Truman State University - Echo Yearbook (Kirksville, MO)

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20 THE MNAMEION. C HE HON. GEO. HALL, Presidei of the Board of Regents is a res dent of Trenton and a prominent men ber of the bar. He is commander of tti Grand Army of the Republic in Missoi ri. He is now serving his second ten as a member of the Board of Regents having been appointed by Governc Francis in 1891 and reappointed by Goa S tephens in 1897. He was elected pres ident of the Board at the Februar meeting, 1901. Term expires 1903. T ON. A. W. MULLINS, Vice-presi- 7 dent of the Board, is a banker and a member of the bar at Linneus, Missou¬ ri. He was appointed a member of this board by Gov. Stephens in 1899 and elected Vic -Pi esident February, 1901. Mr. Mullins is a typical Missourian, well acquainted with the history of his state and has known most of the great men of the state. No man of Northern Missouri has greater personal knowledge of Benton and the public men of Ben¬ ton’s time—with the possible exception of Col. Switzer of M. S. U.

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THE MN AM El ON. 21 oto by no re D R. J. W. MARTIN, Secretary of the Board of Regents, was appointed by Gov. Stephens Janu¬ ary, 1897, and elected secretary February, 1899. He was educated at McGee College and received his medical education in St. Louis. He commenced the practice of medi¬ cine in 1979. He has been a resi¬ dent of Kirksville for fourteen years. Term expire 1903. C OL. SCOTT J. MILLER, the retiring President of the Board, is an attorney of Chillicothe and is connected with the Sav¬ ings Bank of that city. He was appointed by Gov. Stephens in 1896 to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Hon. R. N. Bo- dine, who was elected to Congress, and was reappointed by Gov. Dockery January, 190 1 . He was President of the Board for two years, retiring in February of this year. Term ex¬ pires 1907.