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Missouri Public Affairs Hall of Fame
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The Missouri Public Affairs Hall of Fame honors those who support engaged citizenship and have a connection to the state of Missouri. Elected public officials may not be nominated, and the university does not endorse any inductee for political office.

2026

  • Susan Blow
  • Dunn Family Foundation
  • Dr. Ken Rutherford

2025

  • Shawn Askinosie
  • Marie Carmichael
  • Rose O'Neill

2024

  • Roy Blunt
  • Norma Champion
  • Chris Chinn
  • Annie Malone

2023

  • John Ashcroft
  • Father Moses Berry
  • Tom Carlson
  • Lt. Gen. Karen Dyson
  • Rachel Mack Robinson

2021

  • Christopher S. “Kit” Bond
  • Dr. Patricia Dix
  • Wendy Doyle
  • Bob Holden
  • Dred Scott

2019

  • Maya Angelou
  • Bill Clay Sr.
  • Bill Darr
  • Emily Geraghty
  • Doug Pitt
  • Induction Ceremony and Banquet

2018

  • Peter Herschend
  • Jean Carnahan
  • Phyllis Washington
  • General John J. Pershing
  • Lane McConnell
  • Induction ceremony and banquet

2017

  • Maxine Clark
  • Langston Hughes
  • Judith Rowland
  • Hal Donaldson
  • Ann Covington
  • Induction ceremony and banquet

2016

  • Laura Ingalls Wilder
  • Mark Arnoldy
  • Henry Bloch
  • Pat Danner
  • Jimmie Edwards
  • Induction ceremony and banquet

2015

  • George Washington Carver
  • Simone Bernstein
  • Eric Greitens
  • Induction ceremony and banquet

2014

  • Harry S. Truman
  • John Danforth
  • Donald Suggs
  • Induction ceremony and banquet
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