As the fifth president of the University, John R. Kirk was considered an innovative educator and a national leader for educational excellence. The Kirk Society recognizes and honors individuals who perpetuate his commitment to education through their efforts to advance Truman State University. Annual membership is granted to alumni and friends of the University who provide support for the Truman State University Foundation.
John R. Kirk Society
The John R. Kirk Society
Individuals
President’s Level ($50,000 and above)
Lyle Ingraham†
Caroline Funk
Kyle and Arlene Graves
Geraldine and Michael Ready
Mark and Jill Schell
Jason and Janeen Turk
Terry and Faye Whitworth
Dean’s Level ($25,000 - $49,999)
Keith and Lu Ann Beeman
Catherine Bradley and Nathan Merrick
Richard† and Patricia† Hingst
Ronald and Ann Thomas
Dean’s Fellow Level ($10,000 - $24,999)
Bill and Gabrielle Allen
Jennifer and Denis Austin
- Kay and Thomas Baird
Donald Belford
Fred and Cleone Black
Steve and Cheryl Cozette
Dorothy Dieckman
Peter Goldman
Dennis and Suann Hohn
Oseyi Ikuenobe and Sucheta Jawalker
Steve and Katherine Justice
Nancy Lewis
Earl† and Edna† Ludlow
Tony and Julie Marek
Alice McEwen
Mark and Tappi McLeod
Norman Motter
Sharron and Larry† Quisenberry
Jason and Lisa Rollison
Jacqueline and John† Settlage
William Woodall
Distinguished Professor Level ($5,000 - $9,999)
James and Jane Argo
Calaneet Balas and David Neumann
Susan Ballard
Mark Barner
Elizabeth Clark
David and Ellen Clithero
Ranessa Cooper
Ann Covington
Leona Cozean†
Dana and Sarah Delaware
Ron and Elsie Gaber
Paul Garnett
Justine and Amanda Gioia
Marianna Giovannini
Pat and Joe Hays
Duane and Joy Hercules
Robert and Emily Kelchen
Thomas and Krystina Klucking
Brain and Ame Krippner
Linda Miller and Tim† Duperron
Michael Oliveri and Sue Thomas
Truman and Amanda Patterson
Sharon and Charles† Pritchard
Colleen Ritchie
Thomas and Vicki Roberts
Linda Rutz
William and Betty Sass
Peggy Schoen and W. Scott Simmer
Thomas and Nicole Schuette
George and Diane Schulte
Dale and Barbara Stone
Dawn and Andrew Tartaglione
Norb Tatro and Elaine Feldman
Mitch and Denise Teal
John Thompson and Ira Kohlman
Ann Wiesler
Barbara and Jack Witte
Ramona Wood
Professor Level ($2,500 - $4,999)
Robert and Lucille† Alexander
Carole and John Aylward
Scott and Amy Beattie
Melina Barona
Mark and Kathly Belanger
Matt and Angela† Beran
James and Traci Biesemeyer
Phillip and Marla Brenner
Andrew and Suzy Brummel
Joshua and Julie Burgdorf
Barry and Marilyn Cadoff
Paula Cochran
Laura Crandall and Erin Friedman
Gail Crump
Ian Delinger
Steven Farmer
Monica and Joe Foster
Charles and Connie Funk
Mike and Melissa Garzanelli
Charles and May Giovannini
Jon and Catherine Gohl
Stephen and Emily Gross
Patrick and Rebecca Hardin
Tyler and Hope Harms
Dolfi and Lisa Herscovici
Michael and Sandra Holper
Michele Hoyne and Bruce Williams
Judy Hull
Andrea and Jeff Jones
Paul and LuAnna Klote
Lisa and John Kralina
Mark and Julie Krogman
Bradley and Tamara Lair
Jerald and Donna Liss
Miles and Nancy Lovelace
Ken and Mary McCauley
Cassandra and Adam Meschke
John Millemon and Marilyn Herridge
Brooks and Patty Miller
Shawn and Tracey Nichols
Jeff and Carla Niemeier
Brian Nikulski and Gail Paarman-Nikulski
Dan and Sharon O'Donnell
Ann and Gary Patterson
Eric and Catherine Patterson
Fontaine Piper and Mary Ann Corrigan
Susan Plassmeyer
Dalton Powell and Jennifer Seithel
Boyd and Katherine Printy
Steve and Tricia Rake
Randa Rawlins and Blaine Einspahr
Rudy and Jean† Seward
Floyd Simpson III and Erin Turner-Byfield
William Spees and Catherine Hermann
Jed Stugart
Richard and Kathleen Theriault
Russell and Rose Willey
Karen Wilson
Mike and Terri Wilson
Michael Wolgast
Eleanor Yackley
James and Jennifer Zeck
Member Level ($1,000 - $2,499)
K.J. Abel and Corey Ruch
Patricia Agheana
Scott Alberts and Hyun-Joo Kim
Morgan Anderson
Jim and Jane Argo
Jack and Meryl Atterberry
James and Karen Baker
Jeffrey Barnum and Jill Gaffney-Barnum
Brian and Neely Basich
Daniel and Julia Basler
Jim Bergman
David and Judy Bondurant
Melba Bowen
Donald and Dixie Boyce
Randy Brock
Kathleen and Kevin Buchar
Jeffrey and Tami Bulman
Sarah and Ben Burkemper
Daniel Cadoff
Jeffery and Amy Call
Mike Cannon
Gary and Denise Carmichael
Tina and Matthew Carns
James and Mindy Cherrington
Phil and Jenn Christofferson
Laura Beth Cleveland
Walter and Abby Coats
Louis and Deborah Coco
Linda Colton
Zachary and Robyn Cox
Karla and Andrew Craig
Wayne and Marilyn Creason
Jason and Laura Cruse
Amy and Joseph Cunniffe
Bill Curtis
Dwayne and Victoria Damba
Sue Davis
Kathleen Dawson
Theodore Dean and Presley Melvin-Dean
Janet and Donald Deaton
Josh and Mindy Dobereiner
Justin and Julia Doerle
Brian and Dawn Dorn
Matthew Doyle
Carol and Scott Ellis
Timothy and Nancy Erickson
Bob Fenlon
Charles Figas and Angela Miratsky-Figas
Matthew and Elizabeth Franker
Lucas Freeland
John Gadbois
Mark and Robin Gambaiana
Brian and Cynthia Gardner
Natalie Gerhart
Shannon and Gregory Glass
Saniel and Julianna Glossenger
Rick and Janet Gooch
James and Tiernan Good
John Griesedieck
Carol and Perry Hackett
Mark and Shayna Hadley
Phil Hall and Amina Cannie-Hall
Michael and Elaine Hanrahan
Charles and Lorena Hargis
Matthew Harms
Jim and Jeannette Harris
Ronald and Shirley Hesselschwerdt
Jason and Jessica Hill
Ryan Hoak
James and Mary Kay Hogan
Todd and Carolyn Holcomb
John and Susan Holtrup
Michael and Jackie Hopkins
Venable Houts
Denise Howard and Michael Belef
Joel and Amy Huenemann
Ernie Hughes
Keith and Marilyn Humphrey
Kevin and Deidra Hunn
Dale and Beth Isley
William James
Richard and Laura Johns
Patricia Johnson
Austin Jones and Melynne Harrison Jones
Hannah Kay
David Kelsey
Richard and Theresa Kenney
Vicki Kijewski and Lyna Green
Scott and Tanya Kliever
Marilyn and David Koehler
Robert Koogler and Cynthia Redelsperger
Derek and Jennifer Korte
Michael and Ros Kucera
R.J. and Lisa Lindstrom
Jeffrey and Renee Linnemeyer
Laura Liu and Doug Griffith
J.W. and Brenda Loftin
Jerry and Nita Long
John Lundgren
Larry and Jill Lunsford
Derek Lynch
DeAnn Malone
Russell and Mary Marshall
Kenneth and Margaret Masters
Issa and Charlotte Mayahi
Jerry and Karen Mayhew
Rebecca McClanahan
Mike and Janet McClaskey
Sonya McLelland
Daniel and Mary Meager
Elizabeth Medina
Greg and Donna Meier
Ryan Meyer
Paul and Gwen Middeke
Mark and Sarah Miller
Kevin Minch
Sean and Stephanie Missey
Johanna Moeller
Wayne and Peggy Moore
Toni Monroe
Salvatore Montalbano
Chris and Erin Moore
Brian and Jennifer Moore
Dorothy Munch and John Bloodworth
Bill and Mary Nader
Martha Novinger
Tom and Maria O’Brien
Sheila Oetker
James and Amber O’Donnell
Susan and Joseph Orr
David and Kathy Otero
Nathan and Jennifer Owen
Thomas and Shirley Palmatier
Eric and Nora Patterson
Joan and Joseph Peterson
Stephen and Sally Phillips
Wayne Potter and Mariella Mecozzi
Matthew and Jessica Potter
Lance Ratcliff
David and Carol Rector
Jack Reiske
Richard and Janie Rider
Jason and Gina Riney
Brett and Evelyn Rogers
Todd and Stefanie Rohler
Robert and Beverly Rollings
Jeffrey and Marilyn Romine
Judy and Van Rose
Sydney Ross
James Rostello
Bryan and Sonya Rouland
John and Carol Rucker
William and Deborah Sass
John Schmor
Gene and Ginny Schneider
James and Cindy Seaman
Joan and Eugene Sehl
Gary Sells
Evelyn and James Severns
Travis and Laurie Sewell
Colin Shaw and Emily Foy
Michael and Melissa Shine
David and Mary Shively
Ryan and Lauren Shreve
Rob and Sherry Shults
Allan Simons
- Parks Smith and Barbara Weber
Derek and Sandra Smith
Geraldine and Tim Springston
Bob and Carol Stephens
Rob and Jennifer Stilley
Arlo and Dianne Stollenberg
Jerree and Elizabeth Stroh
Gaylah and Werner Sublette
Richard and Kathleen Theriault
Daniel and Diane Thomas
Matthew and Andrea Thompson
James and Keri Towry
Justis Tuia
Angela and Andrew Urbaczewski
Tony and Dana Vazzana
Neala Veenstra
John Verby and Lavonne Johnson Verby
Christopher Veremakis
Jeffrey Wallace
Steven and June White
Eric and Andrea Willis
Maggie Wilson and Charles Lemley
Megan Wilson
Benjamin Wingo
David Woods
Jan Woods
Associate Level ($500 - $999)
Cheryl Cragg
Marilyn Gibbons
Joseph Koppenhaver
Russell and Janice Moore
Tim and Rebecca Oliver
Pat and Judy O’Rourke
Edward and Carol Schneider
Julie and James Stanton
Rebecca and Jim Studer
The John R. Kirk Society
Corporations and Foundations
Kirk Society President’s Level: ($50,000 and above)
The Boeing Company
Dean’s level: ($25,000 - $49,999)
The Gerald W. Fackler Charitable Remainder Trust
Dean’s Fellow Level ($10,000 - $24,999)
KPMG
Northeast Missouri State Bank
Distinguished Professor ($5,000 - $9,999)
BlackRock Inc
Ernst & Young
NISA Investment Advisors, LLC
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Scramblers Inc
The David & Linda Swain Foundation
Professor Level ($2,500 - $4,999)
Garmin International, Inc.
Shelter Insurance
State Farm Insurance
The Boston Foundation
The Presser Foundation
Truman Men's Soccer Alumni, LLC
Society Member Level ($1,000 - $2,499)
Alpha Chi Sigma Fraternity Gamma Theta Chapter
Ameran Missoui
American Century Investments.
BKD, LLP
Bristol-Myers Squibb
Caterpillar Inc.
Century 21 Lifetime Realty
Colton's Steakhouse
ConAgra Brands
Deloitte
Discount Textbooks, LLC
Eli Lilly and Company
Emery Sapp and Sons, Inc.
Fidelity National Title Insurance Company
H & R Block, Inc.
HCA
Hollister Incorporated
Jagg Alliance
James O’Donnell Funeral Home, Inc
JET Physical Therapy
Johnson and Johnson
Kansas City Toyota Dealers Association
Kauffman Foundation
Kraft Heinz
Microsoft Corporation
Novus International, Inc
Pfizer
Piper Sandler Companies
Printy Remodeling & Renovation, Inc
Safety National
Samson Energy Company
Sodexo
The Chevron Companies
The R. M. Brown and T.Y. Brown Foundation
Titan Surgical Group LLC
Title Partners LLC
Truist
Truman State University Northeast Missouri Alumni Chapter
Wells Fargo