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University of Missouri alum Phil Bender left a successful career as a managing partner at Northwestern Mutual to don a new hat: that of The Sea Captain. 

At an early age, Angela Knoerr observed that she had specific learning needs. Processing new input was sometimes challenging for her, but she could master it when given the opportunity to ask questions.

Like most kids, siblings Dominic St. Jean and Gabriella St. Jean participated in a cherished tradition: running their own lemonade stand.

There’s no doubt, Hannah Banks has made her mark on the University of Missouri. Banks, an accountancy student in Mizzou’s Robert J.

Meredith Aslin Imber, a 2002 graduate of the University of Missouri’s Robert J. Trulaske, Sr. College of Business, was working in finance on Wall Street when she noticed that she was not getting many visits from Mizzou students.

As chairman and founder of Provident, a Dallas-based team of real estate and financial service professionals that’s developed more than $6 billion in real estate projects, Leon Backes (pronounced Back-Us), BSBA ’79, has earned the respect of his p

A track scholarship brought New Zealand native Jackie Rasmussen to the United States as a college student. And she hasn’t stopped chasing her own goals — and helping others pursue theirs — since.

Bringing different backgrounds and thoughts together can yield some astonishing results.

Three years ago, Killion Hardesty and buddy Gage Ryan found themselves with a plethora of peppers on their hands — so they cooked up a plan that is blazing a new path within the Columbia condiment crowd.

The Mizzou R.A.H. (Recent Alumni Honorees) Award sheds light on the incredible things young alumni are doing across the globe.

Carolyn Murphy, Junior

Major: Management 

Graduation: Spring 2026

Mizzou’s Summer Welcome is a rite of passage for new students at the University of Missouri. Summer Welcome Leaders are often the first members of the Mizzou community that new students meet when arriving on campus.

Patrick M. Walsh, a retired four-star admiral with the U.S. Navy, is a seasoned leader known for his ability to excel under pressure.

For Greg Maday. B.S.B.A. ’86, business has always been about the relationships.

This article originally appeared in the Fall 2024 issue of Trulaske Magazine.

This article originally appeared in the Fall 2024 issue of Trulaske Magazine

Allyson Witherspoon, B.S.B.A. ’99, has always loved cars – their design and the sense of independence they give.

In the winter of 1991, a Greyhound bus rumbled into downtown Columbia.

Their friends and families worried that launching a business nearly straight out of college was too risky. What if it failed?