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Welcome, Alumni and Friends of Arts and Science

You are a member of the largest, oldest, most-diverse college at the University of Missouri, the Art and Soul of Mizzou. We have educated over 70,000 students in areas such as music, mathematics, philosophy and all that falls in between. In 2008-09, 1,400 liberal-arts graduates transitioned from ambitious students to passionate alumni.

“What will you do in order to be a responsible leader of character who makes the world a better place?”
    
 - Maj. Gen. Gregg F. Martin, commencement speaker, May 2009         

Arts and Science Alumni Organization

The ASAO is an affiliate of the Mizzou Alumni Association (MAA), an independent, not-for-profit educational corporation.

Join the MAA/ASAO and become a part of the College of Arts and Science alumni community. When you sign up, choose the College of Arts & Science as your preferred school. This provides the college with extra funding, and you will be automatically enrolled as a member of the ASAO.

Graduates, students, former students, faculty members, former faculty, and others interested in the College of Arts and Science are eligible to join.

Membership Benefits: (click for drop-down)

The ASAO Executive Board

Any ASAO member who wants to take a more active role in supporting the college may serve on the board. The board hosts networking events, provides funding for educational and faculty research needs, sponsors affiliate organizations and clubs, and promotes the college.

ASAO Executive Board Members
  • Chris Stevens, president
  • Margrace Buckler
  • Robert Buckley
  • Marie Nau Hunter
  • Donald Laird
  • Caroline Lanham
  • Marcus Long
  • Michael J. O’Brien
  • Walter Pfeffer
  • R.D. Ross
  • Lucille Salerno
  • John Shaw
  • Yvonne Solbrekken
  • Leigh Anne Sudbrock
  • Beverly Hughes Yarger

2008 - 09 ASAO Activities: (click for drop-down)

Alumni

Of our many notable alumni, here are just a few:

  • Walter Bargen, Missouri’s first Poet Laureate
  • Tom Berenger, actor
  • James Lee Burke, author
  • Candy Coburn, country singer
  • Chris Cooper, actor
  • Linda Godwin, astronaut
  • Gen. John Gordon, Deputy Director, Central Intelligence Agency
  • Jon Hamm, actor
  • William Least Heat Moon, author
  • Hon. Timothy M. Kaine, governor of Virginia
  • Hon. Ted Kulongoski, governor of Oregon
  • Claire McCaskill, U.S. senator
  • Hon. Jay Nixon, governor of Missouri
  • Howard G. Richards Jr., former Dallas Cowboy
  • George C. Scott, actor
  • Ike Skelton, U.S. congressman
  • Matthew Taylor, Grammy Award-winning graphic artist

Links

Questions?

Contact Amanda Schlink
SchlinkA@missouri.edu
573-884-4482
800-430-2966 (toll-free)

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