Mizzou Alumni Association presents Geyer Public Service Awards to Schaefer, Hawkins
Recognizing their commitment to supporting higher education public policy, the Mizzou Alumni Association awarded Senator Kurt Schaefer, R-Columbia, and Shelbina businessman Sam Hawkins its 2010 Geyer Public Service Awards.
“The 2010 Geyer Award recipients have made a tremendous impact on higher education in Missouri,” said Wally Pfeffer, chair of the MAA’s Legislative Network Committee, in a news release. “Both of these recipients exemplify commitment to higher education and their efforts are very meaningful to the future of higher education in our state.”
The awards are presented to a state-elected official and a citizen annually. They are given in honor of Henry S. Geyer, a former state representative who believed education was vital to progress and prosperity and later introduced a bill that established MU in 1839.
A member of the Missouri Senate since 2008, Schaefer has recurrently been a proponent of higher education in state legislature.
Hawkins has served on the MU Extension’s statewide council, teaching state leaders the importance of higher education. He was honored for his advocacy of the UM System.