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The University of Missouri–St. Louis (UMSL) is a
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in
St. Louis, Missouri St. Louis () is the second-largest city in Missouri, United States. It sits near the confluence of the Mississippi River, Mississippi and the Missouri Rivers. In 2020, the city proper had a population of 301,578, while the Greater St. Louis, ...
. Established in 1963, it is one of four universities in the
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and its newest. Located on the former grounds of Bellerive Country Club, the university's campus stretches into the municipalities of Bellerive, Bel-Nor and
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. Additional facilities are located at the former site of
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and at
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, both in St. Louis city. Bachelor's, Master's, and
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programs are offered through the College of Arts and Sciences, the College of Business Administration, the College of Education, the College of Nursing, the School of Social Work, and the College of Optometry. The business school is AACSB-accredited and is the only public university in the St. Louis area to also be AACSB-accredited in accounting. Preprofessional, a joint engineering program with
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, and evening programs are also offered. UMSL is home of an
optometry Optometry is a specialized health care profession that involves examining the eyes and related structures for defects or abnormalities. Optometrists are health care professionals who typically provide comprehensive primary eye care. In the Uni ...
school, providing its students with a doctorate (OD). The Pierre Laclede Honors College is UMSL's honors program. UMSL is classified among "R2: Doctoral Universities – High research activity". The university contains two libraries: The Thomas Jefferson Library which is the main library of the university and the St. Louis Mercantile Library which was founded in 1846 and is the oldest library west of the
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. The campus contains two stops on MetroLink, St. Louis' regional light rail system. A student center, academic buildings, parking structures, a performing arts center, and residential housing have been constructed over the past ten years as part of campus improvement programs. The university has a dual-enrollment agreement with Gulf University for Science and Technology, Kuwait. KWMU (90.7 FM), which is the flagship
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station in the St. Louis area and known on-air as St. Louis Public Radio, is owned by and licensed to UMSL. UMSL has 10,431 students attending classes on-campus, compared to 6,010 students taking classes off-campus, which is mostly students dual-enrolled at area high schools. The university has the equivalent of 9,488 full-time students. UMSL has historically been a commuter school for the St. Louis, with only about 1200 students living on-campus.


History

The impetus for a college campus in its current location began in 1957 when members of the Bellerive Country Club put their 53-year-old club house and grounds on the market for $1.3 million as they planned to move to larger quarters in Town and Country, Missouri. At the same time members of Normandy, Missouri School District began debating the need of creating an affordable
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to offer an alternative to the much more expensive privately owned
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and
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. Country Club members approached the Board and the asking price was dropped to $600,000. A bond issue on September 30, 1958, received the necessary two-thirds majority and the golf club was turned over to Normandy on May 31, 1960. A group of board members and citizens popularly referred to as "The Committee of Twenty-eight" began the process to set up the
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. The group met with
Elmer Ellis Elmer Ellis (July 27, 1901 – August 27, 1989) was an American educator and fourteenth president of the University of Missouri, from 1955 to 1966, and first president of the University of Missouri System. He was instrumental in the expansion ...
, president of the
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. At the time, MU was responsible for accrediting junior colleges. Ellis suggested that the University of Missouri supervise the educational program at the school. The terms required that 100 students attend the school. 140 students applied on the first day. The Clubhouse was renovated with 15 classrooms, two laboratories, a large lecture room, a library and a cafeteria. The "Normandy Residence Center under the auspices of the University of Missouri" opened in September 1960. Enrollment increased to 300 in 1961 and 550 in 1962. Interest in a four-year school immediately arose. In 1963, the original MU campuses in Columbia and Rolla were merged with the privately owned University of Kansas City to form the present day University of Missouri System. The newly formed system immediately won permission to upgrade the Normandy center to a full-fledged four-year institution. The transfer from the Normandy school district to the University of Missouri System was delayed when the
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in 4–3 decision ruled that the school could not transfer the property without a formal open bid process. The Missouri General Assembly enacted legislation signed by Governor
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on October 13, 1963, enabling the transfer and the university bought the property for $60,000 from unallocated funds at the university's disposal. With expanding enrollment classes were held in a laundromat building at Natural Bridge and Hanley and in a church basement across from the campus while buildings were built on the site of the former Bellerive Country Club. Benton Hall opened in 1965, Clark Hall and the Library were the next buildings built. On July 23, 1973, an Ozark Airlines Fairchild Hiller FH-227B Flight 809 from Nashville International Airport crashed into the campus just east of the Mark Twain complex while attempting to land at
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. T In 1976
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was acquired. It is now called the "south campus."


Chancellors

Chancellors of the school are:
  1. James L. Bugg Jr., 1965–1969
  2. Glen Driscoll, 1969–1972 : Everett Walters, interim, 1972–1973
  3. Joseph Hartley, 1973–1974 : Emery Turner, interim, 1974–1975
  4. Arnold Grobman Arnold B. Grobman (April 28, 1918 – July 8, 2012) was an American zoologist. Biography Grobman was born on April 28, 1918, in Newark, New Jersey as Morton Arnold Grobman, later changing his name to Arnold Brams Grobman, taking his mother's mai ...
    , 1975–1985 : Arthur MacKinney, interim, 1985–1986
  5. Marguerite Ross Barnett Overview Marguerite Ross Barnett (May 21, 1942 – February 26, 1992) was the eighth president of the University of Houston and a former chancellor of the University of Missouri–St. Louis. Barnett was the first African American woman to lead ...
    , 1986–1990
  6. Blanche Touhill, 1990–2002 : Donald Driemeier, interim, 2003
  7. Thomas F. George, 2003–2019
  8. Kristin Sobolik, 2019–present


Express Scripts World Headquarters Campus at NorthPark

In 2007
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opened its world headquarters on the campus north of University Place Drive and south of Interstate 70 in Missouri. It was the first
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company to have its headquarters on a college campus. A second headquarters building adjoining the original one opened in 2008. Three additional Express Scripts have been added to the NorthPark development on the north side of I-70 including an Office and Data Center, Tech and Innovation Center, and Operations Center. In 2018 the majority of the 5,000 St. Louis Express Scripts employees work in the complex. George Paz, CEO of Express Scripts at the time, was an UMSL graduate. Express Scripts, which leases rather than owns its headquarters buildings and other structures in NorthPark, received substantial tax breaks. Since the move the company has been an active partner with the university including contributing money to renovate the computer sciences building (Express Scripts Hall), raising funds for building projects, sponsoring a pre-collegiate bridge program for high school students and sponsoring a
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(Accentuate).


Academics


Academic units

Divisions of the university include: the College of Arts and Sciences, the College of Business Administration, the College of Education, the College of Fine Arts and Communication, the College of Nursing, the College of Optometry, the
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, the School of Social Work, Continuing Education, the Graduate School, and the UMSL/ Washington University Joint Undergraduate Engineering Program. The College of Arts and Sciences has these divisions: *
Anthropology Anthropology is the scientific study of humanity, concerned with human behavior, human biology, cultures, societies, and linguistics, in both the present and past, including past human species. Social anthropology studies patterns of behavi ...
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Biology Biology is the scientific study of life. It is a natural science with a broad scope but has several unifying themes that tie it together as a single, coherent field. For instance, all organisms are made up of cells that process hereditary i ...
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Chemistry Chemistry is the science, scientific study of the properties and behavior of matter. It is a natural science that covers the Chemical element, elements that make up matter to the chemical compound, compounds made of atoms, molecules and ions ...
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Criminology & Criminal Justice ''Criminology & Criminal Justice'' is a peer-reviewed academic journal covering the field of criminology. The journal's editors-in-chief are Michele Burman, Laura Piacentini and Sarah Armstrong. It was established in 2001 and is published by SAGE ...
*
Economics Economics () is the social science that studies the Production (economics), production, distribution (economics), distribution, and Consumption (economics), consumption of goods and services. Economics focuses on the behaviour and intera ...
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English English usually refers to: * English language * English people English may also refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England ** English national ide ...
* Foreign Language & Literature *
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* Math & Computer Science *
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Philosophy Philosophy (from , ) is the systematized study of general and fundamental questions, such as those about existence, reason, knowledge, values, mind, and language. Such questions are often posed as problems to be studied or resolved. Some ...
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Physics Physics is the natural science that studies matter, its fundamental constituents, its motion and behavior through space and time, and the related entities of energy and force. "Physical science is that department of knowledge which r ...
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Political Science Political science is the scientific study of politics. It is a social science dealing with systems of governance and power, and the analysis of political activities, political thought, political behavior, and associated constitutions and la ...
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Psychology Psychology is the scientific study of mind and behavior. Psychology includes the study of conscious and unconscious phenomena, including feelings and thoughts. It is an academic discipline of immense scope, crossing the boundaries betwe ...
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Sociology Sociology is a social science that focuses on society, human social behavior, patterns of Interpersonal ties, social relationships, social interaction, and aspects of culture associated with everyday life. It uses various methods of Empirical ...
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* Institute for Women & Gender Studies


Research and Public Service Centers

The university's centers include: the Center for Business & Industrial Studies, the Center for Character and Citizenship, the Center for Emerging Technologies, the Center for Entrepreneurship and Economic Education, the Center for Ethics and Public Life, the Center for Eye Care, the Center for Excellence in Financial Counseling, the Center for Human Origin and Cultural Diversity, the Center for the Humanities, the Center for International Studies, the Center for Nanoscience, the Center for Neurodynamics, the Center for Transportation Studies, the Center for Trauma Recovery, the Children's Advocacy Services of Greater St. Louis, the E. Desmond Lee Regional Institute of Tutorial Education, the E. Desmond Lee Technology and Learning Center, the German Cultural Center, the International Business Institute, the Missouri Institute of Mental Health, the Nicholas and Theodora Matsakis Hellenic Culture Center, the Public Policy Research Center,
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, the Sue Shear Institute for Women in Public Life, and the Whitney R. Harris World Ecology Center.


Rankings

* ''U.S. News & World Report''s America's Best Graduate Schools 2018 ranks its doctoral degree program in Criminology & Criminal Justice 5th in the US. The Department of Criminology & Criminal Justice was also ranked 2nd for scholarly research by the Journal of Criminal Justice. * The Philosophical Gourmet Report lists UMSL's terminal Master's program in Philosophy in the Top 10 nationally. This report is widely cited as a primary source in ranking Philosophy graduate programs and publishes biennially. * ''U.S. News & World Report'' ranked the International Business Undergraduate program 15th for 2010. That was the 7th time the program was ranked in the Top 20.


Athletics

UMSL provides 11 Division II sports teams ranging from Soccer and Basketball to Golf and Softball.


Campus

The Campus is divided into two parts, a North Campus and a South Campus. UMSL can be visited using the
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light rail system which has two stations on the campus: UMSL North and UMSL South. Some key buildings include the
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and Mercantile Libraries, the Transportation Studies Center, University Meadows Apartments, the Millennium Student Center, Residential Life and Housing, Clark and Lucas Halls, the Touhill Performing Arts Center, Express Scripts Hall (formally CCB), and the Social Sciences Building. The ''Ward E. Barnes Library'' is located on the south campus and serves the College of Education and the College of Optometry. Finally, there is currently a campus recreation center.


Student life


Housing

Campus Housing: Villa North Hall (Ages 21+) and Oak Hall (Under 21). Additional Campus Living: University Meadows Apartments (independently operated, gated, apartment style living), The Mansion Hills (Ages 21+ )


Student Government Association

The UMSL Student Government Association (SGA) is a student run government set up to provide a voice for students when dealing with administration of the University of Missouri–St. Louis (UMSL). SGA has three parts, the Executive Branch, the Assembly, and the Student Court, and also is governed by a student wide approved constitution. SGA was started in 1963 when the university was founded and has gone through many constitutional changes, the most recent in 2004. SGA includes members from every student organization and students from every college on campus. This government incorporates both undergraduate and graduate in its student body. SGA has been instrumental in changes for students around the campus. It is responsible for approving student fees before they go to the board of curators of the University of Missouri System and divides out the campus Activity's Fees to fund student organizations' budgets.


Greek life

There are six social fraternities and sororities on campus. The Fraternities are Sigma Tau Gamma,
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, and Alpha Sigma Phi. Sororities include: Alpha Xi Delta, Delta Zeta, Zeta Tau Alpha. The co-education service Fraternity is
Alpha Phi Omega Alpha Phi Omega (), commonly known as APO, but also A-Phi-O and A-Phi-Q, is a coeducational service fraternity. It is the largest collegiate fraternity in the United States, with chapters at over 350 campuses, an active membership of over 25,0 ...
. There are also historically Black Greek letter organizations (BGLO) that function at the University of Missouri St. Louis campus. Majority of the BGLO chapters function as citywide chapters including
Alpha Phi Alpha Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. () is the oldest intercollegiate historically African American fraternity. It was initially a literary and social studies club organized in the 1905–1906 school year at Cornell University but later evolved int ...
,
Alpha Kappa Alpha Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. () is the first intercollegiate historically African American sorority. The sorority was founded on January 15, 1908, at the historically black Howard University in Washington, D.C., by a group of sixteen stud ...
,
Kappa Alpha Psi Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc. () is a historically African American fraternity. Since the fraternity's founding on January 5, 1911 at Indiana University Bloomington, the fraternity has never restricted membership on the basis of color, creed ...
,
Omega Psi Phi Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc. () is a historically African-American fraternity. The fraternity was founded on November 17, 1911, by three Howard University juniors Edgar Amos Love, Oscar James Cooper and Frank Coleman, and their faculty advi ...
,
Delta Sigma Theta Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. () is a historically African American sorority. The organization was founded by college-educated women dedicated to public service with an emphasis on programs that assist the African American community. Delta ...
,
Phi Beta Sigma Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc. () is a historically African American fraternity. It was founded at Howard University in Washington, D.C. on January 9, 1914, by three young African-American male students with nine other Howard students as char ...
, and
Zeta Phi Beta Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. () is a historically African American sorority. In 1920, five women from Howard University envisioned a sorority that would raise the consciousness of their people, encourage the highest standards of scholastic achie ...
, while
Sigma Gamma Rho Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc. () is a historically African American sorority, international collegiate, and non-profit community service organization that was founded on November 12, 1922, by seven educators on the Irvington campus (1875–1 ...
has a charter specifically at the University of Missouri St. Louis.


Student media

The student newspaper, '' The Current'', is a tabloid publishing 6,000 issues weekly. It is funded primarily by advertising revenue supplemented by student activity fees. It won "Best-in-State" from the Missouri Collegiate Media Association in 2002, 2007, 2008, and 2009. The campus hosts a student radio station, UMSL Student Radio ("The U") on 1620 AM and streaming online and U TV which streams in the campus dorms and YouTube channe

. The main studios are located in the Millennium Student Center, with a satellite studio in the Oak Hall Residence. The stations is organized by the Student Electronic Media Professional's Association (SEMPA). The U has a non-commercial freeform format, playing various genres of music and talk shows as well as programs featuring campus news and personalities. The Film Production Society was established in 2006. This organization has since changed its name to ''The Media Production Society''. It manufactures original content, tutors students in need, and researches new forms of modern media.


Nickname and mascot

In May 2007 the UMSL board of curators approved a change of nickname from the Rivermen (first used in the 1960s) to the Tritons. The new mascot was revealed at the 'Pack the Stands' night, Fall 2009 and was named Louie by the student body at the annual Mirthday celebration, Spring 2010. The Rivermen/Riverwomen nickname seldom had popular support, primarily for its unwieldy gender constructions.


Institutional Safety

Law enforcement and emergency response on the UMSL campus is handled by the University of Missouri-St. Louis Police Department. Other divisions within Institutional Safety include: Department of Environmental Health and Safety, Parking and Transportation, and Campus Locksmiths.


Pierre Laclede Honors College

The 'Pierre Laclede Honors College' is the honors program for the University of Missouri–St. Louis. It was named in honor of the founder of the city of St. Louis. With classrooms and student housing both located in a former
convent A convent is a community of monks, nuns, religious brothers or, sisters or priests. Alternatively, ''convent'' means the building used by the community. The word is particularly used in the Catholic Church, Lutheran churches, and the Anglican ...
on the university's South Campus, the program offers classes that typically focus on specific topics in the
Humanities Humanities are academic disciplines that study aspects of human society and culture. In the Renaissance, the term contrasted with divinity and referred to what is now called classics, the main area of secular study in universities at the t ...
while stressing the development and practice of students' writing skills. The students in the program publish an informal periodical, ''Brain Stew'', which is independent of '' The Current''. The college is also the center of activity for the publication of ''Bellerive'', an annual literary magazine which contains artistic and literary works by UMSL students and faculty.


Alumni

The university has 92,230 graduates, with 62,408 (68%) of them in the metropolitan St. Louis area.


Notable faculty

*
Ihsan Ali Al-Shehbaz Ihsan Ali Al-Shehbaz (born 1939 in Iraq) is an American botanist who works as adjunct professor at University of Missouri-St. Louis and Senior Curator at Missouri Botanical Garden.
, Adjunct Professor of Biology and Curator at the
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* Joseph Carroll, Curators' Professor of English, pioneering scholar in the field of literature and evolution * Janet Catherine Berlo, Art History Professor (1979–1997) *
Michael Cosmopoulos Michael Basil Cosmopoulos ( gr, Μιχαήλ Βασιλείου Κοσμόπουλος; born 1963) is Professor of Greek History and Archaeology with the Department of Anthropology and Archaeology; and Holder of the Endowed Professorship in Greek ...
, Hellenic Government-Karakas Foundation Chair of Greek Studies and Professor of Archaeology *
Barbara Harbach Barbara Harbach (born February 14, 1946) is a composer, harpsichordist, organist and teacher. Since 2004, she taught music at the University of Missouri-St. Louis. She founded ''Women in the Arts-St. Louis'' to highlight women's work and gain ...
, Professor of Music *
Minsoo Kang Minsoo Kang (born 1967) is a historian and writer. Currently, he is an associate professor of European intellectual history in the Department of History at the University of Missouri–St. Louis. Kang is also an expert on the history of automata ...
, Professor of History *
Mark Pope Mark Edward Pope (born September 11, 1972) is an American basketball coach and former player who is the nineteenth and current head coach of Brigham Young University's (BYU) men's basketball team. He played college basketball for the Kentucky ...
, Thomas Jefferson Professor, Curators' Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Counseling (1997–2018) * George Rawick *
Robert E. Ricklefs Robert Eric Ricklefs (born June 6, 1943) is an American ornithologist and ecologist. He was the Curators' Professor of Biology at the University of Missouri, St. Louis from 1996 until August 2019. Education Born in 1943, he grew up near Monterey, ...
, Curators' Professor of Biology, Member of the National Academy of Sciences *
Lawrence H. White Lawrence Henry White (born November 27, 1954) is an American economics professor at George Mason University who teaches graduate level Monetary Theory, monetary theory and policy. He is considered an authority on the history and theory of free ba ...
* Peter F. Stevens * Daniel Isom Former
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Chief of Police, E. Desmond Lee Professor of Policing and the Community


Notable alumni

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Paul Curtman Paul Curtman (born April 21, 1981) is an American politician who served as a member of the Missouri House of Representatives for the 105th and 109th districts from 2011 to 2019. Early life and education Curtman was born to Judith and Dr. Charles ...
– Republican member of the Missouri House of Representatives * Kathleen E. Fick
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Major General * Chuck Gatschenberger – Republican member of the Missouri House of Representatives * Maryanne J. George - American Christian musician * Timothy P. Green – Missouri State Politician *
Marty Hendin Marty Hendin (March 16, 1948 – January 12, 2008) was a baseball executive who worked in various marketing, public relations, and community relations posts for the St. Louis Cardinals of Major League Baseball. Inducted into the University of ...
– Former Vice President of Community relations for the St. Louis Cardinals * Charles E. Hoffman - Dean of Business School (2013- ) *
Joan Kelly Horn Joan Kelly Horn (born October 18, 1936) is an American politician from Missouri. She served one term in the United States House of Representatives representing Missouri's 2nd congressional district. She is a member of the Democratic Party. She ...
– Former United States Congresswoman * Daniel Isom – Former St. Louis City Chief of Police * William Knoedelseder -
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-winning author, former business writer for the ''
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'' and TV producer *
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– Chief Executive Officer of Kohl's Corporation * Therese Sander – Missouri Politician *
Vincent Schoemehl Vincent C. Schoemehl, Jr. (born October 30, 1946 in St. Louis) was the 42nd mayor of St. Louis, Missouri, serving three terms from 1981 to 1993. At the time of his first election, he was one of the city's youngest mayors. In 1992, Schoemehl was def ...
– Mayor of the City of St. Louis, 1981–1993 *
Phyllis Smith Phyllis Smith (born July 10, 1951) is an American actress and casting associate. She is best known for playing Phyllis Vance in the television series ''The Office (U.S. TV series), The Office'' and her critically acclaimed voice role as Sadness ...
– Television and film actress *
Chrissy Sommer Chrissy Sommer (born October 15, 1965) was an American politician who served as a member of the Missouri House of Representatives for the 106th district from 2012 to 2021. She was first elected to the Missouri House in a special election on Novem ...
– Republican member of the Missouri House of Representatives *
Steve Stenger Steven Stenger is an American attorney and a former Democratic politician. He served as County Executive of St. Louis County, Missouri from January 2015 to April 2019. He resigned his position in April 2019 after being federally indicted on ...
– Former Democratic politician and former County Executive of St. Louis County *
Steven Tilley Steven Tilley (born June 11, 1971) is a former Speaker of the Missouri House of Representatives. He represented District 106 (Perry, St. Francois and Ste. Genevieve Counties) in the Missouri House of Representatives. A Republican, Tilley was e ...
– Missouri Speaker of the House of Representatives *
Clint Zweifel Clint Zweifel (born November 3, 1973), is an American politician and businessman who served as the State Treasurer of Missouri from 2009 to 2017. He is a member of the Democratic Party and the most recent member of the party to hold that office ...
– Missouri State Treasurer *
Lyda Krewson Lyda Krewson (born November 14, 1953) is an American retired politician who was the 46th mayor of St. Louis, Missouri. She is a member of the Democratic Party and St. Louis's first female mayor, serving from 2017 to 2021. On November 18, 2020, K ...
- Mayor of the City of St. Louis, 2017–2021 *


References


External links

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UMSL Athletics website
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