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George Robert Sido, ’42 ΒΘΠ, of St. Louis, Missouri, on July 26, 2022. A Westminster graduate in economics, Sido earned a master’s degree in organic chemistry from Washington University in 1944. He then served in the U.S. Navy Reserve during WWII, where he specialized in anti-submarine warfare and retired as a lieutenant. Sido spent most of his career at Monsanto, subsequently leading safety labeling initiatives in the chemical industry and helping found the American Conference on Chemical Labeling. In retirement, Sido supported the Midwestern Braille Volunteers, helping create tactile maps. A lifelong golfer, he last competed in the St. Louis Senior Olympics in May 2023.

William H. Jordan, ’43 KA, of Aiken, South Carolina, on Jan. 29, 2022

Baxter B. Watson, ’44 ΔΤΔ, of St. Louis, Missouri, on Jan. 3, 2023. Watson helped Winston Churchill during his 1946 “Iron Curtain” speech at Westminster, ensuring the statesman did not trip on his robe, and captured a famous photo of the British Bulldog with President Truman. A Hatton, Missouri, native and cousin of President “Bullet” McClure, Watson assisted Charles F. “Dog” Lamkin with A Great Small College while a student. He later studied fine arts at Washington University and worked in interior design. He enjoyed photography, history, antiques, and researching his Scottish roots.

Champion “Travis” Traylor, Jr., ’45 KA, of Houston, Texas, on Sept. 9, 2022. He studied economics at Westminster and earned a BBA from the University of Houston. A WWII Navy veteran, he co-founded Union Mortgage Investment Company and later served as chair and CEO of both that firm and First General Realty. He also founded several financial institutions, including Parkway National Bank and Clear Lake Savings Association. Traylor led the Houston and Texas Mortgage Bankers Associations and received the Distinguished Service Award. He served on Westminster’s Board of Trustees for 19 years and was an emeritus member for 29 more.

Francis “Frank” Saucier, ’48 ΒΘΠ, of Amarillo, Texas, on March 3, 2025. Saucier earned a degree in mathematics from Westminster just after serving in the U.S. Navy. He then played minor and major league baseball, famously playing for the St. Louis Browns. His legacy led to Westminster’s Saucier Field being named in his honor. In his lifetime, Saucier experienced a successful career in oil and gas, finance, and investment management. Saucier is a former Westminster Board of Trustees member. His son, John, ’78 ΒΘΠ, and granddaughter, Alexandra L. (Saucier) Schaber, ’09 ΚΚΓ, are also Westminster graduates.

Ardeen H. Bauch, ’49 IND, of Clarkson, Kentucky, on Aug. 15, 2022

Fred D. Farris, ’49 KA, of Leawood, Kansas, on Aug. 2, 2023

John J. Phillips, ’49 IND, of Independence, Missouri, on Jan. 18, 2024

Richard M. Alexander, ’50 Highlander, of Fresno, California, on Jan. 6, 2022

Harrison H. Farley, ’50 FIJI, of Saint Paul, Minnesota, on Aug. 24, 2023

Arthur O. Von Rump, ’50 IND, of St. Louis, Missouri, on July 26, 2022

Thomas F. Burton, ’51 ΒΘΠ, of Falls City, Nebraska, on Nov. 17, 2024

David C. Eberhardt, ’51 ΒΘΠ, of Islamorada, Florida, on July 23, 2022

William R. Hewitt, ’51 ΒΘΠ, of Shelbina, Missouri, on Jan. 1, 2025

Charles R. Knorr, ’51 Highlander, of Boca Raton, Florida, on Nov. 3, 2022

Herbert Prongay, ’51 IND, of Huron, Ohio, on April 6, 2023

Jack L. Blackwell, ’52 IND, of Sedalia, Missouri, on Jan. 21, 2023

Robert M. Burton, ’52 ΒΘΠ, of Miami, Florida, on Oct. 27, 2023

Gene P. Barbour, ’53 Highlander, of Orange Beach, Alabama, on June 3, 2022

David R. Hetzler, ’53 ΣΑΕ, of Missoula, Montana, on March 15, 2024

Merle W. Jacobs, ’53 ΣΑΕ, of Quincy, Illinois, on April 30, 2024

Ben P. Rollert, ’53 ΒΘΠ, of Luling, Texas, on April 26, 2024

W.W. Scamman, ’53 ΒΘΠ, of Topeka, Kansas, on March 23, 2024

William E. Hoffmeister, ’54 ΦΔΘ, of New Smyrna Beach, Florida, on Dec. 13, 2022

James R. Osborn, ’54 ΣΑΕ, of Fort Worth, Texas, on Jan. 8, 2025

William H. Pfeifler, ’54 ΣΑΕ, of Bentonville, Arkansas, on June 2, 2022

Russell J. Sims, ’54 ΣΑΕ, of Chesterfield, Missouri, on Jan. 29, 2022

Thadeus J. Brudniak, ’55 KA, of Hot Springs, Arkansas, on March 2, 2023

Walter K. Busch, ’55 ΒΘΠ, of South Jordan, Utah, on March 5, 2023

Artie W. Schlanker, ’55 KA, of Franklin, Tennesse, on June 7, 2023

Daniel W. Beck, ’56 ΦΔΘ, of Chesterfield, Missouri, on Sept. 6, 2023

Pun F. Yuen, ’56 Highlander, of Sacramento, California, on Aug. 19, 2022

Jimmy D. Adams, ’57 FIJI, of Dallas, Texas, on Jan. 29, 2025

Donald K. Back, ’57 ΦΔΘ, of Ozark, Missouri, on Feb. 1, 2023

Vernon R. Duke, ’57 ΔΤΔ, of Bettendorf, Iowa, on April 2, 2022

Dale L. Hartig, ’57 ΔΤΔ, of Bowie, Maryland, on Aug. 31, 2024

Phillip R. Long, ’57 KA, of Stillwater, Oklahoma, on Nov. 29, 2023

Jack C. Luman, ’57 ΔΤΔ, of Shawnee, Oklahoma, on April 25, 2023

William F. Anthony, ’58 ΣΑΕ, of Olathe, Kansas, on April 9, 2024

Richard R. Carruthers, ’58 ΒΘΠ, of Saratoga Springs, New York, on Jan. 14, 2023

Charles H. Cozean Jr., ’58 ΒΘΠ, of Cape Girardeau, Missouri, on Jan. 9, 2023

Richard K. Lieser, ’58 ΦΔΘ, of Tulsa, Oklahoma, on July 15, 2022

John P. Silkiner, ’58 KA, of Overland Park, Kansas, on Nov. 14, 2022

Harold W. Stark, ’58 ΔΤΔ, of Sheridan, Indiana, on April 22, 2023

Dale L. Mullen, ’59 KA, of Palm Coast, Florida, on April 26, 2023

Donald C. Otto, ’59 ΔΤΔ, of St. Louis, Missouri, on Sept. 6, 2024

John H. Atkinson, ’60 ΦΔΘ, of Kingdom City, Missouri, on Dec. 12, 2023

Richard M. Bliss, ’60 ΒΘΠ, of Mission Hills, Kansas, on June 10, 2025

Benjamin W. Durham, ’60 FIJI, of St. Louis, Missouri, on June 12, 2024

Warren M. Gooding, ’60 KA, of St. Louis, Missouri, on Sept. 1, 2022

Robert A. Houston, ’60 ΦΔΘ, of Tulsa, Oklahoma, on Feb. 27, 2024

John A. Kobernus, ’60 KA, of Las Vegas, Nevada, on April 14, 2025

Alan D. Mayberry, ’60 ΣΑΕ, of Cypress, Texas, on Jan. 8, 2024

Linn J. Schofield, ’60 IND, of Falls Church, Virginia, on June 20, 2022

Edward L. Bersche, ’61 IND, of St. Louis, Missouri, on Aug. 25, 2023

Lawrence H. Chetwood, ’61 ΣΧ, of Boise, Idaho, on July 12, 2023

Donnell F. Dietrich, ’61 FIJI, of De Soto, Missouri, on April 9, 2024

Robert M. Keiffer, ’61 ΦΚΨ, of Kent, Ohio, on June 22, 2022

Randolph M. Lindblad, ’61 ΒΘΠ, of Olympia, Washington, on Sept. 17, 2023

William D. Owens, ’61 KA, of Chesterfield, Missouri, on Jan. 3, 2025

Harry L. Thacker, ’61 ΦΔΘ, of Columbia, South Carolina, on Feb. 11, 2024

Wayne H. Wilke, ’61 ΔΤΔ, of Lenexa, Kansas, on Aug. 28, 2023

William H. Wright, ’61 KA, of Savannah, Georiga, on Oct. 20, 2023

Gordon J. Anderson, ’62 ΣΧ, of Fort Worth, Texas, on July 25, 2022

David B. Geddis, ’62 KA, of Dunedin, Florida, on June 26, 2022

Louis S. Goltermann, ’62 ΒΘΠ, of St. Louis, Missouri, on July 23, 2022

Charles F. Kneedler, ’62 ΣΧ, of Louisville, Kentucky, on Oct. 23, 2024

Lanny L. Larason, ’62 ΔΤΔ, of Locust Grove, Virginia, on Nov. 22, 2023

John D. O’Brien, ’62 ΣΑΕ, of Louisville, Kentucky, on March 30, 2024

Justin A. Williamson, ’62 ΦΔΘ, of St. Louis, Missouri, on Sept. 4, 2024

Ralph L. Blumer, ’63 ΦΚΨ, of O’Fallon, Missouri, on Dec. 6, 2023

John W. Briscoe, ’63 FIJI, of New London, Missouri, on Jan. 1, 2024

Richard O. Garber, ’63 ΣΧ, of De Pere, Wisconsin, on April 2, 2025

Robert J. Graham, ’63 KA, of St. Louis, Missouri, on June 30, 2022

James A. Hesse, ’63 ΣΧ, of Creve Coeur, Missouri, on June 1, 2025

Robert E. Lamkin, ’63 ΦΔΘ, of Kirkwood, Missouri, on Feb. 25, 2025

Paul C. Simmons, ’63 ΣΧ, of Kirkwood, Missouri, on Dec. 31, 2023

Lloyd B. Taylor, ’63 ΣΧ, of Des Moines, Iowa, on Nov. 29, 2022. Taylor earned an economics degree from Westminster and an MBA from Washington University. After serving as a first lieutenant in the U.S. Army, he experienced a successful global career with Hewlett Packard. He later served as Cargill’s corporate vice president of information technology until his retirement in 2002. Taylor served 10 years on Westminster’s Board of Trustees and 27 as an emeritus member. He supported America’s National Churchill Museum and served on several nonprofit and corporate boards.

Larry L. Waller, ’63 ΣΑΕ, of Lawton, Oklahoma, on July 22, 2022

Michael A. Well, ’63 FIJI, of Lawrence, Kansas, on April 23, 2025

Thomas H. Gilbert, ’64 ΦΚΨ, of Tulsa, Oklahoma, on Feb. 20, 2024

Robert H. Radnich, ’64 ΣΧ, of Wilmington, Delware, on April 5, 2023

Jack B. Shook, ’64 ΣΑΕ, of Dallas, Texas, on Nov. 15, 2023

Daniel F. Travis, ’64 IND, of Prosper, Texas, on Aug. 17, 2023

Hugh P. Williamson, ’64 ΒΘΠ, on Nov. 29, 2022

Benjamin A. Goodin, ’65 IND, of Marseilles, Illinois, on Oct. 5, 2024

Curtis B. Kent, ’65 ΔΤΔ, of Stillwater, Oklahoma, on Feb. 29, 2024

Lawrence E. Mendonsa, ’65 ΣΧ, of Cumming, Georgia, on Nov. 23, 2024

John M. Rippley, ’65 ΒΘΠ, of Evergreen, Colorado, on Feb. 15, 2025

Thomas E. Baldwin, ’66 ΦΔΘ, of Hot Springs Village, Arkansas, on Oct. 12, 2022

Michael B. Clarke, ’66 ΣΑΕ, of Kensington, Maryland, on Dec. 22, 2023

Robert G. Middleton, ’66 ΦΚΨ, of Norton, Massachusetts, on Dec. 4, 2022

Charles W. Zimmerman, ’66 ΒΘΠ, Basking Ridge, New Jersey, on Dec. 5, 2024

Thomas N. Campbell, ’67 FIJI, of Bixby, Oklahoma, on March 28, 2025

Robert B. Cree, ’67 KA, of Tempe, Arizona, on Jan. 16, 2025

Joseph L. Heinrich, ’67 ΣΧ, of Carrollton, Texas, on Oct. 1, 2024

Raymond A. Miller, ’67 FIJI, of Raleigh, North Carolina, on Sept. 15, 2023

Joseph E. Sturgess, ’67 ΣΧ, of Kansas City, Missouri, on Feb. 17, 2024

Eric F. Tremayne, ’67 ΒΘΠ, of Clayton, Missouri, on March 1, 2022

Ralph W. Wells, ’67 ΣΧ, of Overland Park, Kansas, on Dec. 1, 2023

James L. Derra, ’68 IND, of Bennington, Nebraska, on Oct. 19, 2022

Allen J. Hale, ’68 IND, of Bettendorf, Iowa, on Dec. 2, 2024

Michael C. Reid, ’68 FIJI, of Jefferson City, Missouri, on July 17, 2024

David H. Stubbs, MD, ’68 ΣΧ, of West Des Moines, Iowa, on Feb. 13, 2024. Stubbs generously funded an endowment that supports the Undergraduate Scholars Forum. The endowment includes a number of Westminster graduates: Thad Stubbs, ’99 KA; Courtney (Stubbs) Swan, ’01 ΚΑΘ; Zach Stubbs, ’07 KA; Rebecca Stubbs, ’08 IND; and Beth (Howard) MacLellan, ’00 ΚΚΓ. Stubbs majored in biology at Westminster and later became a vascular surgeon who was truly devoted to 51ÊÓƵ.

David B. Wilderman, ’68 ΣΧ, of Annapolis, Maryland, on July 27, 2023

Buell V. Applebury, ’69 ΒΘΠ, of Chillicothe, Missouri, on Feb. 17, 2024

Larry G. Butterfield, ’69 FIJI, of St. Louis, Missouri, on Oct. 6, 2023

Patrick W. Coulter, ’69 ΣΧ, of Tulsa, Oklahoma, on Feb. 21, 2022

Hailey, ’69 KA, of Kansas City, Missouri, on May 4, 2022

John R. Rimmer, ’69 ΒΘΠ, of Wichita, Kansas, on Feb. 23, 2023

Anthony L. Willard, ’69 FIJI, of Charleston, South Carolina, on March 29, 2025

William R. Elgin, ’70 IND, of Las Cruces, New Mexico, on July 2, 2024

William E. English, ’70 ΦΚΨ, of Chicago, Illinois, on Dec. 17, 2022

Donn Piatt, ’70 FIJI, of Monticello, Illinois, on Oct. 30, 2024

John F. Sullivan, ’70 ΣΑΕ, of Ardmore, Oklahoma, on Nov. 20, 2023

Lowry K. Arnold, ’71 KA, of Aurora, Ohio, on Aug. 10, 2024

John C. McAlister, ’71 KA, of Phoenix, Arizona, on Aug. 6, 2024

Davis L. Taggart, ’71 ΣΑΕ, of Tulsa, Oklahoma, on Aug. 19, 2024

James D. Moffat, ’71 ΒΘΠ, of Chesterfield, Missouri, on Sept. 23, 2024

Edward T. Durant, ’72 KA, of Kansas City, Missouri, on Oct. 14, 2023

Edward W. Farmer, ’72 ΦΔΘ, of Kansas City, Missouri, on March 20, 2022

Moreland B. White, ’72 ΣΧ, of Osceola, Arkansas, on Dec. 25, 2024

Philip H. Brown, ’73 ΔΤΔ, of Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, on Dec. 27, 2023

J. David Veitch, ’73 ΦΔΘ, of Tulsa, Oklahoma, on Oct. 21, 2025. Veitch graduated from Westminster in 1973 with a degree in theology and political science. He married Ginger (Moore) in 1974 and then built a successful career as a stockbroker, security analyst, wealth manager, and financial advisor. Most recently, Veitch worked for Raymond James & Associates, forming the Veitch Legacy Team with his brother, Scott, ’86 ΣΧ; and son, William Andrew “Drew,” ’05 ΒΘΠ. In his lifetime, Veitch faithfully supported Westminster in a number of ways, including as a member of the College’s Board of Trustees. In addition to family members Scott and Andrew, Veitch’s father, William, ’49 KA, and uncle, John, ’50 KA, also graduated from Westminster.

Michael P. Williams, ’73 ΣΑΕ, of Pearland, Texas, on March 4, 2022

David K. Craighead, ’74 KA, of Bradenton, Florida, on July 7, 2023

Charles E. March, ’74 IND, of Fulton, Missouri, on Jan. 9, 2023

Russell A. Raney, ’74 ΣΑΕ, of Salem, Oregon, on July 9, 2022

Thomas P. Bivins, ’75 ΦΔΘ, of Amarillo, Texas, on May 4, 2022

Gregory W. Griffith, ’75 ΔΤΔ, of Memphis, Tennesse, on Oct. 25, 2022

Mark J. Jones, ’75 ΣΧ, of Norwalk, Connecticut, on May 5, 2023

William H. Trenchard, ’75 ΒΘΠ, of Lee's Summit, Missouri, on June 11, 2022

Robert S. Caldwell, ’76 IND, of Kansas City, Missouri, on Feb. 23, 2024

James A. Marshall, ’76 ΦΔΘ, of Blodgett, Missouri, on March 31, 2022

Ralph E. Saner, ’76 IND, of Steilacoom, Washington, on Nov. 17, 2023

John B. Stout, ’76 ΔΤΔ, of Saint Croix, Virgin Islands, on July 2, 2023

Frank D. Colaw, ’77 ΣΧ, of Las Vegas, Nevada, on Jan. 7, 2024

James R. Fisher, ’77 ΣΑΕ, of Fort Walton Beach, Florida, on March 12, 2022

Edwin S. Henry, ’77 IND, of Cedar Park, Texas, on Oct. 26, 2022

David K. Keller, ’77 ΣΧ, of Springfield, Missouri, on March 19, 2024

Jeffrey T. McCormick, ’77 ΣΑΕ, of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, on Sept. 5, 2022

Lee C. Peterson, ’77 ΣΑΕ, of Kirkwood, Missouri, on May 15, 2023

David A. Renaud, ’77 ΣΑΕ, of Clayton, Missouri, on June 6, 2025. After graduating from Westminster with a degree in economics and business administration, Renaud earned an MBA from St. Louis University in 1980. He went on to pass the CPA exam in 1981. He then experienced a long and successful career with Anheuser-Busch in St. Louis. Renaud is remembered by many for his selfless generosity. He was a longtime, loyal supporter of 51ÊÓƵ.

William W. Richardson, ’77 ΣΧ, of Little Rock, Arkansas, on Feb. 7, 2024

Carl W. Riester, ’77 KA, of Madison, Alabama, on Oct. 25, 2024

James R. Behrens, ’78 ΦΔΘ, of Hannibal, Missouri, on June 26, 2022

Jon D. McCormick, ’78 ΣΑΕ, of Buena Vista, Colorado, on Nov. 17, 2023

Alfred L. Norman, ’78 IND, of Tipton, Missouri, on Sept. 14, 2023

Alan R. Schertel, ’78 ΣΑΕ, of St. Louis, Missouri, on Dec. 7, 2023

George G. Vaught, ’78 ΔΤΔ, of Denver, Colorado, on May 10, 2022

Louis E. Taylor, ’79 ΣΑΕ, of Dallas, Texas, on Jan. 21, 2024

Marcus G. Baue, ’80 ΣΧ, of Hidden Valley Lake, California, on April 1, 2024

Mark S. Wetterau, ’80 ΣΑΕ, of Laguna Niguel, California, on May 8, 2023

Roderick C. Gilbert, ’81 ΒΘΠ, of O’Fallon, Missouri, on Nov. 2, 2024

Douglas R. Dinnin, ’82 ΦΔΘ, of Bellvue, Colorado, on June 5, 2023

Randal A. Howland, ’82 KA, of Webster Groves, Missouri, on Aug. 5, 2022

Claude G. Ohanesian, ’82 KA, of Lake Forest, Illinois, on Feb. 2, 2022

Brian D. Smith, ’82 ΒΘΠ, of O Fallon, Missouri, on Sept. 17, 2023

R.J.B. Schultz, ’83 ΒΘΠ, of Pueblo, Colorado, on Jan. 21, 2022

Thomas A. Krause, ’85 ΦΔΘ, of Dallas, Texas, on June 26, 2024

Anne E. (McIntosh) Schneider, ’85 ΚΑΘ, of Jefferson City, Missouri, on Aug. 24, 2024. A dedicated Westminster alumna, she served on the Board of Trustees, led the Student Life and Academic Affairs committees, and was president of the Alumni Association. She also held multiple leadership roles with Kappa Alpha Theta at both the collegiate and alumnae levels. Schneider earned a political science degree from Westminster, studying abroad as a Cranshaw Scholar, and later received her law degree from the University of Missouri. She served as an assistant attorney general for the State of Missouri.

Robert H. Houske, ’86 ΒΘΠ, of Kansas City, Missouri, on June 22, 2022

Frank P. Buchner, ’88 ΣΧ, of Cammack Village, Arkansas, on Jan. 27, 2022

Christopher B. Williams, ’89 ΣΧ, of Little Rock, Arkansas, on Feb. 27, 2023

Benjamin W. Phyfer, ’82 ΦΔΘ, of Madeira Beach, Florida, on May 14, 2024

Henry B. Bowman, ’92 ΒΘΠ, of Naples, Florida, on April 23, 2025

Stephen B. Perkins, ’92 ΔΤΔ, of Denver, Colorado, on Aug. 10, 2022

Benjamin W. Phyfer, ’92 ΦΔΘ, of Madeira Beach, Florida, on May 14, 2024

Ryan E. Brennan, ’95 ΣΧ, of Belleville, Illinois, on Feb. 15, 2023

Matthew E. Michael, ’00 ΣΧ, of Bixby, Oklahoma, on May 3, 2024

Adam L. Willett, ’05 ΒΘΠ, of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, on Dec. 30, 2024

Vanessa A. Lefler, ’06 ΔΔΔ, of Nashville, Tennesse, on Jan. 4, 2022

Mary C. Henroid, ’09 ΚΑΘ, of St. Louis, Missouri, on Oct. 18, 2024

Adam B. Mallette, ’11 KA, of Columbia, Missouri, on June 17, 2023. He majored in business communication at Westminster and played four years on the Blue Jays basketball team. Mallette worked as a digital advertising manager at Woodruff marketing agency and stayed active as a Westminster alumnus. He loved basketball, golf, fitness, and music festivals. Above all, he cherished time with his wife, Karri (Birch) Mallette, ’10 ΚΑΘ, and their children, Mavrik and Zoey.

Philip F. Farha, ’12 ΣΧ, of Nichols Hills, Oklahoma, on Jan. 22, 2022

Mary "Molly" (Walsh) Henroid, ’12 ΚΑΘ, of St. Louis, Missouri, on Oct. 18, 2024

Andrew J. Hoover, ’12 IND, of Fulton, Missouri, on May 6, 2023

Jared A. Neely, ’13 IND, of St. Louis, Missouri, on March 25, 2025

Ryan E. Hickman, ’16 ΔΤΔ, of Fulton, Missouri, on April 19, 2024

John Martin III, ’19 ΣΑΕ, of Fulton, Missouri, on Oct. 7, 2023. Martin studied business communication at Westminster, played football, and was active in a variety of campus organizations. He served as an admissions representative and portrayed Winston the Blue Jay at events and on social media. After serving at Westminster, he worked for Veterans United in Columbia, Missouri.

John C. Remol ’73 of Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, on November 11, 2025

Monte W. Klein ’59 of Festus, Missouri, on December 24, 2026

Thomas C. Kleinschmidt ’61 of St. Louis, Missouri, on Jan. 7, 2026.

Dr. Michael Amspoker, of Fulton, Missouri, on July 23, 2025. Amspoker retired from Westminster in 2019 after teaching a wide range of biological science courses at the College for more than three decades. To honor Amspoker’s memory, step outside with curiosity and plant a tree, explore a trail, identify a plant or insect, or learn something new about the natural world he loved.

Barbara Ault, Reeves Library staff member from 1968 to 1992 and wife of longtime former Head Track and Cross Country Coach Richard “Dick” Ault, of Holts Summit, Missouri, on July 21, 2024

Edward L. Bode, former part-time faculty member, of Jefferson City, Missouri, on Feb. 17, 2022

Joan H. Creighton, wife of former Interim President Neal Creighton Sr., who preceded her in death in 2020, of Prairie Village, Kansas, on March 17, 2024

Robert “Rob” L. Crouse, former director of media and college relations, of Jefferson City, Missouri, on Oct. 9, 2023

Rev. C.W. Dawson, Jr., PhD, philosophy faculty member and first Black American to receive a PhD in philosophy from the University of Missouri, of Columbia, Missouri, on Nov. 24, 2024

Jane Duncan Flink, former director of America’s National Churchill Museum, of Ashland, Missouri, on April 14, 2022

Glen A. Frerichs, PhD, chemistry professor at Westminster for 37 years, of Fulton, Missouri, on Aug. 15, 2022

Suzanne Harbison, of St. Louis, Missouri, on Jan. 31, 2023

Bernell Hogan, staff member for 25 years, of Fulton, Missouri, on Aug. 23, 2024

Dennis W. Kroll, Jr., former part-time faculty member, of Fulton, Missouri, on Aug. 26, 2022

Richard Langworth, CBE, of Moultonborough, New Hampshire, on Feb. 20, 2025

Barbara H. Mahoney, devoted friend of America’s National Churchill Museum and wife of Churchill Fellow Richard Mahoney, of St. Louis, Missouri, on Nov. 21, 2023

Jimmy Roy McEwen, former men’s basketball coach and Director of Athletics, of Boonville, Missouri, on June 11, 2025. McEwen served at the College from 1984 to 1998. He was known for making numerous strides in Athletics and was responsible for bringing a variety of women’s sports programs to the College.

Kathyrn Ottinger, wife of longtime faculty member Hank Ottinger, of Columbia, Missouri, on Aug. 16, 2024

Professor Henry “Hank” F. Ottinger, who taught at Westminster for more than 30 years and founded the College’s original learning disabilities program, of Columbia, Missouri, on Nov. 24, 2024

Diane Pope, former part-time faculty member, of Jefferson City, Missouri, on Oct. 15. 2022

David Richardson, of St. Louis, Missouri, on Oct. 1, 2024

Norman St. Romaine, former Westminster security guard, of Fulton, Missouri, on Feb. 4, 2022

Eve Saunders, of Liberty Hill, Georgia, wife of former Westminster President Harvey Saunders, PhD, on Oct. 14, 2024

Mary Jane (Love) Schultz, wife of John Edward Schultz, Sr., PhD, of St. Louis, Missouri, on Aug. 31, 2024

James Swindler, PhD, former philosophy profesor, of Arlington Heights, Illinois, on Feb. 10, 2025

Mary E. “Diby” Thomas, Westminster staff member for 37 years, of Fulton, Missouri, on May 29, 2023

Monroe E. Trout, Sr., Churchill Fellow and Churchill Leadership Medal Award recipient, of Appleton, Wisconsin, on March 4, 2024

William H. Tyler III, of Pebble Peach, California, on Aug. 13, 2024

Barbara Dunlap Wilkerson, wife of English Professor Leon Cogswell Wilkerson, PhD, of Fulton, Missouri, on Dec. 27, 2023

*Before his death, G. Robert Sido, ’42 ΒΘΠ, was believed to be the oldest living member of the Skulls of Seven, a fact that was mistakenly attributed to Baxter B. Watson, ’44 ΔΤΔ, in the 2021-2022 edition of Leadership magazine. Watson died less than a year after Sido. The two were among the last remaining alumni from the Greatest Generation.

Dr. Robert “Bob” William Eams Jr., retired Associate Professor of Business, of Hartsburg, Missouri, on Dec. 6, 2025.