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Previous  Recipients
  

2005-'06

Charles McClain
 

2004-'05

Donald & Jolene Davidson ('50, '59) Scriven ('54, '59)
 

2003-'04

Alvina Britz

L.L. Via ('48)

2002-'03

 

Marie Laughlin

Rex ('68) & Bette ('68) Miskimins

Lydle W. Staggs ('41)

2001-'02

Walker ('39) & Doris Allen
 

2000-'01

M. Frances Fuller ('35)

Mary Jane Kohlenberg ('56)
Mary Evelyn Thurman ('46)

1999-'00

Josephine (Cox) Jansons ('39)
 

1998-'99

 

Marian Morelock ('31)

C. Ethel (Cassity) Schwengel ('32)

Ruth Warner Towne ('39) (awarded posthumously)
 

2006-2007 President's Leadership Award

Dwain Horn


University President Barbara Dixon has announced that Dwain Horn, a member of the Class of 1950, has been selected as the recipient of the 2007 President's Leadership Award. The award, which originated in 1998, cites select Truman alumni and friends for meritorious service through gifts of volunteerism, expertise and financial resources.

A business education graduate, Horn taught school for two years before beginning a business career that eventually spanned four decades. He served as an actuary in the retirement plans division at Bankers Life and Casualty Company in Des Moines, Iowa, for 17 years. Horn then joined Mutual of Omaha as manager of the retirement plans division and was later promoted to the position of executive vice president, retiring in 1995.

Horn currently serves on the Truman State University Foundation Board of Directors, and as chair of the Foundation's Investment Committee, his leadership and foresight in guiding the Foundation through a change in investment managers has resulted in increased performance, reduced costs and enhanced service. Today, the Foundation's assets exceed $26 million.

Horn also provided significant leadership through charitable giving, organizing the largest class reunion fund drive in Truman State University's history. The Class of 1950 fundraising project generated nearly $140,000 in financial support to furnish the lobby of the Ophelia Parrish Building.

The father of three and the grandfather of eight, Horn and his wife, Vera, reside in Omaha, Neb., and spend their winters in Peoria, Ariz.

For more information contact:
Office of Advancement, McClain Hall 100, 100 E. Normal St., Kirksville, Mo. 63501-4221; Telephone: (800) 452-6678 or (660) 785-4133; Fax (660) 785-7519.