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5 unusual facts about University Of Missouri


Albert D. Nortoni

Afer losing the 1912 election, Nortoni was appointed by the winner, Governor Elliot Woolfolk Major, to the board of curators for the University of Missouri.

Florida Small Business Development Center Network

Other participating schools in the program were California State Polytechnic University at Pomona, California State University at Chico, The University of Georgia, University of Missouri, the University of Nebraska at Omaha, Rutgers University and the University of Southern Maine.

Missouri Route 163

After crossing Hinkson Creek, Route 163 passes near the University of Missouri sports complex, including Faurot Field and the Mizzou Arena.

Tiger's Lair

Tiger's Lair is the official football student section for the University of Missouri.

University of Missouri Graduate School

The University of Missouri Graduate School is one of the 19 academic schools and colleges of the University of Missouri.


Alan S. Kornacki

In 1981, he was awarded the Nininger Meteorite Award, and in 2008 he was awarded a professional degree by University of Missouri–Rolla.

Anthony Peeler

He had expressed interest in joining the coaching staff of Frank Haith at Missouri in 2011, but no job offer was forthcoming.

Ardmore, Oklahoma

Jesse Hernandez, an American Professional Mixed Martial Artist and former Offensive Lineman for Ardmore High School and University Of Missouri

Arthur D. Bond

Arthur D. Bond (1902-1983) was a Rhodes Scholar, captain of the University of Missouri Tigers football team and Director of the A.P. Green Refractories Company.

Barbara Harbach

In October 2009, Harbach's opera O Pioneers!, based upon the Willa Cather novel of the same name, received its world premiere at the University of Missouri-St. Louis.

Barbara Uehling

She served as the 3rd chancellor and 17th chief executive officer of the University of Missouri campus in Columbia, Missouri.

Bay Islands Voice

Founded by Thomas Tomczyk (Bachelor of Architecture, University of Arkansas; MA in Journalism, University of Missouri; author Roatan Magic Hidden Jewel of the Western Caribbean, ISBN 0-9829714-0-0).

Blue Springs R-IV School District

Jon Sundvold, NBA player and All-American college basketball player at the University of Missouri, is a graduate of Blue Springs High School.

Charlie Cowdrey

Cowdrey served as a head high school coach for nine years, head coach at Fort Scott Community College for three years, assistant coach at University of Missouri for eight years, head coach at Illinois State University for four years, assistant coach at Drake University for one year, and head coach at Southwestern College for nine years.

Colorado MahlerFest

The music director and founder of MahlerFest is conductor Robert Olson, who currently serves on the faculty of the University of Missouri–Kansas City.

Franklin Stahl

For one year, Stahl served on the zoology faculty at the University of Missouri in Columbia, Missouri before accepting, in 1959, a position in the new Institute of Molecular Biology at the University of Oregon in Eugene.

Henry S. Geyer

He authored the Geyer Act of 1839 establishing public education in Missouri as well as the University of Missouri.

Igor Kokoškov

His savvy, ambitious nature and command of the English language were factors when he was hired by the University of Missouri as a part of their coaching staff in 1999, the first European to hold such a position in NCAA Division I men's basketball.

Imada Puppet Troupe

The Troupe also hosts summer puppetry training programs for American students at the Imada Puppetry Hall in conjunction with the University of Missouri and the American-based Japanese theater group, Bunraku Bay Puppet Troupe.

In 2007 members of the Troupe traveled to the United States to participate in workshops, demonstrations, and offer performances at the University of Chicago and the University of Missouri jointly with Bunraku Bay Puppet Troupe.

Jack Conaty

After teaching high school English for six years in New Haven, Connecticut, Conaty decided to pursue a master's degree in journalism from the University of Missouri.

Jackson Scholz

Born to Susan and Zachary Scholz in Buchanan, Michigan, Jackson Scholz, A.K.A. "The New York Thunderbolt," competed for the University of Missouri in Columbia, Missouri (where he joined Kappa Alpha Order), and later the Newark Athletic Club.

James Kendall Hosmer

From 1872 to 1874, he occupied the chair of English and German literature in the University of Missouri, and in 1874 was elected to a similar professorship in Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri.

Jamon Meredith

In his redshirt freshman year, he earned four starts at right tackle, including the 2005 Independence Bowl against Missouri.

Jered Carr

He is the Director of the L.P. Cookingham Institute of Urban Affairs and Professor of Henry W. Bloch School of Management at University of Missouri-Kansas City and was a former researcher at Center for International Public Management,.

Joe Bellino

In Bellino's final college football game, Navy's loss to the University of Missouri in the 1961 Orange Bowl, he scored his team's final touchdown with a spectacular diving catch in the end zone.

John Carleton Jones

John Carleton Jones (July 30, 1856 – April 22, 1930) was an American educator and tenth president of the University of Missouri in Columbia, Missouri; in recognition, he was initiated as an honorary member of Acacia Fraternity.

Kevin Sandoval

After retiring from football, Sandoval attended and graduated from the University of Missouri in Columbia, Missouri.

Kuroda Puppet Troupe

The Kuroda Puppet Troupe also hosted a summer puppetry training program in 2006 for American students at the Kuroda Puppetry Hall in conjunction with the University of Missouri and the American-based Japanese theater group, Bunraku Bay Puppet Troupe.

Larry Eustachy

On April 28, 2003; The Des Moines Register carried pictures of Eustachy kissing several young women and holding a beer at a party near the University of Missouri's campus just hours after the Tigers defeated Eustachy's Cyclones on January 22.

Mateo Moreno

He grew up in the midwest town of Independence, once home of Harry S. Truman and Ginger Rogers, and attended Fort Osage High School and briefly attended Longview College and The University of Missouri Kansas City.

Mercedes Otero

She also completed a Master's degree in Business Education, with a minor in Secretarial Science and Counseling, and a Doctorate in Sociology and Criminology, both from the University of Missouri.

Monica Lynn

She continued her education at the University of Missouri in Kansas City where she studied with James Mobberley, Paul Rudy, Chen Yi, Zhou Long, and at the University of California, Santa Cruz where she graduated with a Doctor of Musical Arts degree, studying with Ben Leeds Carson, David Cope, Karlton Hester, David Evan Jones, Hi Kyung Kim, Paul Nauert and Peter Elsea.

Omniturf

One of the few times the surface has been used outside of soccer has been by the University of Missouri, which used it for the playing surface of its football stadium, Faurot Field, from 1985 to 1994.

Sambucus canadensis

Research on elderberries is being conducted at the University of Missouri's South West Center in Mount Vernon and at the Missouri State Fruit Experiment Station in Mountain Grove.

Samuel Laws

Miami University named the building that houses most of the Richard T. Farmer School of Business after Laws, and at the University of Missouri, residential building Laws Hall and Laws Observatory were also named in honor of Laws.

St. Louis Area Resources for Community and Human Services

ARCHS' Kids Vision for Life partnership with Crown Vision Center, Essilor Vision Foundation, Inc., and University of Missouri–St. Louis School of Optometry provides free eye screenings to more than 12,000 children in grades K-6 at Saint Louis Public Schools and other St. Louis area public schools, to provide free eye examinations to students who fail the screening, and provide free eye glasses to students who need them after completing the eye examination.

StrangeSearch

Seek42 (Linux-based, developed at the University of Missouri–Rolla, also available on SourceForge. Now maintained by one of the authors of the now defunct Seekant.)

Texas Football Classic

Among the notable players that have participated in short history of the Classic are former University of Texas and former Chicago Bears running back Cedric Benson, former University of Houston and current Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Kevin Kolb, former University of Iowa quarterback Drew Tate and former University of Missouri quarterback Chase Daniel.

The Tipping Point

Malcolm Gladwell's examples include California businessman Tom Gau and news anchor Peter Jennings, and he cites several studies about the persuasive implications of non-verbal cues, including a headphone nod study (conducted by Gary Wells of the University of Alberta and Richard Petty of the University of Missouri) and William S. Condon's cultural microrhythms study.

Tom Mardikes

He currently serves as Department Chair and Head of Graduate Sound Design training for UMKC Theatre, an academic department of the University of Missouri-Kansas City.

Trent Tomlinson

His father is a former basketball star who set scoring records at the University of Missouri and was drafted by the Cleveland Cavaliers He was also the basketball coach, biology teacher, and assistant principal at Kennett High School.

UMR

University of Missouri–Rolla, former name of the Missouri University of Science and Technology

University of Missouri–Kansas City

The acquisitions of the two schools were different in that the privately owned University of Kansas City could be donated to Missouri while the University of Missouri had to buy the St. Louis campus (although for a nominal $60,000) because the St. Louis campus had been purchased for a junior college in a bond election by the public Normandy, Missouri School District.

It is one of only seven American law schools to have educated both a President of the United States (Harry S. Truman) and a Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States (Charles Evans Whittaker).

University of Missouri–Kansas City School of Dentistry

The School of Dentistry is located on Hospital Hill in Kansas City, close to the University of Missouri–Kansas City School of Medicine, Truman Medical Center-Hospital Hill and Children's Mercy Hospital.


see also

Chuck Roberts

He is a recipient of the 1971 University of Missouri Faculty/Student Award for Outstanding Journalism and, in 1998, was inducted into the New Mexico Military Institute's Hall of Fame for "lifetime achievement in service to the ideals of America."

CSDR

Center for the Study of Dispute Resolution, a research center under the University of Missouri School of Law.

Dave Fogel

In order to live a more "normal" life, Dave's dad moved the family to Kansas City, where Dave attended the University of Missouri, where he was a member of the Sigma Chi fraternity with Brad Pitt.

Drone journalism

Scott Pham is the founder and director of the Missouri Drone Journalism Program, a partnership between the Missouri School of Journalism, the University of Missouri Information Technology Program, and NPR member station KBIA.

Faurot

Don Faurot (1902–1995), head football coach at the University of Missouri

Faurot Field, home field of the University of Missouri Tigers in Columbia, Missouri

High Ridge, Missouri

Michael Chandler, professional MMA fighter, NCAA wrestling All American(University of Missouri)

James S. Rollins

Three days later, the Geyer Act, introduced by Henry Geyer of St. Louis, passed, officially incorporating the University of Missouri.

John Schwada

John W. Schwada, first chancellor of the University of Missouri in Columbia, Missouri

Marjie Millar

Millar was married to University of Missouri college student James Sidney Rollins, Jr. (1950-?), photographer and television director John Florea (1954-1957), author and sportswriter John McCallum (1961–64) and to United States Navy pilot and former Stadium HS classmate Lt. Cmdr. Charles Candoo (1964-death).

Middlebush

Frederick Middlebush, thirteenth president of the University of Missouri in Columbia, Missouri

Religion and mythology

Some Jewish scholars, including Dov Noy, a professor of folklore at Hebrew University and founder of the Israel Folktale Archives, and Howard Schwartz, Jewish anthologist and English professor at the University of Missouri – St. Louis, have discussed traditional Jewish stories as "mythology".

Richard Wallace

Richard L. Wallace (born 1936), American educator and chancellor of the University of Missouri

Rory Ellinger

He also served as University of Missouri - Columbia chapter president of the Students for a Democratic Society.

Thomas George

Thomas F. George, chancellor and professor of chemistry and physics at the University of Missouri-St.