Fred and June Kummer

New endowments established

This spring the MSM-UMR Alumni Associatio n accepted several new scholarship endowments to provide funds for today 's students.

- Heartland Section Scholarship - James Hoelscher Scholarship - Steve & Ernestine Mueller/Echo Bay Mines Scholarship - George Penzel Scholarship - Riley Family Scholarship - William Soper Scholarship - St. Louis Section Scholarship - Edwin J. Werner Scholarship

The Burns & McDonnell Scholarship Fund also was accepted. While not a n endowed fund , this agreement formalizes Burns & McDonnell's commitment to provide at least $4,000 per year in scholarship funds through the association.

The association apprecia tes the commitment made by those individuals who established these endowed funds to support educational opportunities for UMR 's students.

Arkansas Section established

Under the leadership of C huck Germer '55 , a group of Arkansas alumni banded together to form the Arkansas section o f the MSM-UMR Al umni Association . The section 's charter was accepted by the board of directors at the spring '97 meeting. Congratulations to the following alumni who are founding members: Eric Duden '96, Jennifer Suttmoeller '95, Clifford Statler '51 , M.G . Boren '62, Robert M. Diel '62, David Kroeter '73, Charles E. Miller '55, and Chuck Germer '55.

Buy a book and support your alumni association

The MSM-UMR Alumni Association announces a new service for "wired " alumni. You can go to the association 's website at http://www.umr.edu/alumni and click o n "Buy a book, support your alum ni associa tion , through BookExpress Online! " to purchase books from one of the largest web-based bookstores.

When you enter the BookExpress site, you 'll receive an electronic "cookie " that identifies you as one of our alumni. Every time you make a purchase, BookExpress will donate 10 percent of the purchase price back to you r alumni association.

BookExpress offers good literature at discounts

STEPS TO BOOKEXPRESS

Go to

http://www.umr.edu/alumni

Click on

Buy a book, support your alumni association through BookExpress Online!

10 percent of purchase price is donated to the alumni association

of 30-90 percent off th e publisher's suggested list price. Their warehouses hold tens of thousands of titles with more than 5 million books in stock. The categories are endless; the only books they won 't stock are pornography a nd hate literature.

With a commitment to philanthropy, BookExpress provides quality reading material while helping others through donations to charitable organizations. We look forward to our association with them a nd we hope yo u 'll take a look at the electronic bookstore for your favorites. If you have a personal account for our" First Person" feature (see Robe rt Spratt's articl e on page 29). we'd like to hea r about it. It could be something interesting that you did on th e job, or perhaps a personal experience you'd like to share. If you think your fellow alumni would find it interesting, send it in and we'll consider it for publi cation in a fu ture issue.

MEMBER BENEFITS

MSM-UMR Alumni Association members are entitled to:

Travel Tours: Italy & The French Riviera (Fall '97) Switzerland & The Black Forest (Fall '97) Western Caribbean Cruise (Jan. '98) China & Yangtze River Cruise (Spring '98) Eastern Europe Excursion (Spring '98)

MSM·UMR: chairs, lamps, watches, rings, pendants, Platinum/Gold MasterCard, license plates

(License plates are for Missouri residents only.!

Career Assistance: UMR's Career Opportunity Center will help you in your job search!

Alumni Association Services: Access to Alumni Office via e-mail (alumni@umr.edu). Alumni locator service to help you find lost friends . Address update service so you don't miss your MSM-UMR mail. To take advantage of these offers, contact the Alumni Office:

by mail: MSM-UMR Alumni Association Castleman Hall 1870 Miner Circle Rolla MO 65409-0650 by phone: (573) 341-4145 bye-mail: alumni@umr.edu