Drury’s Breech School to induct two to Hall of Fame

Drury Board of Trustee President John Beuerlein and emeritus business professor Curt Strube will be honored at the annual Hall of Fame luncheon at 11:30 a.m. Feb. 2. The event will be in the President’s Room in Findlay Student Center.

Beuerlein graduated from Drury in 1975 with a business administration degree and earned a master’s degree from Washington University in St. Louis. He joined Edward Jones, where after three years he was named a limited partner and, one year later, a general partner – the firm’s youngest ever. Last year, he become the partner responsible for the company’s global client loyalty program.

Beuerlein became a Drury trustee in 1991 and has since co-chaired the Drury Campaign for Science and provided one of the lead gifts to construct the Trustee Science Center. He chaired the presidential search committee in 2004 and is in his second year as board chairman.

Beuerlein and his wife, Crystal, recently donated $2 million to establish Drury’s Edward Jones Center for Entrepreneurship and funding for 10 annually renewable scholarships for minority students interested in studying entrepreneurship. They also have sponsored Drury’s Students in Free Enterprise team’s water purification programs in Mexico and India.

Strube, who is being honored posthumously, earned a master’s of business administration from the University of Arizona–Tucson and his doctorate at the University of Arkansas–Fayetteville. He was named director of the Breech School in 1975.

Strube owned a handful of small businesses throughout his career, including One Hour Photo Service with his wife, Jan. He also was the founder and, later, chairman of the Small Business Council. Springfield Area Chamber of Commerce’s Small Business of the Year award is named after him for his commitment to small business.

Strube died in 1997 at 56.[[In-content Ad]]