Drury University, formerly Drury College, is a private university in Springfield, Missouri. It was originally Springfield College.
Business
Ernest R. Breech, chairman of Ford Motor Company and Trans World Airlines David Clohessy, director of Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests (SNAP) John Morris, founder and majority owner of Bass Pro Shops Larry O'Reilly, Rosalie O'Reilly Wooten, & David O'Reilly, founders of O'Reilly Auto Parts Lester E. Cox, Missouri businessman, namesake of CoxHealth
Education
Douglas W. Arner, Kerry Holdings Professor at the University of Hong Kong Lacey Eastburn, president of Arizona State College at Flagstaff, now Northern Arizona University, 1947–1957 Frederic Aldin Hall, chancellor of Washington University in St. Louis 1913–1923 J. Paul Leonard (1901–1995), university president, educator Kim Medley, environmental scientist at Washington University in St. Louis Aven Nelson, botanist who specialized in plants of the Rocky Mountains and was a founding professor and president of the University of Wyoming Todd Parnell, banker and former president of Drury University David E. Sweet, founding president of Metropolitan State University and later president of Rhode Island College Tom Whitlock, songwriter and lyricist best known for his Academy Award- and Golden Globe-winning song "Take My Breath Away"
Entertainment Bob Barker, former game show host and executive producer of The Price Is Right David Crabtree, film critic and celebrity blogger Robert Cummings, film and television actor Danny Dark, voiceover for TV commercials as well as the voice of Superman in the Super Friends TV series Dabbs Greer, actor David Kershenbaum, iconic platinum record producer and record company executive Drew Kifer, actor, Clorox commercials Si Siman, music industry executive Heidi Strobel, Survivor: The Amazon contestant
Law
William Robert Collinson, United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri and the United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri Timothy A. Garrison, United States attorney for the Western District of Missouri 2018–2021 Jim Hannah, chief justice of the Arkansas Supreme Court Dean Whipple, Senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri Paul C. Wilson, chief justice of the Missouri Supreme Court
Military William A. Beiderlinden, U.S. Army major general Charles E. Fritz, captain in the United States Army Air Forces, part of the United States Strategic Bombing Survey, and scientist pioneering disaster research
Politics Orland K. Armstrong, member of the United States House of Representatives Edward Barbour, served in the Missouri Senate 1935–1943 and in the Missouri House of Representatives 1923–1925 Charles H. Brown, member of the United States House of Representatives 1957–1961 Paul Busiek, Missouri House of Representatives Jim Chappell, commissioner of the Kansas City, Missouri Port Authority; and chairman of the Clay County Board of Election Commissioners Bob Dixon, former member of the Missouri Senate and current Greene County, Missouri presiding commissioner Durward Hall, member of the United States House of Representatives 1961–1973 Susan Montee, state auditor of Missouri Cleveland A. Newton, member of the United States House of Representatives Bill Owen, member of the Missouri House of Representatives Jeanie Riddle, Republican member of the Missouri Senate James Edward Ruffin, member of the United States House of Representatives 1933–1935 Jay Wasson, member of the Missouri Senate 2011–2019 and the Missouri House of Representatives 2002–2010 George H. Williams, United States senator Karen L. Williams, U.S. ambassador to Suriname
Religion
Walter Jacob, reform rabbi and founder of Abraham Geiger College Marcia Mitchell, founder of Little Light House
Science and medicine
Fred S. Clinton, one of the first medical doctors in Oklahoma, built the first hospital in Tulsa Dorothy van Dyke Leake, botanist, botanical illustrator, educator, writer and conservationist Carl Richard Moore, endocrinologist noted for his studies of the reproductive tract of male mammals and the physiology of spermatozoa
Sports Mike Carter (born 1955), American-Israeli basketball player Dan Glass, former president of Kansas City Royals Lauren Holtkamp, NBA referee Miranda Maverick, MMA flyweight fighter in the UFC and formerly Invicta Fighting Championships Ricky Meinhold, professional baseball player with the St. Louis Cardinals and the New York Mets, pitching coach for the Appalachian State Mountaineers Ismael Ortiz, Panamanian swimmer Trevor Richards, Major League Baseball pitcher for the Toronto Blue Jays Bill Virdon, professional baseball player and manager John William Yettaw, the Suu Kyi swimmer
Writing and journalism Mary Ellen Hopkins, quilter and author Edna Kenton, feminist writer Michael Mallory, author and journalist Frank Peters Jr., journalist, won the 1972 Pulitzer Prize for Criticism
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