Two Gold Star mothers — parents who have lost sons or daughters in service of the United States Armed Forces — walked up to the Russell Senate Office Building on Jan. 19, the day before the presidential inauguration, to find a large line of people awaiting security checks. Brittany Donnellan, '15, noticed them as they were glancing around for someone who might help them … [Read more...]
Lifetime achievement award Lieutenant General Karen Dyson MSU degree: Bachelor’s in business administration, 1980 You’ve seen Dyson’s name in this magazine before: Just last summer, she was the cover image and profiled in a story about Bears Who Broke Barriers. Dyson is the first female finance officer to achieve the rank of three-star general in the U.S. Army. This … [Read more...]
The Missouri State University Foundation can work with you if you’d like to talk about your retirement assets, including IRAs, 401(K)s, 403(B)s, Employee Stock Ownership Plans, Keogh plans, pension plans and other tax-deferred plans. How could a gift from retirement assets benefit you and your family? You will avoid both income and estate tax on the gift of your … [Read more...]
June 14-17, 19-24 Georg and Amalia are perfume shop clerks in 1930s Budapest. At work, the two bicker and spar incessantly. Georg sees Amalia as stuck-up and aloof; Amalia sees Georg as arrogant and mean. The only thing these clashing coworkers have in common is that both have responded to a lonely-hearts ad in the newspaper. As romance blooms with their anonymous pen pals, … [Read more...]
When he was a child in North Carolina, Winston McDonald Haythe, '63, resigned himself to being picked last for sports teams. “On the ball field, my stock was zero,” he said. But just an hour later, when it was time to choose people for the spelling match, “oh, did my stock rise.” He decided early on: “I don’t plan to survive in life by my brawn or strength. I think it’s … [Read more...]