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  • UMSL students learn through Jubilee Brew
    Ferguson (Mo.) Brewing Company, the closest brewery to the University of Missouri–St. Louis, wanted to do something special to celebrate UMSL’s 50th anniversary. That led to Jubilee Brew, an Irish-style red ale made to honor a half century of education and excellence at the university. It also led to learning opportunities at UMSL. […]
  • Formula for success: ’50 Years of Great Chemistry’
    Joseph Bono graduated from the University of Missouri–St. Louis in 1969 with a bachelor’s degree in chemistry. He shares many of the same memories that others have of UMSL’s early years. So, when he traveled from his home in Virginia last week to attend the reunion, “50 Years of Great Chemistry,” Bono recalled the old clubhouse, classes in the laundromat and […]
  • Veteran UMSL faculty member discusses a maturing metropolitan university
    With time comes perspective, and the 44 years that Terry Jones has worked for the University of Missouri–St. Louis have provided the political science professor with a view that’s unique and revealing. Still in his twenties, he joined UMSL in 1969 – six years after it opened. Jones grew up in St. Louis and earned […]


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  • In 1960, the Post World War II population boom and the G.I Bill created a flood of potential college students across the nation. In St. Louis, the only colleges and universities available were all private and available data pointed to an educational crisis within 10 years. Those wanting to enter college from St. Louis County alone would jump from 5,185 to 24,858. In anticipation of the flood of new students, the Normandy School District passed a bond issue to purchase the 128-acre Bellerive Country Club for $600,000. A committee of 28 citizens and school district leaders was formed to study the future educational needs of the district. Known as the “Committee of 28,” they kept their eyes on the property, the growing need for a public institution of higher education in St. Louis, and the State Legislature.

  • UMSL’s first administrator, James Bugg, taught history at the University of Missouri–Columbia and was asked in 1963 to take over the St. Louis campus as dean of the faculty. He was named chancellor in 1965 and given the lofty goal of overseeing construction of 25 buildings to handle 25,000 students by 1975.

  • In January of 1963, legislation was introduced by State Representative Wayne Goode that allowed the Normandy School District to sell the property to the University of Missouri at a cost of $60,000.

  • A dedication ceremony for St. Louis’ first public university, the University of Missouri at St. Louis, was held Sept. 15, 1963. More than 1,500 people attended. Ed Monaco, chairman of the Committee of 28; Gov. John Dalton; James Finch, president of the University of Missouri System Board of Curators; Elmer Ellis, president of the University of Missouri were principal speakers.

  • Fall of 1964 saw enrollment grow to 2,639. It was evident the old country club building would not accommodate the exploding enrollment. Construction began that year on Benton Hall, UMSL’s first new building.  

  • Chuck Smith was offered the job of athletic director and basketball coach in 1966. He immediately set out to build two team sports, basketball and tennis – with no athletic facilities. The teams were named the Rivermen. Basketball players practiced at Normandy Junior High School next door and played their games at Concordia Seminary in Clayton. The basketball season finished with a 12-7 record.

  • Keeping with the river imagery, the first issue of the student newspaper was named The Current and published Nov. 18, 1966. Barbara Duepner, a junior, was named editor. The weekly student newspaper spawned many journalism careers and continues today.

  • Celebrations for UMSL’s first graduating class in 1967 included a banquet at the Chase Park Plaza Hotel. The class totaled approximately 250 graduates. By 1969, there were 68 students who received master’s degrees in education, the first group to do so.

  • David Ganz, previously a business faculty member, was named the new dean of student affairs for the 1969-1970 academic year. Student protests of the war in Vietnam kept the new dean busy, but they were generally peaceful.

  • The 1970s at UMSL were marked by tremendous physical growth. When the new decade rolled around there were three new buildings and five more under construction in addition to two parking garages.

  • The 1971-72 semester saw enrollment top 10,000 and the addition of KWMU (90.7 FM) radio, a National Public Radio station.

  • Bob Bone, UMSL’s all-time basketball scoring leader, played from 1973-77 amassing a total 2,678 points. He was a three-time All American and holds numerous records in addition to his scoring title. Bone is one of nearly 70 student athletes in UMSL’s Sports Hall of Fame.

  • UMSL celebrated its 10th anniversary with special events throughout the year and a big cake. From left, Blanche Touhill, then professor of history; Curator William Thompson, Althea Mathews, SGA president; Marty Hendin, alumni association president; Chancellor Joseph Hartley and UM President Brice Ratchford.

  • The 1973 men’s soccer team, led by head coach Don Dallas, captured the NCAA Division II Championship ending with an 11-0-3 regular season record. The team went on to beat California State University at Fullerton in the championship game 3-0. Kevin Missey scored two goals and Mark LeGrand scored one.

  • Arnold Grobman (center) was named chancellor in 1975. The following May he conferred UMSL’s first Ph.D. on Richard Garnett, a staff psychologist in the juvenile court. Grobman served as chancellor for 10 years.

  • With the purchase in 1976 of the Marillac College campus just south of Natural Bridge, UMSL created a new South Campus. The School of Education was the first to move in and after years of planning and budget wrangling, the School of Optometry was approved by the state legislature.

  • No longer able to keep up with the needs of the 66-year-old clubhouse of the old Bellerive Country Club, the university demolished the building in 1977. The only building on campus when the university opened in 1963, it accommodated classrooms, a library, cafeteria and many offices.

  • Mark Knollman (left) and Yates Sanders were elected president and vice president of UMSL’s Central Council, the student government in 1979.

  • The School of Optometry opened its doors to students in 1980. Class officers seated left to right: Beth Bazin, Todd Lucas and Jill Mirowitz. Standing: Joe Bier and Larry Brothers.

  • Among the many dignitaries, scholars and noted personalities who have visited UMSL, was landscape photographer and environmentalist, Ansel Adams right. He is talking to James Enyeart, who at the time was director of the Center for Creative Photography at the University of Arizona in Tucson.

  • The Fun Palace, located near Bugg Lake, provided students a place to play pool, ping-pong or enjoy snacks during the 1970s and 1980s.

  • Under the direction of Bruce Vantine in the 1980s, the University Singers performed on campus and throughout the community. In 1986 the group performed at Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C.

  • UMSL's Black History Project from 1980 to 1983 documented the history of African Americans in St. Louis city and county using records, correspondence, photographs and publications dating back to 1911. In that first year, research assistants Isaac Darden (left) and Ina Neal Watson surveyed over 90 organizations and individuals and contacted 350 potential donors.

  • Chancellor Arnold Grobman helps a staff member out of the new shuttlebus in the Fall of 1981. The bus, named the Commuter Van Pool, transported students between North and South Campus and from Hanley Road.

  • Chancellor Grobman, who introduced the concept of an urban university and the Chancellor’s Report to the Community, noted at the university’s 20th anniversary that an education crisis still existed in St. Louis with 60 percent of its population undereducated. He invited support of the St. Louis community and promised that “their investment in a better educated St. Louis populace would pay incalculable dividends far into the future.”

  • Marguerite Ross Barnett served as UMSL’s chancellor from 1986 to 1990. She was the first woman and the first African American to serve in that post. She is credited with helping transform UMSL into a nationally recognized metropolitan research campus.

  • UMSL boasted four curators professors in 1987, so named for their sustained national and international reputations for research and/or creativity. They were (left to right) Robert Murray, chemistry; Neal Primm, history; Jacob Leventhal, physics and Eugene Meehan, political science.

  • Chancellor Barnett oversaw construction of the Research Building connecting the Benton and Stadler buildings. It was completed in 1989.

  • The 1990s opened with the departure of Chancellor Marguerite Ross Barnett (right) and ended with Blanche M. Touhill (left) who served as chancellor from 1991 to 2002. During Touhill’s tenure as chancellor, UMSL added 30 academic programs, 32 endowed professorships, 138 acres and several new buildings, including the Millennium Student Center and a performing arts center that bears her name.

  • Commencement ceremonies always include honorary degree recipients. In 1992, UMSL bestowed honorary degrees on two St. Louis leaders, Colin Graham, artistic director of Opera Theater of St. Louis and Dr. Helen Nash, a pioneering pediatrician and the first African American doctor hired at St. Louis Children’s Hospital.

  • The Computer Center building (now Express Scripts Hall) was completed in 1992.

  • About 3,000 people packed the Mark Twain Gymnasium in 1995 to see poet Maya Angelou, the featured speaker at the Black History Month program. Chancellor Blanche M. Touhill and Angelou are seen waiting for their introductions.

  • Through the generous contributions of philanthropist E. Desmond Lee (left) and his wife, Mary Ann (right), an endowed professorship program was created in 1996 linking the knowledge and resources of the university with public organizations throughout the St. Louis region. Today, the Des Lee Collaborative Vision is made up of more than 30 endowed professors who work with more than 100 partners and community organizations to enrich the quality of life throughout the region improving education and creating opportunities for underserved populations.

  • In November of 1996, UMSL and the St. Louis Mercantile Library, the first library west of the Mississippi, announced a partnership that would bring the Mercantile Library and its historic collections to campus. With UMSL’s electronic catalog system and access to national and international libraries, the Mercantile’s collections became accessible worldwide for use by students, professors, historians,researchers and the public. Pictured (from left) in this 1997 photo are: Curators Malaika Horne and Mary Gillespie; UM System President Mel George; Ruth Bryant, Mercantile Library Board president; Chancellor Touhill; and Curator James McHugh.

  • Tim Russert, then moderator of “Meet the Press,” and political analyst for “NBC Nightly News” and the “Today” shows, was the keynote speaker at the annual Founders Dinner in 1998. Other notable speakers that decade included UMSL Global Citizen Award winners Lech Walesa, the first democratically elected president of Poland and John Hume, one of the primary architects of peace in Ireland.

  • Ken Anderson, professor of art gave a tour of the new east wing of the Fine Arts Building at its dedication in 1999. Four new academic programs became a reality during the 1990s: bachelor of fine arts in art and art history, a master’s of fine arts in creative writing, and master’s and doctoral degrees in nursing were added.

  • Two members of the Committee of 28, UMSL’s founders, posed with Chancellor Touhill at the 2000 Founders Dinner. (From left) Edward Monaco with his wife Gretchen, and Roy Bergman with his son Bill.

  • A parade, three-story balloon drop and music marked the grand opening of the Millennium Student Center Nov. 28, 2000. The 165,000 square-foot-building cost $30 million paid in large part by student fees approved in 1995. The building pulled together into one space student services that had been spread all over campus.

  • In 2001, UMSL honored authors Mary Kimbrough and Margaret Dagen and their book, “Victory Without Violence,” the story of a small group of St. Louisans who fought racial segregation in public accommodations more than a decade before the civil rights marches of the 1960s. Pictured with Chancellor Touhill next to a bust of the late civil rights activist Marian Oldham, are members of the the Committee of Racial Equality: Mary Kimbrough and Margaret Dagen, seated and Charles Oldham and Norman Seay. Seay served as head of UMSL’s Office of Equal Opportunity from 1987 to 2000.

  • Thomas F. George became the seventh chancellor of the University of Missouri–St. Louis on Sept. 1, 2003. An active researcher in chemistry and physics, he is also an accomplished jazz pianist. Today, the campus he leads is made up of nearly 17,000 students, 2,500 faculty and staff members, 40 academic buildings and a budget of $196 million.

  • In 2005, the annual Greek Studies Conference featured an appearance by Academy Award winning actress Olympia Dukakis (center) pictured with Michael Cosmopoulos, the Hellenic Government–Karakas Family Foundation Endowed Professor in Greek Studies (left), and Chancellor Tom George.

  • George Paz, a UMSL alumnus and chairman, president and CEO of Express Scripts, announced in 2005 he would relocate ESI’s headquarters to the UMSL campus. By 2011 the company, one of the largest pharmacy benefit management companies, had completed four buildings. Pictured from left are Paz and Chancellor George with Express Scripts in the background.

  • UMSL dedicated a bigger than life-size statue of Wayne Goode in 2006 to honor the former state representative and senator who spent nearly 50 years serving the people of north St. Louis County. Fondly known as “the father of UMSL,” Goode was named to the University of Missouri Board of Curators in 2009 and its chairman in 2012.

  • Founders Dinner The university’s first capital campaign ended in 2012 surpassing its initial goal of $100 million and a subsequent $150 million goal. In seven years, Chancellor George helped raise more than $154 million from 55,000 gifts. Of those contributors, 31 gave more than $1 million. Eight of those donors were UMSL alumni. The success of the campaign was a perfect coming-of-age-story for the young university.

  • After more than 40 years on campus, the university’s award-winning NPR station, St. Louis Public Radio | 90.7 KWMU moved its offices and studios to the new UMSL at Grand Center building, 3651 Olive St. Located right in the middle of St. Louis’ arts and entertainment district, the $12 million building houses nine broadcast studios, a community education center and classrooms and editing rooms for UMSL’s New Media programs.



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Deborah Greiner Hutti, Ph.D., Class of 1978: I believe that my educational preparation at the University of Missouri, St. Louis (UMSL) provided me with the knowledge and skills to succeed in an ever-changing world. UMSL was all about innovation, and collaboration, and change, and pioneering. Whe, I attended, UMSL was a youthful institution that used a trial and error approach to figuring out the world of higher education. My hat is off to those who began with a thread of an idea and a shoestring budget to turn a country club into a first rate university. Bravo and well done. PS - Nothing more interesting that walking the front nine to and from classes . . . swimming in the country club pool during the summers . . . and registering for classes in the old club house.

Doug Sutton, AB 1970.: It may sound like a cliche, but there really was a pioneering spirit in the early days. I was the fourth editor- in-chief of the Current and graduated in the fourth class (A.B. History 1970). I initially had intended to spend just 2 years, then transfer to the J-School at Mizzou, but then stayed for the full four years. One reason was the tremendous faculty - many from top Ivy League schools - most of them young and dedicated and caught up in the excitement of having a chance to be on the ground floor of shaping a demanding, top-quality curriculum (good grades were harder to get at UMSL than at Mizzou). Another reason I stayed was the Current newspaper. We went from appearing every 3 weeks my freshman year (1966-67) to making the leap to a weekly the next year. All the staff positions were unpaid. We steadily improved the quality, won our share of collegiate journalism awards, even managed to rankle the administration from time to time. One sports page staffer/editor those days was Marty Hendin, later of legendary St. Louis Cardinals fame. After 2 years of "graduate school" in the US Army, I would go on to get my journalism education elsewhere (MS 1973, Columbia University, New York), but the foundation (and the newspaper clippings I used for my application there) was from my work on the Current. If nothing else, the Current of those days can claim credit for creating the name "Bugg Lake" - humorously, after the first chancellor, James L. Bugg.

Kathy Danna Gyngard: I graduated from Normandy High School in 1969 and started at UMSL that fall. UMSL offered everything an established university offered but in a quirky way; classrooms were held in a laundromat and my P.E. class was held on the roof of the parking garage - Mark Twain hadn't been built. The Club House was the place to eat (vending machine food) and meet friends, and during the summer we would swim in the outdoor swimming pool - compliments of the country club. I joined Delta Zeta Sorority to meet people. Oh, by the way, I did graduate - in 4 years too! I now work at UMSL & enjoy walking around Bugg Lake - special times, special memories.

Margaret "Peggy" Kruse: Thoughts of UMSL evoke warm and joyful thoughts. It has touched my life in many ways since its beginning. I graduated from Cor Jesu Academy in 1961 after taking the college prep track. However, I could not consider attending the private colleges in St. Louis because of money constraints. UMSL and Florissant Valley Community College were just beginning and were a less expensive possibility but both only promised two-year degrees and at that time Catholic students were strongly advised to attend Catholic colleges -- they actually needed permission from the archbishop to attend a non-Catholic college. So I attended Miss Hickey’s School for Secretaries, went to work as a secretary, and in 1962 began attending night courses at the St. Louis U. School of Commerce. In Summer 1963, I attended an UMSL evening algebra class and transferred the credit to my SLU record. The credit hours were issued from UM-Columbia because UMSL was still considered an extension of UMC. The class was held in the country club building – I remember the windows being open and wasps occasionally wandering in. My education took a break from 1964 to 1974 as I became engaged, married, and a mother. In 1974 I began attending FVCC part-time and received an AA in Business Administration in 1976. Because I had completed the degree, UMSL allowed me to transfer all my credits except for one course. I attended UMSL fulltime from September 1976 to May 1978 when I graduated with a BSBA (Accounting) degree. My sons, who had occasionally hung around UMSL with me as I waited for the results of computer submissions to the mainframe in Columbia, were 6 and 10 years old. (The youngest was in kindergarten. At my graduation ceremony he looked up to my father and asked, “How old were you when your mother graduated from college?”) I began working as an auditor for the Defense Contract Audit Agency (DCAA). In the 1980’s I returned to UMSL in the evening and received a Master of Accounting degree in May 1988. As part of seeking that degree, I attended what I think were the only one-week-long winter intercession courses (Business Ethics in 1987 and Entrepreneurship in 1988). Both were very good, but the Business Ethics class was also a unique life experience – dynamic and amazing -- led by Professor Wayne Winter. By this time, our oldest son, Ken, a SLUH graduate, was attending the UMSL School of Business fulltime and received his BSBA (Accounting) in 1989. Our youngest son, Kevin, also a SLUH graduate, graduated from UMC with double engineering degrees in 1994 and began working for McDonnell Douglas (now Boeing). In the late 90’s he became an UMSL evening graduate student and received his MBA degree. During much of my career as an auditor and manager, I was an active recruiter of UMSL graduates for DCAA. From my own experience, I knew the accounting graduates had received a solid education and earned their grades. From undergraduate and graduate classes as well as recruiting efforts and participation the Association for Government Accountants, I became acquainted with Dr. Jim Krueger, now a vice chancellor. In 1990, when his schedule in the administration kept him from teaching his one course – governmental accounting -- I was allowed to teach it for one semester. A lifelong learner, even in retirement, I now attend Breakfast and Business events sponsored by the College of Business Administration. Ken is now president of Payne Family Homes and has been a speaker at a couple of the B&B’s. My husband once commented that I received ‘sensual pleasure from reading a college catalogue.’ That may be an overstatement but I know just thinking about the knowledge available in all those classes strongly engaged my mind and psyche. I’m very grateful that UMSL was here to allow me to fulfill my educational dreams.

Marie: I had the opportunity to be research assistant to then Political Science Department Chair Lyman Tower Sargent, a world-renowned Utopian scholar.  He was a fabulous teacher; reading then reporting back to him on more than 200 Utopian novels forever changed my perspective on what’s possible.  Being a reporter and then news editor for the UMSL Current helped me prepare for work as a journalist, even without a journalism degree, and many of my Current cohorts have had outstanding careers in journalism and communications.  

Dineen Kehm Ebert: I started classes at UMSL in 1965. I was so grateful to find an affordable educational institution in St. Louis. I already had two years of college and just wanted to finish my degree. My first semester back I took 20 credit hours while working 20 hours/week at Monsanto! I survived and received my B.S Education 1967 and M.S Education 1983. I was a professor of Information Systems at St. Louis Community College-Meramec 1983-2003. UMSL . Thank you UMSL for being affordable and accessible. The Jubilee Celebration was Great!

Tyrone Apollo, Ph.D: I began my academic career at Meramec College. I was in the first graduating class of 1966 and earned an A.B. in business administration. In that same year, I transferred to UMSL and attained a B.S. in secondary education (1969). In the autumn of 1976, I attended graduate school at UMSL and received a M.Ed. in secondary school counseling (1978). During my masters degree program, I was mentored by professor Dr. Edwin Eilenstine who was a counselor at Kirkwood High School and a private therapist. He encouraged me to further my education at St. Louis University. I received a scholarship to attend St. Louis University, and earned a Ph.D. (1984). After graduation, I did post doctorate work with Dr. Raphael Becvar (my second mentor at SLU) to advance my therapy training and aqcuire a clinical membership in the American Association of Marital and Family Therapy. Coincidently, I pursued the same career path as Dr. Eilenstine beginning as a secondary school teacher, followed by, counselor, professor, and therapist. In 2008 I retired and currently reside in Phoenix, Arizona.

Raleigh Muns, UMSL Reference Librarian 1991-present: I came to UMSL for my first professional librarian position, fresh out of UCLA's Graduate School of Library and Information Science. I jokingly said that "I came here to work for 3 or 4 years, and then go and get a real job at a real place." Well, 21 years later I can say that I found the realest of jobs at the realest of places, and I can't see myself anywhere else. This place continues to surprise me with the directions it's gone and is going. The biggest achievements I've seen since coming here in 1991 include the affiliation with the Mercantile Library (we went from solid, staid, contemporary library to housing a major cultural institution over night), the construction of the Touhill Performing Arts Center (yet another huge advance as a cultural center for the St. Louis area), and the Millenium Student Center (come on, people - you DO remember having to scramble all over campus to get anything done?). Happy 50th to "the Rodney Dangerfield of area institutions" because we often "don't get no respect around here." But we still do good. Real good.

Becky Mulvihill McKenna, Ph.D.: I came to UMSL in my mid twenties to begin my Masters in Counseling on the Marilac Campus. I studirf under some wonderful professors: Dr. Glen White, Dr. Pat Jackoboski, and Dr Therese Christiani. They inspired us and encouraged us throughout the masters. Dr. Chrisitiani was my adviser and she told me I was "Doctoral material." I wasn't at all sure, but she persisted and urged me until I applied for a Doctoral program in Marriage and Family Therapy. I have now had my doctorate for 22 years and have been a professor for nearly as long and well as a therapist in private practice . Now I urge my students to believe in themselves, the way Dr. Christiani believed in me. That early encouragement during my masters program at UMSL helped defined my life course. I am forever grateful for professors who believed in me and urged me to reach my potential.

Tian Qian: I came from China to St. Louis 2 and a half years ago. I chose UMSL to be the place to receive my Master Degree in Higher Education. Believe it or not, I had the best time in my life here so far. I meet fabulous faculties and was able to connect with my classmates both intellectually and personally. I feel that I belong here and I have to admit that I don't really want to leave after 2 years:). I will always remember here as my Alma Mater and the most important part of my life.

Michael Pawloski Class of '93: Wednesday Noon Live: Who could forget that, I skipped a lot of classes to watch the bands. It sure didn't help my GPA but the memories...priceless!

Joe A. Sanfilippo: Started in Sep 1970, major in accounting. Joined the Sigma Tau Gamma Fraternity. Tuition was $35 per hour up to 9 hours, every hour after that was free. Live in the Fraternity house so I didn't have to pay parking. After two years was put on academic probation, but Dean Turner gave me a second chance and it worked. graduated in December 1974. Raised 4 kids and made a pretty good living. Not bad for a kid from the slums.

john putnam: I still remember taking my first mathematics course from Prof. William Connett and he was a great teacher, and I give him a lot of credit for my success at Boeing. I ended up taking a number of other classes that he taught because of the experience. The class was Complex Variables, and I actually use what I learned even today at Boeing. Thanks UMSL.

Pam (Adam) Sanfilippo: I started working in the Continuing Education-Extension Office in 1974. Shortly after that, when Dean Virgil Sapp retired, I met Joe Sanfilippo, who was working in Accounting. In 1977 we were married, and a few years later I returned to school at UMSL. I graduated in 1992 with a B.A. in History. I then went to Washington University for a Masters in History, and then returned to UMSL to work on a Ph.D. in Education. Joe and I have four children and 5 grandchildren. We live across the street in BelNor, and are lifetime members of the Alumni Association.

Judi Linville: I realized the other day that I spent 25 years of my working life at UMSL--half of its 50 years! First I worked in the Office of Public Information, then I joined the English Department as a Lecturer. Over the years I added the job of Adviser to The Current, which I did for 15 years in addition to teaching a full load. Then I spent the last 6 years as "interim" Coordinator of the Writing Certificate Program. In retirement I still keep up with my former students on FaceBook and I come to campus twice a week for water exercise. UMSL has been a huge part of my life and I am proud to say I was on the staff and the faculty here!

Nicky (Wessel)(Orr)Cojocari: In November 1969, a group of UMSL stuknowbn dents went to Washington to participate in the massive antiwar demonstration known as the mobilization against the war. A student named David Singer had a friend who lived in DC, and about fifty of us slept on his floor, As memorialized in the movie "Forrest Gump", we marched past the White House, each carrying and speaking the name of a service member who had been killed. The issue of the Vietnam War was like a dark cloud over the campus in the late Sixties-early Seventies. There were many returned Vietnam nuVeterans on campus at the time, with different points of view about the war. Many young men lived in fear of receiving a low lottery number, and their future pplans were hostage to the war.

Laura Zamborsky: Although I am only auditing a class (History of Ireland), I am a registered UMSL student with a BA and MA in History from John Carroll University, Cleveland, Ohio. I probably could be the oldest student on campus at age 72, but being with the young people here is like giving me a second childhood. Everyone is great to work with, and I am enjoying feeling young again!

Hyeonhak Jang: I am an exchange student from South Korea. I have been a great time in America. Congratulation UMSL

Han Wu: UMSL has always been nice to me. The awesome business program, and the brilliant business fraternity Delta Sigma Pi. Join today at http://www.etanudsp.net.

Vicky Brown: As the parent of a UMSL Graduate-Adia Brown, class of 2006, I proudly remember her graduation and writing that last tuition check! She has been gainfully employed and living independently since graduation. Thanks UMSL! Mother of a graduate.

Thomas J. Estopare: Currently I am in my final semester as an undergraduate at UMSL. This institution has served as a great foundation for my life. It has been rendered a superb success for me due to the academic and social experiences that helped shape me into the person I am today. I will forever be a Triton and look forward to continuing my relationship with UMSL for many years to come.

Keith Guller: Graduated 1n 1976 with a degree in Economics after taking more Geology credits and teaching weekends at Weldon Springs and topology in Florida. Good times had.

Kathy Freemann Herter: Started in 1986 in the School of Education. Dr Young suggested I apply for a job with UMSL. I interviewed with Dr. Touhill, worked for her for 3 years, then to the Missouri Research Park for 21 years. Graduated in 1989. Great school, wonderful teachers, good place to work. I now own my own business in Eureka MO. I truly appreciate my years with the University.

Don Hong '73: Chiluk-ki Cave Club, lots of caving, camping and canoeing!

Edward Wilhelms: First Architect on the campus. I was responsible for converting the old clubhouse to the admin center, classrooms, bookstores, etc. I was also the architect for the Touhill, Mark Twain, and Stadtler Hall (the second building on the campus). Knew a lot of the Chancellors. The building was a controversial transfer due to the fact that the University paid only a dollar. It was Ward Barnes' vision. I worked on the campus the first day at the old clubhouse, then Stadtler... the first event at the Touhill was my retirement party.

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