{"id":12609,"date":"2026-02-18T12:32:37","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T18:32:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/?p=12609"},"modified":"2026-02-18T12:32:37","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T18:32:37","slug":"geyer-awards-honor-impact-and-legacy-of-missouri-leaders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/2026\/02\/18\/geyer-awards-honor-impact-and-legacy-of-missouri-leaders\/","title":{"rendered":"Geyer Awards honor\u00a0impact and legacy of Missouri leaders\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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U.S. Rep. Sam Graves, Drew Dampf, Richard Miller and (seated) Ina Rae Brazeale, wife of recipient Chuck Brazeale.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Last night at the Governor’s Mansion, we proudly honored four recipients of the 2026\u00a0Henry S. Geyer Awards<\/a>. These prestigious awards are given annually by the Mizzou Alumni Association in celebration of those who have made a lasting, positive impact on higher education and the University of Missouri.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This year\u2019s recipients \u2013 all distinguished Tiger alumni \u2013 have demonstrated exceptional leadership and a commitment to service: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u2022<\/strong> Chuck Brazeale,<\/strong> late President and CEO of TPNB Bank and former Chair of Flagship Council <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022<\/strong> Drew Dampf, <\/strong>Legislative Director for Missouri Governor Mike Kehoe <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022<\/strong> Sam Graves<\/strong>, U.S. Congressman representing the 6th<\/sup> District of Missouri <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022<\/strong> Richard Miller, <\/strong>CEO of Miller’s Professional Imaging and Mpix.com <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Their dedication to Missourians has improved lives and communities across the state. We were also grateful to welcome Ina Rae Brazeale, who accepted the award on her late husband\u2019s behalf. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was a pleasure to be joined in the recognition ceremony by Gov. Mike Kehoe and First Lady Claudia Kehoe, Supreme Court of Missouri Judge Mary R. Russell and Board of Curators Chair Todd Graves, among many other elected officials, campus leaders, supporters and friends of Mizzou. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Congratulations to our 2026 Geyer Award recipients! Thank you for making a difference for all we serve. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Last night at the Governor’s Mansion, we proudly honored four recipients of the 2026\u00a0Henry S. Geyer Awards. These prestigious awards are given annually by the Mizzou Alumni Association in celebration of those who have made a lasting, positive impact on higher education and the University of Missouri. This year\u2019s recipients \u2013 all distinguished Tiger alumni \u2013 have demonstrated exceptional leadership and a commitment to service:  […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":35,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12609","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12609","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/35"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12609"}],"version-history":[{"count":22,"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12609\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12637,"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12609\/revisions\/12637"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12609"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12609"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12609"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}