Fall 2015 - The Talon

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Honor Roll Faculty and Trustee Emeriti

Gaddis Lecture features Kristen Paulsmeyer “Chasing Big Dreams and Impacting Your World Along The Way” was the subject of CMU’s 32nd annual Merrill E. Gaddis Lecture, presented by CMU alumna and attorney Kristen Paulsmeyer ’01. The annual Gaddis Lecture is sponsored by CMU’s Kappa Chapter of Pi Gamma Mu, international honor society for the social sciences. Kristen (Gore) Paulsmeyer is an attorney in the Commissioner’s Office of the Missouri Office of Administration, serving as legal counsel to Commissioner Doug Nelson. She provides counsel on a wide range of legal matters including personnel, Sunshine Law requests, and contract drafting and review. The 2001 Central Methodist graduate is a native of Bartlesville, Okla. At Central, Paulsmeyer double majored in political science and in communications, with a minor in history. She then attended the University of Missouri School of Law. Paulsmeyer was with the Missouri Attorney General’s Office from 2004-2010 in its labor division. She spent 2010-2013 with the Missouri Department of Insurance in enforcement counsel in its Insurance division, then moved to her current position in 2013. Paulsmeyer is active within the legal profession, does volunteer work in her community and is often called upon as a public speaker and trainer. The CMU Kappa Chapter of Pi Gamma Mu was established at Central in 1935 by Dr. Merrill Gaddis (18911958). Gaddis was professor of history and later chair of the Central history and political science department, and served the institution for nearly 30 years.

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R. Frederick Alexander • Virginia Wood Bergsten Glenn A. Cox Jr. • Marianne E. Inman • Sondra Sercu Spalding • Joseph E. Geist Gale Hairston J. Keith Keeling • Roger R. and Linda O. Lembke

James M. Luetjen William D. and Elizabeth J. McIntosh Neva M. Reece Ronald L. Shroyer Harold W. Sunoo † Eldon Delmar Wahlers Richard C. Winegard Thomas L. Yancey

Faculty and Staff Keith A. Abernathy Lawrence C. Anderson Jill Marie Barringhaus Milt and Barbara L. Berwin Tara Nall Brackman Nettie N. Cherrington John Andrew Coleman William G. and Debbie L. Conrow Deanna Rae Cooper Susan W. Devaney Roger D. Drake M. Suzanne Armitage Drummond • John A. and Joy Dodson Flanders • Chad L. Gaines Denise M. HaskampGebhardt James S. Gordon Jr. Pamela I. Gordy Henry B. Graham Rita J. Gulstad • Sally E. Hackman Joseph M. Harper David R. Hutchison Joshua E. Jacobs Adam N. Jenkins Lorea Ann Johnson Travis William Johnson Ashley Nichole Lough Lisa Ann McGuire

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Shelley M. Monnig Debra Marie Nation Mark W. Nelson Kenneth R. Oliver John D. Perkins Andrea Jill Pratte • Jerry Priddy Kent W. Propst Robert A. Rackley William Michael Rambo III Francis E. Reardon Braxton P. Rethwisch • Amy Jo Royston Maryann Rustemeyer • Jeffrey A. and Julee Kay Sherman Matthew Alan Sherman • Jo Ellen Ming Shroyer Brian J. and Jennifer R. Spielbauer Mark C. Stone Catherine J. Thogmorton Charles D. Thompson Jessica Maine Travlos Douglas R. Valentine Dori Thomas Waggoner Claude R. Westfall Robert Paul Wiegers Kathryn A. Winegard Derry Allen Wiswall

• 5-year CASF donor

† deceased


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