Chris Hamon, CEO of White River Valley Electric Cooperative, center, accepts the Missourian Award from Master of Ceremonies John Twitty, CEO of City Utilities of Springfield, right, and Ralph H. Slavens, Missourian Awards event chair. The award was presented Sept. 27 at a ceremony in Jefferson City; other honorees were Donald J. Babb, CEO at Citizens Memorial Hospital in Bolivar; Robert Glazier, retired publisher of Springfield! Magazine; Larry O’Reilly, retired chief operating officer at O’Reilly Automotive; Louis Schaefer, late Branson mayor 1995–2007; John William Boone, a Columbia pianist in the early 1900s; Edmonds Grey Dimond, founder of the University of Missouri at Kansas City School of Medicine; Herbert M. Kohn, a Kansas City lawyer; Donald W. Magruder, retired director of Anheuser-Busch’s employee assistance program; David W. Ostlund, the first executive director of the Missouri Park and Recreation Association; Bob W. Roth, president and CEO of Hillyard Inc. in St. Joseph; David T. Turner, president of Hawthorn Bank’s east region; and Frank Viverito, president of the St. Louis Sports Commission. Photo provided by White River Valley.