He was 66. As a student, Baur, a history major, belonged to Sigma Nu fraternity, edited the Southern Collegian and worked on the Ringtum Phi. Among many activities, he served on the IFC, as president of the University Publications Board and as a dorm counselor. Following graduation, he entered banking at the First National Bank of Atlanta, where he was elected an officer, and earned an M.B.A. from Georgia State University. In 1970 he returned to his hometown of St. Louis and joined Mercantile Trust Co., becoming vice president of the commercial loan division. At age 30, he moved to Commerce Bank of St. Louis, becoming the youngest bank president in the city, as well as board chairman. He later joined County Bank of St. Louis as chair and CEO, and County Tower Corp., its holding company, as president and COO. When he was 40, Baur headed a group that bought Southwest Bank. In 1995, Baur became a part-owner of the St. Louis Cardinals, the major league baseball team, and served as treasurer of the club. He also sat on the boards of Baker Shoe Co., Marshall & Ilsley Corp., Wausau Paper Co. and Orgill Inc. His civic honors included the 1996 Special Entrepreneurial Achievement Award and Sportsman of the Year. He was interviewed for the book Staying Power: Thirty Secrets Invincible Executives Use for Getting to the Top . . . and Staying There. As an alumnus, he belonged to the Washington Society, the campaign leadership gifts committee, the reunion class committee and the alumni board, and he served as a chapter volunteer. He became an honorary member of Omicron Delta Kappa in 2000. He served on the Board of Trustees from 2005 to 2009. He was the father of Andrew S. Baur ’90.
McKinley, on July 6, 2010. He joins siblings Christin, 10, Jennifer, 8, and Andrew, 4. They live in Devon, Pa., where Debbie continues to love being a stay-at-home mom, and Jeff works for JPMorgan Chase.
Mary McFall Groves ’99 and her husband, Carter, a daughter, Katha-
Dr. Kathleen E. McNamara ’96
Dec. 15, 2010. They live in Raleigh, N.C.
adopted a 3-year-old boy, Patrick Lee, on Feb. 21. They live in Hampton, Fla.
Anne Alvord Hoback ’98 and her husband, Steve, a son, Seamus Rory, on July 27, 2010. They live in Harpers Ferry, W.Va.
William E. Olson ’98 and his wife, Alison Perine, a son, Michael Edward, on Jan. 7. They reside in Alexandria, Va.
Shelley Adams Gentle ’99 and her husband, John, a boy, Colin Abbott,
on Feb. 18. Colin joins brother John Clarke. The family live in Birmingham, Ala.
rine Scott, on Nov. 9, 2010. They live in New York City.
Dr. Christopher B. Looney ’99 and his wife, Larisa, a son, Alex, on
Jeoffrey B. Bodenhorst Jr. ’01 and his wife, Dee Dee, a son, Max Benno, on Jan. 21. They live in Abingdon, Va. Mary Beth Brookby Eliason ’01 and husband, Eric, a daughter, Greer
Etman, on Oct. 15, 2010. Bo Brookby ’72 is the proud grandfather. Dr. Mark Crider ’95 was the supervising ob-gyn. They live in Orlando, Fla., where Mary Beth is a food writer and recipe editor.
Jeffrey B. Paul ’01 and his wife, Crystal, a daughter, Finley Wild
Andersen, on March 17, 2010. They
Andrew A. Barnett ’02 and his wife, Tori, a son, James Turner, on Aug. 30, 2010. They live in Darien, Conn.
Milestones
Andrew N. “Drew” Baur ’66, a trustee emeritus, died on Feb. 20, in Jupiter, Fla.
live in Los Angeles, where Jeff manages digital and social media strategy for various NBC Universal businesses, and Crystal is a senior manager with Deloitte & Touche.
Amanda Fischer Cormier ’02 and her husband, Timothy Cormier ’01, a son, Jackson William, on May 19, 2010.
Megan Babst Lange ’02 and her husband, Jason, a daughter, Elisabeth
“Ellie” Devany, on Aug. 15, 2010. They live in Menlo Park, Calif.
Shane M. Saunders ’03 and his wife, Taylor, a daughter, Bay Mc-
Connell, on Oct. 8, 2010. They live in Tulsa, Okla., where Shane is president of Trident Energy Inc.
Leye Moery Blount ’06 and her husband, Patrick, a daughter, Dosie Belle, on Aug. 12, 2010. They live in Winterville, Ga.
Obituaries James O. Phelps Jr. ’34, of
Kirkwood, Mo., died on Dec. 24, 2010. He served in the Missouri Air National Guard and graduated from the University of Chicago. He flew the first solo flight to Fairbanks, Alaska, in 1937. He later founded the Airpath Instrument Co. Phelps belonged to Phi Gamma Delta.
W. G. Wiglesworth Jr. ’35, of
Cynthiana, Ky., died Nov. 27, 2010. He attended graduate school for a year at Columbia University. During World War II, he served as a petty officer in the Coast Guard. He operated Wiglesworth Agriculture Services and the Wiglesworth Tobacco Warehouses. He also farmed in Bourbon and Harrison counties. He was a member of the Harrison County Board of Education, and the superintendent of the Cynthiana Baptist Church Sunday School, and served on the Harrison Memorial Hospital board of trustees. He received Kentucky’s Environmental Excellence Award for Heritage Land Conservation in 2000. Wiglesworth
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