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Left, Barney Whitlock, chair of the MUAA Legislative Information
Network Committee, joins MU Chancellor Richard Wallace,
far right, in congratulating Geyer Award winners Kenny Hulshof
and Hugh Stephenson. Photo by Rob Hill, MU Publications
and Alumni Communication
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2003
Geyer Awards
The University of Missouri-Columbia and the
MU Alumni Association recently
awarded the 2003 Geyer Public Service Awards to U.S. Congressman
Kenny Hulshof and physician Hugh Stephenson for their efforts
on behalf of higher education and the University.
The Alumni Association’s Legislative
Information Network Committee (LINC) annually presents the
awards to one state-elected official and one citizen who exemplify
the dedication and spirit of Henry Geyer, a former state representative
who believed education was the key to progress and prosperity
in Missouri and introduced a bill to establish the University
of Missouri in 1839.
“The Mizzou Alumni Association salutes
both of these leaders for all they have done for higher education
and MU,” said Steve Vincent, president of the MU Alumni
Association. “Congressman Hulshof does an outstanding job
representing higher education and Mizzou in Washington, and Dr.
Stephenson is a man greatly respected for his innovation and leadership
— qualities that have greatly improved higher education
and medical education in our state. They are both true tigers.”
Hulshof is the elected-official recipient
of the 2003 Geyer Award. A 1980 MU graduate, Hulshof earned a
law degree from the University of Mississippi in 1983. In 1989,
Hulshof joined the Missouri State Attorney General’s Office
and was elected to Congress in 1996. Now in his fourth consecutive
term, Hulshof serves on the U.S. Ways and Means Committee, the
House Committee on the Budget and the House Ethics Committee.
A strong advocate for higher education, Hulshof
helped secure support for such educational programs as the HOPE
credit, the Lifetime Learning Tax Credit and Education Savings
Accounts. Hulshof is a supporter of the development of life sciences
at MU and works to provide funds for the Sears Greenhouse facility,
the Life Sciences Center, the MU Research Reactor and the Food
and Agricultural Policy Research Institute.
Stephenson is the citizen recipient of the
2003 Geyer award in recognition of his work over the past 50 years
to enhance medical education at MU. A 1943 MU graduate, Stephenson
earned his medical degree at Washington University. In 1952, Stephenson
lobbied the Missouri Legislature for a four-year medical program
at MU and was later hired as the first full-time faculty member.
Stephenson has served as chair of the department
of surgery, chief of staff at University Hospital and interim
director of the School of Medicine. The first physician to perform
open heart surgery at University Hospital, Stephenson developed
the first course on cardiac resuscitation and the first mobile
resuscitation unit. Stephenson retired in 1992 but served on the
MU Board of Curators from 1996 to 2001. He has written a book
on the history of the MU School of Medicine.
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