Missouri State doesn’t track exactly how many groups of brothers and sisters have enrolled since 1905, but if we had to guess, we’d use a purely scientific term: A gazillion. Once one brother or sister attends, it’s a good guess that other siblings will want to become Bears as well. Here are six stories about families throughout different decades that have made MSU a tradition.
Imagine entering a restaurant and being unable to read the menu. Or looking at a ballot on Election Day and not knowing which issue was being put forth.
Missouri State alumnus four-star General Frank J. Grass, the chief of the National Guard Bureau, was interviewed June 23 on “The Late Show with David Letterman.”
The day was May 4, and the Juilliard-trained professor from Blue Springs, Missouri, was retiring May 31. It was time, he said, after 34 years of earning accolades at Missouri State and more than 50 years total in his field.
This was supposed to be a column by Donald R. Payton, Missouri State’s unofficial historian and, for many decades, the author of the Payton Place column in various publications. Payton passed away June 7 in Springfield. He was 87.