Western Magazine
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email: holtz@missouriwestern.edu
Editor: Diane Holtz
Design Editor: Kendy Jones ’94
Director of Alumni Services: Colleen Kowich
Alumni Board
Randy Klein ’78, President
Robert Sigrist ’95, First Vice President
Shelby Coxon ’99, Second Vice President
Diane Hook ’90, Immediate Past President
Sheryl Bremer ’81, Carole Dunn ’91, John Fabsits ’04, Gini Fite ’01, Bill Gondring ’56, Luke Gorham ’06, Brian Jardes ’05, James Jeffers ’73, Linda Kerner ’73, Bruce Kneib ’84, Marc Lewis ’82, Brandy Meeks ’07, Kendell Misemer ’82, Arthur Montgomery ’89, Zachary Ramsay ’02, Melissa Rewinkel ’93, Ralph Schank ’82, Tom Schneider ’64, Katy Schwartz ’08, David Slater ’82, Angie Springs ’02, Jennifer Stanek ’99, Mary Vaughan ’79, Nichi Yeager ’99.
Foundation Board
Jim Carolus, Chair
Chuck Zimmerman, Vice Chair
Pete Gray, Secretary
John Wilson, Treasurer
Ted Allison, David Bahner, Drew Brown, Michelle Cebulko ’93, Dirck Clark ’85, Stephen Cotter ’78, Pat Dillon, Esther George ’80, Stephen Hamilton, Cindy Hausman, Judith Hausman, Jason Horn ’95, John Jarrett, Jennifer Kneib ’89, Chris Looney, Corky Marquart ’84, Al Purcell, JL Robertson, LaVell Rucker ’03, Lee Sawyer, Dave Shinneman, Melody Smith ’87, Jon Styslinger, Robert Vartabedian, Tom Watkins, Julie Woods ’96, Seth Wright, Dan Nicoson, executive director.
Board of Governors
Kylee Strough ’03, Chair
Tommye Quilty ’96, Vice Chair
Leo Blakely ’62, Dirck Clark ’85, Dan Danford ’78, Lesley Graves, Deborah Smith ’79, Peter Gregory, student governor.