Awards and Achievements

Health care

The Auxiliary of St. John's Regional Medical Center in Joplin presented the hospital with a $32,000 donation at the Auxiliary quarterly luncheon.

Brenda Herrman DDS completed postgraduate training at the Las Vegas Institute for Advanced Dental Studies in Nevada. Herrman is one of the few dentists from Missouri who has completed training in the Master Aesthetic Dentist Pro-gram.

Law

Twenty-one lawyers from Blackwell Sanders Peper Martin LLP were selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in American 2001-2002. The attorneys and their practice areas are: David A. Fenley, real estate law and firm chairman; Stephen T. Adams, real estate and health care law; Craig S. Biesterfeld, real estate law; Scott E. Blakesley, trusts and estates; Jane E. Cohen, franchise law; Ernest M. Fleischer, tax law; Donald A. Culp, franchise law; James D. Griffin, personal injury and civil litigation; George R. Haydon Jr., trusts and estates; Robert O. Hetlage, real estate law; Mark R. Leuchtmann, trusts and estates; Warren L. Maichel, tax law; Larry L. McMullen, business litigation, personal injury and civil litigation; John R. Phillips, labor and employment; William H. Sanders Sr., business litigation, personal injury and civil litigation; John R. Short, corporate law; James Warden, personal injury and civil litigation; Daniel C. Wearuy, corporate law; Mark D. Welker, employee benefits law; David L. West, trusts and estates; Ralph G. Wrobley, corporate law.

Nonprofit

The Family Violence Center was given $3,500 by CitiFinancial as part of the company's local contributions program being conducted at CitiFinancial branches throughout the country.

Assemblies of God Theological Seminary received notification that it is the recipient of a $300,000 implementation grant from Indianapolis-based Lilly Endowment Inc. to participate in a national technological initiative.

Mark Phelan, Stacy Clem and John Burson are the newly elected board members for the Make-A-Wish Foundation. Retiring from the board is John Meyer.

The Rotaract Club of Springfield elected its new board members. The board includes: President Brian Kubik, Vice President and President-Elect Andrea Mostyn, Secretary Eric Street, Treasurer Jamea Preston, Sergeant-At-Arms Tonya Burton and Directors Dana Peterson and Heather Ramsey.