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Black <strong>Alumni</strong> Reunion<br />
Raises Money for Scholarship<br />
<strong>Truman</strong> alumni and friends attended<br />
the Black <strong>Alumni</strong> and Attendees<br />
Reunion on Sept. 26, 2009, at the<br />
Renaissance Grand Ballroom in downtown<br />
St. Louis. The evening featured a<br />
performance by the <strong>Truman</strong> student group<br />
One Voice, food, music and dancing.<br />
Bertha Thomas, assistant dean of<br />
Multicultural Affairs, gave a <strong>University</strong><br />
update, and local coordinators Dwyane Smith<br />
(’84) and Michelle McClure (’95, ’97)<br />
<strong>Alumni</strong> and friends are invited to<br />
participate in several <strong>Truman</strong> golf<br />
tournaments this spring and summer.<br />
The Northeast Missouri <strong>Alumni</strong> Chapter<br />
has set the date of July 9, 2010, for their<br />
annual scholarship golf 4-person scramble at<br />
the Kirksville Country Club. The golf event<br />
benefits the Northeast Missouri <strong>Alumni</strong><br />
Chapter scholarship, which annually awards<br />
a scholarship to a freshman from northeast<br />
provided comments about the Black <strong>Alumni</strong><br />
and Attendees Scholarship and the need to<br />
provide support to <strong>Truman</strong> students.<br />
Discussion followed in regards to funding a<br />
second scholarship and building the<br />
endowment for the original scholarship.<br />
Volunteers are needed for the scholarship<br />
committee. If you are interested in serving<br />
on the committee, please contact Denise<br />
Smith, director of alumni relations, (660)<br />
785-4133, dlsmith@truman.edu.<br />
Hit the Links<br />
Missouri attending <strong>Truman</strong>.<br />
The annual George Anastasoff Golf<br />
Tournament will be held in St. Louis on May<br />
15, 2010. The tournament funds a scholarship<br />
established at <strong>Truman</strong> in memory of the 1956<br />
<strong>Truman</strong> alumnus and also supports the<br />
football program at Roosevelt High School in<br />
St. Louis, where Anastasoff served as head<br />
coach. He passed away in 2006.<br />
Watch for more details on several other<br />
Shown L-R: Michelle McClure (’95, ’97); Bertha<br />
Thomas, assistant dean of Multicultural Affairs;<br />
and Keith Turner.<br />
<strong>Truman</strong> golf tournaments including the<br />
Kansas City <strong>Alumni</strong> Chapter Golf<br />
Tournament, the St. Louis <strong>Alumni</strong> Chapter<br />
Golf Tournament, the Bob Carlson Bulldog<br />
Basketball Golf Tournament and the Bulldog<br />
Football <strong>Alumni</strong> and Friends Golf Classic.<br />
For more information on upcoming golf<br />
tournaments and other alumni events,<br />
contact alumnievents@truman.edu; (800)<br />
452-6678; http://alumni.truman.edu.<br />
At the Dallas <strong>Alumni</strong> Chapter<br />
Banquet and Freshmen Send-Off at<br />
Maggiano’s in Plano, Texas, on July 25,<br />
2009, John Mathis (’66) (shown on right)<br />
presented <strong>University</strong> President Darrell W.<br />
Krueger with gifts from the Dallas <strong>Alumni</strong><br />
Chapter which included a cowboy hat.<br />
Several <strong>Truman</strong> alumni attending the National Athletic Trainers’<br />
Association Convention in San Antonio, Texas, this past summer had a get-together<br />
on the city’s famous River Walk. Shown L-R, front row: Heather McKnelly (’07), Jodi<br />
Pelegrin, Michelle Boyd, and Brandon Aguillon. Back row, Josh Miley (’09), Sean Wilson<br />
(’03), Chevy Cargol (’99), Sandra Aguillon (’97), Courtney Burken (’91), and Brian<br />
Azinger (’90).<br />
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