Ozarks Profile: James R. Bucholz

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|bold_on|Vice president for administration, Drury University, 900 N. Benton. Drury University was founded as Drury College in 1873 and is a collegiate university offering bachelor's level instruction to day and evening students in Springfield and seven area locations. Graduate level programs are offered in five disciplines in Springfield and a master's level education program is offered at Fort Leonard Wood and Lebanon. Bucholz, a Drury graduate and former trustee, has been vice president since 1993. He is a member of the Springfield Rotary Club and serves on the boards of directors of the Community Foundation of the Ozarks and the Midtown Neighborhood Association. |bold_on||ret||ret||tab|

|bold_on|Age: 64|ret||ret||tab|

|bold_on|No. of years in Springfield/area: This is Bucholz's second stint in Springfield other than the four years he spent attending Drury; this time he has lived here for eight years. He also served in his present position at Drury from 1958 to 1962. |ret||ret||tab|

|bold_on|Education: Bucholz is a Drury graduate and attended the University of Chicago. |ret||ret||tab|

|bold_on|Early career: Bucholz had a paper route in his hometown of Tulsa, Okla., as a boy, then worked at a children's shoe store in high school. His professional career includes serving as the chief financial officer for the American Council on Education in Washington, D.C., the Rochester Institute of Technology, the University of Missouri, and Washington University. He is also the co-founder of Prime, Bucholz and Associates Inc., a national independent endowment consulting firm in Portsmouth, NH. He returned to his previous position of vice president for administration at Drury in 1993. |ret||ret||tab|

|bold_on|Current projects: Bucholz is working on facilitating the campus development College Park with the construction of several apartment complexes that will house 64 students each along with three state-of-the-art fraternity houses. He is also involved in retrofitting 940 N. Clay to consolidate the art department into a single location, to be named the Pool Art Center. |ret||ret||tab|

|bold_on|Management philosophy: "My style is to facilitate staff dialogue to reach consensus on goals, then provide the freedom and support for the achievement of each person's objectives."|ret||ret||tab|

|bold_on|Spare-time pursuits: Bucholz's spare time is devoted to reading, traveling and antique auto restoration. He is also a member of National Avenue Christian Church.|ret||ret||tab|

|bold_on|Family data: Bucholz is married to Marilyn, who is also a Drury graduate. Their daughter, Sarah, is the assistant editor for the University of Massachusetts newspaper and their son, Harold, has an e-commerce print brokerage firm in Virginia Beach, Va. |ret||ret||tab|

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