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Kelly Greer Kelly Allee Greer, alumna and former UCM women’s studies instructor, died Monday, Feb. 2, 2015. Born Jan. 12, 1961, she was raised by her grandmother, Dorotha Brock, and was the daughter of Peggy June Brock and Dee Greer of Sedalia. She earned a bachelor’s degree in mythology and humanities from UCM in 1994 followed by a master’s degree in library information technology in 2004. She also received a master’s degree from Norwich University, then pursued a Ph.D. at Claremont University south of Los Angeles. Memorials are suggested to the UCM Center for Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies, UCM Foundation, Smiser Alumni Center, Warrensburg, MO 64093 or by going to ucmo.edu/giveonline and designating the area.
Bob Gunter Robert Ennis “Bob” Gunter, Jr., 80, of Prairie Village, KS, an emeriti member of the UCM Foundation Board of Directors, died Friday, Jan. 9, 2015, at St. Luke’s Hospice House in Kansas City. He was born Oct. 4, 1934, to Robert E. Gunter, Sr. and Mildred Helen (Morgan) Gunter. He was preceded in death by his parents and his wife of 40 years, Eva Carolyn (Kiehl) Gunter. Gunter graduated from Westport High School in 1952 where he played basketball and football. He graduated from then CMSC in 1956 with a B.S. in Education. He played basketball as a student and later joined the mathematics faculty. He worked for Business Men’s Assurance for 30 years, retiring as a senior vice president.
Pauline Ratnasingam Pauline Ratnasingam, associate professor of computer information systems, died Thursday, Feb. 5, 2015. She came to Warrensburg in 2003 having taught and lectured at the University of Vermont in Burlington, the Victoria University of Wellington in New Zealand and the University of Melbourne in Australia. She earned degrees from Monash University in Melbourne followed by a Ph.D. in information
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SP RI N GT I ME O U T DOOR SA F ETY AN D M A I N T EN AN C E TI P S
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systems from Erasmus University in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. She frequently consulted through the UCM Institute for Entrepreneurial Studies and Development. She was a prolific scholar with several books and chapters to her credit, mostly around the topics of internet security, trust, e-commerce and the web. She also served on several university committees, including the Faculty Senate University Assessment Council Committee, the Academic Technology Advisory Committee, the College Curriculum Committee and the President’s Commission on the Status of Women for which she also chaired a subcommittee analyzing gender inequity and hiring practices. She was a member of the graduate faculty and helped
design the CIS department newsletter. She would have become a full professor in August. She published more than 50 research papers in various peer-reviewed journals as well as international and national conferences. Her scholarship, rigor and innovation were evident from research grants and awards she received, including from the National Science Foundation. She served as an editorial board member of several international industry journals, including the Information Resources Management Journal, the Global Information and Management Journal and Journal of Internet Research. She was a member of the Association of International Systems, Academy of Management, Information Resources Management Association and Warrensburg Chamber of Commerce.