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The late
Cal Roebuck
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President’s
Leadership
Award, one of
the most
prestigious
awards presented
by Truman State
University,
honors select
Truman alumni
and friends for
meritorious
service through
their gifts of
volunteerism,
expertise and
financial
resources.
Earlier this
year, Calvin E.
Roebuck, who
died in 2011,
was honored
posthumously
with the 2013
President’s
Leadership
Award.
After graduating
from Truman in
1957 with a
bachelor of
science degree
in business
administration,
Cal began his
career with
Prudential. In
1961, he was
employed by
State Farm
Insurance as an
agent in
Kirksville. In
1964, he was
promoted to
agency manager
in St. Louis and
seven years
later was
promoted to
agency director
in the Ohio
State Farm
Regional Office.
Following a
brief stint as
an executive
assistant in
Bloomington,
Ill., Cal was
promoted to
deputy regional
vice president
in the
Missouri-Kansas
Regional Office
in Columbia, Mo.
In 1985 he was
promoted to vice
president of the
Ohio Region. Cal
retired from
State Farm
Insurance in
2000, after
almost 40 years
of service.
In 2003 Cal was
honored as
Truman’s Alumnus
of the Year, and
he provided
wisdom and
guidance to the
University while
serving as a
two-term member
of the Truman
State University
Foundation Board
of Directors. He
also
demonstrated
support for his
alma mater by
serving on
committees for
the University’s
Magruder Hall
Campaign and the
“Bright Minds
Bright Futures”
Campaign.
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Members
of the Roebuck
family accepted
the President’s
Leadership Award
that was
presented
posthumously to
Cal Roebuck
(’57) at the
Truman State
University
Foundation
Banquet held on
campus in April
2013. Shown L-R:
Jaynee Roebuck
(Cal’s
daughter-in-law),
Jim Roebuck
(Cal’s son),
Lydia Roebuck
(Cal’s wife) and
University
President Troy
Paino.
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Along with his
wife, Lydia, Cal
provided
generous
financial
support to
Truman. In 2008
the Roebucks
established the
Calvin E.
Roebuck Business
Scholarship to
commemorate
Cal’s
distinguished
career at State
Farm Insurance
and to provide
opportunity for
deserving
students to
receive a Truman
education. The
Roebucks created
the scholarship
fund with an
outright
commitment of
$50,000. The
fund, which was
fortified with
matching gifts
from State Farm
Insurance, has
grown to more
than $120,000
through proceeds
of a life
insurance policy
and memorial
gifts.
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