Author: Mindy Limback
The Bauer Bar
Not too long after Dick Bauer, ChE’51, passed away in 2010, his wife, Shirley, decided to make a gift in her husband’s honor to fund the bar in the Hasselmann Alumni House. During Homecoming celebrations and reunions, Dick always liked to gather at a bar — or sometimes tend it — in order to swap […]
Read More »Corralling the herd
With their two sons grown and on their own, George, ME’74, and Joy Stegner were determined to find a hobby they could enjoy together as empty nesters. They decided to buy a classic Mustang and join a club.
Read More »A meant-to-be MG story
Love at first sight isn’t something that happens only between people. In 1952, the U.S. Air Force stationed Milton Hiekenin southwest France, where he bought his first car, a 1953 MG-TD Roadster.
Read More »Design team videos
Baja Team Back in the UMR days, the team built a vehicle that could drive on water. Watch it plunge into Little Prairie Lake and then across it. Advanced Aero Vehicle Group AAVG also designs and builds high-powered rockets. See a practice launch (wait for it, it’s about 30 seconds in). Human-Powered Vehicle Team In […]
Read More »Relief and rebuilding in Joplin
The night started as one of celebration, as more than 450 seniors received their diplomas from Joplin High School on May 22. A light rain interrupted snapshots of new graduates and forced them to leave the open lawn of Missouri Southern State University for the shelter of their cars. Moments later, the day’s joy and […]
Read More »Answering the call
The peace and quiet is broken by emergency sirens. Soon the distant thump of a medical helicopter gets louder. In communities across West Tennessee, paramedics arrive on the scene and administer life-saving care taught by Gerald Foon, ME’74.
Read More »More than just a war
Maj. Dennis Sugrue, GeoE’04, learned an important lesson during his time in Afghanistan — engineering projects can solve social problems, but only if they maintain a community’s social balance.
Read More »Mike Eckert: Going fast and going green
Mike Eckert grew up racing go-karts and watching Formula 1 cars on television.
Read More »Charles A. Wentz Jr.: You can call him Chef Al
Charles A. “Al” Wentz Jr., ChE’57, MS ChE’59, grew up in Edwardsville, Ill. During his career in the oil industry and then as a textbook author, professor and environmentalist for the EPA and OSHA, he lived and worked all over the world, but returned to Edwardsville to retire. Today, Wentz runs a healthcare company that […]
Read More »Air Capital
March 19 – Home of Tony and Laura McLaughlin – Wichita, Kan. Sean Daly ’96; Rob Davis ’01; Ed ’87 and Michele Hill; Jennifer Marshall ’96; Travis ’99, Vicky ’99, Kristina and Megan Mattingly; Tony ’98, Laura ’99, Annabelle, Lillian and Bennett McLaughlin; and Eric Neal ’98.
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