shirley Allard,
publisher of Word Catalyst magazine,
for the 2010 Pushcart Prize. He resides
in Fayetteville, AR.
Dennis McGowan ’73 has
started a new ministry, Living
Room Ministries International,
with his daughter, Juli, in Kenya,
Africa. The ministry is treating
severely malnourished infants as
well as continuing an HIV/AIDS
education program. They are also
building a home to care for the
critically ill among the poor. He
is the U.S. director of operations.
Check out their website at www.
livingroominteranational.org. He and
his wife, Donna (Miller) ’72 reside in
Redding, CA.
Vicki (Kozlen) Swank ’73 has
been teaching and living for 10 years
in Brazil, China, Romania and now
India. She is a kindergarten teacher at
the American International School
Chennai. She has four adult children,
all of whom received degrees from
UCM. She also has one grandchild,
who is 2 ½ years old. She would love
to hear from old classmates.
Tim O’Rourke ’75, ’77 retired
his LPC counseling license in 2008.
He is now working on a movie and
filmmaking career. Check it out
at http://timorourke.webs.com.
He resides with his wife, Laurie, in
Placitas, NM.
David Baker ’76 published a new
volume of poetry, Never-Ending Birds.
He is the chair of creative writing at
Denison University and poetry editor
of The Kenyon Review. He resides in
Granville, OH.
Juli (Walter) Weissflog ’76
graduated in December with a
master’s in secondary education at
the University of Missouri-St Louis.
She resides in St. Charles, MO with
her husband, Rick, and two sons,
Brett and Paul.
1980-1989
Shan Ayers ’81 is a professor
of theatre at Berea College in
Berea, KY. He teaches design and
technology, theatre history and
playwriting courses. His wife, Trish,
is a playwright who has had work
presented in many states and Japan.
The couple plans to visit Japan for
the fourth time to study traditional
Japanese theatre.
Joe Greaves ’82 completed
the Redman Iron Man Triathlon
in Oklahoma City as part of the
Club National Championship. He
is a member of the Columbia Multi
Sport Club, which placed second in
the large club division. He resides in
Columbia, MO.
Mark Lashley ’83 is the Arkansas
regional manager for Selected
Funeral and Life Insurance Company
of Hot Springs, AR. He resides in
Conway, AR.
Melvin Amick ’87 has returned
from a one-year mobilization with
the New York Army National Guard
as a UH-60 helicopter pilot. While
in Baghdad, Iraq, he performed
duties as the 10th Mountain Division
aviation liaison officer and flew over
450 combat hours while in Iraq in
support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.
He is also a veteran of Operation
Enduring Freedom and is currently
employed by DynCorp International
and resides in South America.
1990-1999
Karee White ’90 is the human
resource supervisor and a member of
the executive staff with Hy-Vee, Inc.
She resides in West Des Moines, IA.
Carl “Wes” Yates III ’90 has
been an associate city counselor for
Former Mules Playing Pro Ball
Five former Mules are playing in the European professional basketball league. Michael Hicks, 2004-06, is with the New Yorker
Phantoms of Braunschweig, the top league in Germany. He’s the league’s 16th highest scorer and leads the team with 14.4 points per
game. Zack Wright, 2006- 07, is in the French top division for LeMans Sarthe Basket after spending his first season in Germany. He
is second on the team in scoring with 10.8 points per game. Alonzo Brooks, 2005-07, and Wadale Williams, 2005-07, renewed their
contracts with the TG 1837 White Wings of Hanau, Germany. De’Andre Byrd, 2007-09, is playing for SVD 49 of Dortmund, Germany.
Alonzo Brooks
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Wadale Williams
Zack Wright
De’Andre Byrd
Michael Hicks
the city of St. Louis, MO, for the last
13 years, practicing municipal law.
He also serves as an adjunct professor
at St. Louis University, Webster
University and Sanford-Brown
College, teaching various law-related
courses. He resides in St. Louis, MO,
with his wife, Bridget.
Todd Moore ’92 is the vice
president of enrollment at Bethel
College in North Newton, KS.
Victorie Kelley-Hollwell ’93
completed her doctor of education
from the University of MissouriColumbia in higher education
leadership. She and her husband,
Carlos ’94, reside in Lee’s Summit,
MO.
Kristy (Smith) Kennedy ’93
and her husband, Chris, announce
the birth of Nolan Christopher
Oct. 21, 2009. He joins brother,
Quinn. The family resides in
Florissant, MO.
Jason VanAusdall ’93 is the
public works director for Windsor
Heights, IA.
Franklin Dobkins ’96
celebrated 25 years of employment at
McDonnell Douglas/Boeing Aircraft
in St. Louis, MO. He and his wife,
Karen, reside in Bridgeton, MO.
Scott Miller ’96 and his wife,
Dawn (Hodges) ’98, ’00, announce
the birth of Sophia Quinn July 8,
2009. She joins sister, Lillian Paige, 4.
The family resides in Normal, IL.
David Kaibel ’98 and his wife,
Natalie, announce the birth of
Noreen Elizabeth July 3, 2008. She
joins an older sister. The family
resides in Blue Springs, MO.
Heather (Cook) ’99 married
Chris Coots May 16, 2009. She now
has a seven-year old stepdaughter
named Jenna. The family resides in
Duncanville, TX.
2000-2009
Michael Carr ’00, ’02 is teaching
at Cleveland State Community
College.
Rachel Fritz ’00 was named
student services manager at the
Wisconsin Conservatory of Music in
August 2009. She is also on the piano
faculty and resides in Glendale, WI.
James Pennell ’00 and his
wife, Andrea (Tippett) ’00
announce the birth of Kendra Marie
July 28, 2009. She joins sister, Mikayla
Grace, 6, and brother, Kyle James,
4. James is a parts coordinator for
True Manufacturing in Mexico, MO,
and Andrea is employed by Shelter
Insurance in Columbia, MO. The
family resides in Kingdom City, MO.
Tracy (Wrenn) Crowe ’01 and
her husband, Michael, announce the
birth of Myra Jeanne July 29, 2009.
She joins brother, Jonah. The family
resides in Columbia, MO.
Miranda Olvera ’01 married
Joseph Sooter ’02 Oct. 16, 2009. They
reside in Charlotte, NC.
Kylee Wachholz ’02 married
Tyler Francis Oct. 2, 2009. The couple
resides in Fort Worth, TX.
Marisa (Johnston) James
’02 and her husband, Steve ’02,
announce the birth of Grant William
Aug. 20, 2009. He joins sister, Lila. The
family resides in Lee’s Summit, MO.
Susan (Parks) Kedigh ’02 and
her husband, Arian, announce the
birth of Charles Edward July 13, 2009.
The family resides in Urich, MO.
Sarah (Hymes) Osborne ’02
and her husband, Matt ’04, announce
the birth of Aven Leigh July 7, 2009.
The family resides in Lee’s Summit,
MO.
Angela (Schemmer) ’03
married Miguel Carrasco ’99
July 25, 2009. She works as the
academic secretary for the socialorganizational psychology program
at the Teachers College at Columbia
University. The couple resides in
Queens, NY.
Hilary (Graff) Cole ’03, ’04
and her husband, Issac ’00, announce
the birth of Samuel Truman,
Sept. 28, 2009. The family resides in
Grain Valley, MO.
Homam Bogary ’05 and Rayan
Maimani ’07, ’09 have started a
gourmet sweet and date business,
Tamraty Al Momayazah in Jeddah,
Saudi Arabia. Hazar Bogary ’06,
Homam’s sister, created the design
for the branding and logo.
Nicole “N.K.” Gutierrez ’05
played the role of Joanne Jefferson in
RENT, a Tony Award and Pulitzer
Offutt Writes of Haunted Yeater
Jason Offutt ’87, ’01 has been a newspaper editor,
general assignment reporter, photographer, newspaper
consultant, bartender, farm hand and the mayor of a
small midwestern town. His articles have appeared in
Missouri Life, Night Terrors, Kansas City Family, Kansas
City Star, Next Phase, Parentguide News and Dragon
magazine. He even has a story under contract with
Chicken Soup for the Women’s Soul at Midlife.
He’s also an author with two books set to publish in 2010. His book,
Haunted Missouri: A Ghostly Guide to Missouri’s Most Spirited Spots has
special interest for UCM because of its chapter on Yeater Hall.
Laura J. Yeater was the head of the Latin and Greek department at
UCM from 1901-1914 and pushed for women’s housing on campus. By
1940, she had raised enough money to build the university’s first women’s
dormitory. The red brick building became Laura J. Yeater Hall. The third
floor has been shut down since 2001. Staff members say the floor is closed
because of low occupancy and electrical wiring; however, generations of
students have claimed it’s haunted.
Offutt writes, “They have whispered about a woman sometimes seen
looking out from that window, a window inaccessible by the students who
live there… That’s what I was told more than 20 years ago when I was
enrolled at the school – and students are still talking about it.”
He notes, “I think Yeater is haunted for two reasons: One, there
have been too many similar stories throughout the years of furniture
rearranging itself on the third floor and other strange noises to be
urban legend, and two, I experienced two things there I can’t explain by
terrestrial means.”
Offutt likes to write about the paranormal. It’s also the subject of his
book, Darkness Walks: The Shadow People Among Us. He’s also won awards
for his humor column. Follow his blog at http://jasonoffutt.blogspot.com/
Of Babysitters and Guerilla Girls
During Women’s History Month this
March, the UCM women’s studies
program will celebrate its 25th
anniversary with two special activities:
• Guerrilla Girls,
March 25, Hendricks Hall
• Miriam Forman-Brunell, author of
Babysitter: An American History,
March 26, Elliott Union
Please join our celebration. Learn more
at ucmo.edu/womensstudies/activities.
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The Latest in Space Flight
Phil Sumrall, a
1961 math and
physics alumnus,
updated Today
about the latest
space flight project,
the Ares I-X, and its
successful first test
flight.
Sumrall began his
career with NASA
helping to build the
Saturn V rocket,
used by the Apollo
program to take
the first humans
to the moon.
Honored as the
2007 UCM Distinguished Alumnus, he recently emailed us this photo
of himself and Steve Cook, the original Ares projects office manager,
standing next to LC-39B the evening prior to the scheduled launch.
Sumrall is manager of advanced planning in the Exploration Launch
Projects Office at the Marshall Space Flight Center and is leading the
development of the Ares I and Ares V launch vehicles.
The Ares I-X lifted off Oct. 28 from Kennedy Space Center for
a two-minute powered flight. The major goals of the unmanned
six-minute flight were to collect engineering data on how the tall,
slender rocket flew through the lower atmosphere; how the structure
responded to aerodynamic and acoustic forces; and how the new
parachute system, scaled for the planned Ares I, performed.
The 327-foot-tall Ares I-X test vehicle produced 2.6 million pounds
of thrust to accelerate the rocket to nearly 3 g’s and Mach 4.76, just
shy of hypersonic speed. It capped its easterly flight at a suborbital
altitude of 150,000 feet after the separation of its first stage, a foursegment solid rocket booster.
Parachutes were deployed for recovery of the booster and the
solid rocket motor, which were recovered at sea and were towed
back to Florida by the booster recovery ship, Freedom Star, for later
inspection. The simulated upper stage and Orion crew module, and
the launch abort system were not recovered.
The flight test is expected to provide NASA with an enormous
amount of data that will be used to improve the design and safety
of the next generation of American spaceflight vehicles, which could
again take humans beyond low Earth orbit.
For more information and photos of the Ares project, Sumrall
suggests people visit nasa.gov/mission_pages/constellation/ares/
flighttests/aresIx/index.html.
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Prize-winning musical, which ran
at the Paramount Theatre and West
Aurora High School Auditorium,
Aurora, IL, in November 2009. She
also owns a bridal stylist business.
Kelly Hemmingsen ’06 was
promoted to account coordinator
for Dobies Healthcare Group, a
marketing and communications
agency serving the health care
industry. She will manage the
execution of branding, public
relations and advertising efforts. She
resides in Kansas City, MO.
Mick Owens ’07 is director
of curriculum and professional
development at Kansas City
Electrical Joint Apprenticeship
and Training Center. He resides in
Raymore, MO.
Layton Childress ’08 is the
dean of technical education at Ozark
Technical Community College.
Jessica Dunster ’09 is the
assistant athletic trainer at Alfred
State College. She resides in Birdsall,
NY.
College High Reunion
June 18-19, 2010
For all students and graduates of the
Training School, College High or
University High
To learn more, email [email protected]
or call 660-543-8000. Find us on facebook
under College High Colts.
Treasures of China and Yangtze River Cruise
April 12 - 22, 2010
historic and rare sights in China, an ancient land that has
fascinated travelers from around the globe for centuries. See
remains of the oldest civilizations in the world, while also
admiring its many modern marvels, from the towering skylines
of its largest cities to the world’s largest dam.
We also have trips planned to London, Alaska and Ireland.
For details, watch our web site at www.ucmo.edu/alumni
or call 660-543-8000.
Awards &Honors
Thomas Kunz ’61, ’62 is one
of 29 nominees for the Indianapolis
Prize, the world’s leading prize for
animal conservation. The 2003 UCM
Distinguished Alumnus has been
nominated for more than 40 years
of significantly and instrumentally
contributing to the conservation and
teaching of bat ecology, physiology
and behavior. The winner, who
will be announced in mid-2010,
will receive $100,000 and the Lilly
Medal, an original work of art that
signifies the winner’s contributions
to conserving some of the world’s
most threatened animals. Kunz is
professor of biology and director
of the Center for Ecology and
Conservation Biology at Boston
University. He resides in Wellesley,
MA.
Vic Thate ’61 is executive vice
president of FAA Credit Union in
Oklahoma City. He was named
CU Hero by Credit Union Magazine,
a publication of the Credit Union
National Association. He received
this award for his ongoing efforts
in support of the national Credit
Unions for Kids program benefiting
Children’s Miracle Network. During
the last 10 years his efforts have
increased the amount of money
raised by the state’s credit unions
from $100 to more than $150,000.
Dave Neuhart ’80 is director
of tennis for Reynolds Plantation
near Atlanta, GA. He was awarded
the Tennis Professional of the Year
Award by the United States Tennis
Association Georgia. The tennis
facility was also awarded the 2009
Facility of the Year Award by the
USTA. He and his wife, Lori (Reed)
’79 reside in Madison, GA.
Mark Curtis ’91 received the
Optometrist of the Year Award at
the Missouri Optometric Association
Convention Oct. 2-5, 2009, at the
Lake of the Ozarks. He collaborated
on an educational DVD on the new
Missouri Vision Law that requires
all kindergarten students to have a
professional eye exam and mandates
all first and third graders in the state
to have a vision screening at school.
He is an optometrist at Insight
Eye Care in Warrensburg. He has
served on the Missouri Optometric
Association’s Board of Directors
and was the governmental affairs
chair when Missouri passed the
third Kindergarten Eye Exam Law
in the country. While at UCM he
was a cheerleader for the Mules
football and basketball teams. His
grandmother’s determination to
overcome blindness inspired him to
become an optometrist. She was a
graduate of UCM in the 1940s and
taught as a kindergarten teacher in
La Monte for 30 years with the help
of an aide. She is believed to have
been the first blind teacher in the
Missouri public school system. He
resides in Warrensburg with his wife
and three daughters.
Jamie Hulet ’91 is the corporate
and convention sales manager for
Gaylord Attractions in Nashville,
TN. She has been awarded the
Associate Award of Excellence by the
Tennessee Hospitality Association.
Scott Kuttenkuler ’01, ’03
was named 2009 College Speech
Teacher of the Year by the Arkansas
Communications and Theatre Arts
Association. He was also named the
2008 International Public Debate
Association National Coach of the
Year. He has taught six years on the
faculty at the University of Arkansas
at Monticello and was recently
named director of advancement.
He and his wife, Amanda, have two
children, Beau, 6 and Gabe, 4.
Joe Mundt ’07 ran in the 2009
New York Marathon and finished
69th out of approximately 43,500
runners. His finish was in the top
one-tenth of the top one percent
in the world’s most prestigious
marathon. In preparation for the
marathon, he was running 80 to
90 miles per week, mostly with the
Kansas City Smoke Running Club.
He ran at UCM and earned AllMIAA honors in cross country three
times, All-Region twice and earned
six all-conference honors in track. He
is a personal trainer in the Wellness
and Fitness Center at Kansas City
Kansas Community College.
An Amazing Rescue
When James Pennell,
a 2000 UCM business
graduate, took his family
for pizza this summer, he
didn’t expect anything out
of the ordinary to happen.
When his wife, Andrea
(Tippett) Pennell ’00, who
was eight months pregnant,
observed a toddler leave the
restaurant without an adult,
though, his instincts as a
father kicked into action.
Running between cars, the child had darted into the path of an oncoming
van. Pennell grabbed and tossed the child to safety and was hit himself.
“The van hit Pennell and he flew up over the van’s hood, hit the
windshield and went over the top of the van before he fell to the
pavement,” said one witness. “It was frightening. His leg was out of joint and
flying sideways. I thought he was killed for sure. So did everyone else who
saw the accident.”
Pennell had multiple injuries including a compression fracture, torn knee
tendons, broken fibula and deep gash. The child needed only a stitch or two.
“God must have been protecting me in some way. I don’t know how I did
it,” he said.
One eyewitness, Carl Bedford, was so moved by Pennell’s unselfish act
that he and Pennell’s father, Mike, went to the local bank to set up the James
Pennell Heroism Fund to help the family pay their bills until he can return to
work.
“James Pennell stepped up to the plate for a stranger’s youngster and his
family. Now it’s time for the rest of us to step up and honor Pennell and his
family with a contribution to help a true hero if I ever saw one,” Bedford
said.
As an update, Andrea emailed us their third child, Kendra, was born
July 28, 11 days after the accident. Their daughter, Mikayla, is now 6 and son,
Kyle, is 4. Her husband has had multiple surgeries and continues to improve.
“His recovery is going great, just a slow process that requires a good spirit
and a good attitude, which James has shown.”
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In Memoriam
1940-1949
Steward M. McDaniel ’41
Morran D. Harris ’46
Betty J. Hitchcock ’46
Lawrence P. Hewitt ’49
Mara L. Yeckl ’49
950-1959
Harry J. Witzl ’50
Barbara M. Jobst ’51
Earl A. Moore ’52
Della Evelyn Rabourn ’52, ’55
James W. Basham ’53
Clement T. Hertslet Jr. ’53
Luetta N. Bartlett ’54
Mary Joan Wille ’56
Jack W. Clifford ’57
Ray Gene Fagg ’57
Bessie E. Westerman ’57
Clyde L. Epps Jr. ’58
Ronald J. Nadler ’59
1960-1969
Jerry Blasingame ’61
Richard C. Harrison ’61, ’63, ’87
Gilbert B. Fisher ’62
Linda L. Fletcher ’62
Geraldine E. Derby ’64
Mary J. McSpadden ’64
Gary L. Epps ’65
David F. Kipp ’65
Alvin Duane Rogers ’65
William L. Tade ’65
Mary Margaret ’Peggy’ Baldwin
Mary Margaret “Peggy” Baldwin, a 1941
Central Missouri alumna, died Oct. 14,
2009. She and her husband, Howard, were
long-time donors of Central Missouri’s
athletics program. They established the
Howard C. and Mary Margaret “Peggy”
Baldwin Athletic Fund in 1991 to provide
additional financial support for Mules
and Jennies basketball teams, as well as for
Mules football and golf.
In addition to an undergraduate degree
in 1941, she received a master’s degree
from UCM and served as a member of the
Alumni Association Board of Directors.
During her 22-year education career, she
taught math, English and physics. She
retired in 1981. Her husband, Howard, who
was inducted into the UCM Athletic Hall
of Fame in 1994, preceded her in death.
Ross Dey
Ross Dey, former Mules baseball player
and longtime baseball coach at SmithCotton High School in Sedalia, MO, died
Oct. 20, 2009, from melanoma cancer.
Dey was a member of the Mules’
1985 MIAA championship baseball team
coached by Stu Rogers. In addition, the
UCM alumnus played two years at State
Fair Community College and was a
member of the gold medal USA Olympic
fast pitch softball team. He received many
international fast pitch softball accolades
including induction into the Amateur
Softball Association Hall of Fame. He also
was a member of the Missouri Sports Hall
of Fame.
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Terrence L. Thompson ’65
Mona J. Hughes ’66
Maisie G. Cavanah ’68
1970-1979
Dianne M. Hoffmeyer ’70
Donald W. Schmidt ’70
Richard J. Gooden ’73
Carolyn L. Moody ’75
Lynn Bettencourt ’76
Cecil P. Carter ’76
Mark J. Fischer ’76
Betty J. Grammer ’76
Beverly J. Parnell ’76
Le Chan ’77
Kathryn Christie Wills ’78
Betty Pine Lockard
Betty Pine Lockard, professor emerita of
criminal justice, died Oct. 22, 2009. A
UCM faculty member for 24 years, she
was the first woman in Missouri to be
voted in and serve on the bench as a
probate magistrate judge.
After earning a Bachelor of Science
degree in Education from Central
Missouri in 1955, one year later, she
finished her master’s. She taught third
grade for three years, then entered the
University of Missouri Kansas City Law
School. She earned her juris doctorate
degree in 1961 and was admitted to the
Missouri Bar Association. She entered
private practice with her father, Gayles
Pine of Warrensburg, and the two worked
together for eight years.
She served a four-year term as probate
judge and ex-officio magistrate judge in
Johnson County before joining Central
Missouri’s faculty in 1971. She retired from
UCM in 1994.
She accumulated many honors during
her career. She was a member of Who’s Who
of American Women, Who’s Who in the Midwest,
Who’s Who in the United States, Community
Leaders & Noteworthy Americans, Dictionary
of International Biographies, The Best Lawyers in
America, Universal Women’s and Women of the
World. She received Sigma Sigma Sigma
national sorority’s highest honor, the
Emily Gates Alumna Achievement Award,
in 1977.
Memorial contributions are suggested
to the Department of Criminal Justice.
1980-1989
Sheri C. Adams ’80
Barbara J. Stewart ’82
Carolyn L. Moree ’83
Tracy A. Jackson ’86
Patricia F. Meads ’86
Garnett G. Jones ’89
1990-1999
David Scott Seymour Jr. ’93
Karen Elaine Hess ’95, ’97
Mary L. Johnson ’96
Former Students
Patrick Lauderdale
James Isaac McConnell
Charles T. Rafter Jr.
Joan H. Taylor
Bonnie Pankalla
Bonnie C. Pankalla, the first woman
graduate of Central Missouri’s aviation
technology program, died Nov. 2, 2009.
The 1974 alumna also was the first
woman instructor in the Department of
Power and Transportation and the first
UCM student, as well as the first female
pilot in Missouri, to receive the airline
transport pilot certificate. She also was the
first in Missouri and the first UCM student
to fly in the Powder Puff Derby.
Shortly before graduating from UCM,
she became the chief pilot for Harmon
Industries of Grain Valley. She went to
work in 1977 for the Federal Aviation
Administration in West Chicago as an
operations aviation safety inspector. She
held many offices and positions in her
tenure with the FAA, retiring as deputy
regional manager of fiscal and material
services of the Great Lakes Region.
Robert ‘Dusty’ Rhodes
Robert G. “Dusty” Rhodes, 62, director
emeritus of student records/registrar, died
Dec. 4, 2009, in Warrensburg.
Rhodes was university registrar for
21 years, retiring in 2006. After earning
a bachelor’s degree in 1971 followed
by a master’s degree in 1972, the UCM
graduate taught one year at Appleton
City High School. He then went to Knob
Noster High School, where he started
the wrestling program and taught social
studies. Fourteen years later, he joined
the staff of UCM, first as assistant
registrar, then associate registrar and
finally registrar.
Friends
Donald J. Alsberge
Harold W. Christian Jr.
Dora P. Cowherd
Ross Dey
Sue Dilley
John A. Donley
Donald B. Ellis
Donald Guinnee
Mary K. Irwin
Paul M. Jansen
Wayne E. Latare
Joseph W. Miller
Raymond C. Ritchey Jr.
Gene Rutherford
Clarence Scantlin
Dan Sweeney
Rhodes began his collegiate studies
at the University of Missouri-Columbia,
served two years in the U.S. Army, after
which he briefly took classes at the
University of Puget Sound and Pacific
Lutheran University.
His wife, Barbara, who survives, is a
1971 Central Missouri alumna. She is an
educational adviser in the Department of
Academic Enrichment.
Barbara Wright
Barbara K. Wright, professor emerita
of transportation and safety, died Jan. 18,
2009, in Tallahasse, FL.
Wright joined Central Missouri’s
faculty in 1981 after successful careers in
the U.S. Marine Corps and at The Ohio
State University. The native of Pittsburgh,
PA, received a bachelor degree from
Oberlin College, a master of arts from the
University of Pittsburgh and a doctorate
from Florida State University.
She served with the Marine Corps
Women’s Reserve during World War II as
a company commander, earning the rank
of First Lieutenant. Following 25 years’
voluntary service with the Girl Scouts,
she became a teacher-coach at the Alfred
B. Maclay Day School and a graduate
assistant at Florida State.
She served as director of the Ohio
Traffic Safety Education Center at Ohio
State’s National Center for Research in
Vocational Education and then became
a research specialist before she came to
Warrensburg as an associate professor. She
retired in 1989.
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More about Frank Fendorf
The article on Frank Fendorf
(Summer 2009) was superb!
Frank and my late husband, Jack
Overbey, also a UCM alumnus
from the same years as Frank,
were good friends from their
years together in the late 1940s
until his death in 2005. Jack was
active in choral music throughout
the state as an educator, and for
many years was associated with
Frank at Wingert-Jones Music in
their choral department. Thank
you for the heart-warming story
on such an exemplary man.
Mrs. Jack Overbey
P.S.: Our son is also an alumnus
of UCM!
UCM’s Hands-On Value
Dr. Podolefsky’s comments in
the latest issue of Today regarding
on-the-job training at UCM and a
UCM education building a strong
foundation for a student’s work
choice after UCM ring so true.
There has not been a day gone
by during my working years that I
have not used a “tool” out of my
UCM “toolbox.” That’s what drew
me to UCM — a school that
provided me an opportunity to
work in my field of choice, while
obtaining an education.
Working in media relations
at Union Pacific Railroad has
given me the opportunity to use
the skills I learned at UCM in
broadcast and film production
on various projects, including two
Olympic torch relays and various
television productions. I was
fortunate to be able to apply my
broadcast production background
from UCM during the early 1980s
to help put together solid crisis
communication planning not only
for Union Pacific but for the rail
industry’s media relations teams.
It’s good to see that UCM is
continuing to provide students
with a “hands-on” education.
Mark Davis ’77
8,000 Miles
A minor point in an otherwise
very interesting article, “The
Point of Now,” concerning Indian
student Ankita Sinha. We all know
that the distance from Missouri
to India is not 80,000 miles unless
the Indian subcontinent has gone
into orbit around the earth as a
minor moon. 8,000 miles is more
like it; a typo I am sure.
I enjoyed reading the profiles,
articles and departmental updates
in the Today magazine. Your
publication presents itself and the
university in a very professional
manner. Keep up the good work.
Ralph M. Stonner, DDS, ’76
Desegregation of KC Schools
You have heard about this
already I’m sure, but in the
obituary about Edna Mae Whitsitt,
you incorrectly noted that she
was active in the Kansas City
schools when they desegregated
in the mid-1970s. The Kansas
City schools actually began a
very rapid desegregation in the
mid-1950s. My father taught in the
system, and I heard a great deal
about it, mostly negative.
Gerald McDaniel ’50
About Charles Olaiya
The article is a mini catalogue
of Dr. Olaiya’s life. It captured his
essence as a human being who
has feelings for those who need
genuine help to achieve their aim
in life despite his own travails to
get to where he is today. I am not
surprised at his success. We were
childhood friends. He has ever
been a prime mover, determined,
a goal getter and a loyal friend.
I wish him more success in his
endeavors and thanks to UCM for
the great honor bestowed on him.
Engr. Anthony Okuyelu
About Robert Buhrkuhl
“Let it be said that the
Slater Class of ’65 is proud of
one of its own. What a great
acknowledgment for a truly
deserving man. Congrats to not
only Bob but to Bonnie, too. “
“As a friend and classmate
of Bob, I am so glad to see him
recognized by UCM. He is truly a
wonderful person!”
“Outstanding article about
an outstanding person. Having
grown up in Slater with Bob,
we have developed a friendship
that has been valued for years.
Bob is a wonderful person,
husband and father. I am proud
to know Bob and proud of
UCM for recognizing him. He is
most deserving. Also, it has been
several years since I have visited
the university, and the campus is
beautiful. I am proud to also be a
graduate of UCM.”
About Bryan Burns
“I was a young part-time
secretary while a student in Carl
Foster’s PR office in the early ’70s.
I remember Dean Vogelaar and
Bryan Burns with admiration —
not that they would remember
me! But I am so proud of what
they have done!”
“This article was extremely
interesting, concise and delivered
a powerful message of what
can be accomplished from
small beginnings and constant
networking. It also shows what
collaborative thinking can do
in the world of technology but
also the importance of someone
driving the vision at all times.”
“It’s GREAT when you hear
the successes of former CMSU
grads and old friends like Dean
and Carl Foster. It brings back
fond memories of my days as
an employee and student at
the university,” writes Shawn
Thompson.
About the UCM Archives
“I hope the collection includes
some of those handbooks from
the 1960s and early ’70s, which
dictated the dress code and other
rules for behavior on campus. I
foolishly had a burning ceremony
with mine when I graduated.
Now people don’t believe me
when I tell them women had to
wear skirts (to make sure their
legs were showing, I guess) to
classes, for meals at the dorm, in
the library, unless the temp was
10 degrees or lower, and that
women had to be safely locked
in their dorm rooms at 10 p.m.
weeknights! We were thankful
that few professors enforced
the skirt rule. Then there was
the rule about “appropriate
uppergarments” (I am not
making this up), which led to my
boyfriend’s insistence on a daily
‘bra check.’ Ah, the good ole days.”
From an unreformed rebel,
Class of ’72
About Social Networking
“This is a hot topic today. I am
68 years of age and Facebook
daily to communicate to a variety
of people. These technologies will
open the minds of people to even
greater collaborative thinking.
These communication vehicles
provide tremendous opportunity
to engage a lot of people in a
very short period of time.”
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