Trustees

The State Historical Society of Missouri, heretofore organized under the laws of this state, shall be the trustee of this state – Laws of Missouri, 1899; Revised Statutes of the State of Missouri, 2000, chapter 183.

Officers, 2007-2010
  • Doug Crews, Columbia, President
  • Stephen N. Limbaugh Jr., Cape Girardeau, First Vice President
  • James R. Reinhard, Hannibal, Second Vice President
  • Roy Blunt, Springfield, Third Vice President
  • Donna G. Huston, Marshall, Fourth Vice President
  • Henry J. Waters III, Columbia, Fifth Vice President
  • Albert M. Price, Columbia, Sixth Vice President and Treasurer
  • Gary R. Kremer, Jefferson City, Executive Director, Secretary, and Librarian

Permanent Trustees: Former Presidents of the Society
  • Bruce H. Beckett, Columbia
  • H. Riley Bock, New Madrid
  • Lawrence O. Christensen, Rolla
  • Richard Franklin, Independence
  • Robert C. Smith, Columbia
  • Avis G. Tucker, Kansas City

Trustees, 2005-2008
  • Laura White Erdel, Columbia
  • W. Grant McMurray, Independence
  • James R. Mayo, Bloomfield
  • Thomas L. Miller, Sr., Washington
  • Jeffrey E. Smith, Columbia
  • Robert W. Wilson, Milan

Trustees, 2006-2009
  • James B. Nutter, Kansas City
  • Bob Priddy, Jefferson City
  • Dale Reesman, Boonville
  • Brian K. Snyder, Independence
  • Arvarh E. Strickland, Columbia
  • Blanche M. Touhill, St. Louis

Trustees, 2007-2010
  • W. H. (Bert) Bates, Kansas City
  • Charles R. Brown, St. Louis
  • Widget Harty Ewing, Columbia
  • Michael R. Gibbons, Kirkwood
  • Virginia J. Laas, Joplin
  • Emory Melton, Cassville
  • Robert J. Mueller, Ste. Genevieve
  • Ben A. (Todd) Parnell, Springfield
  • Brent Schondelmeyer, Independence

Executive Committee
Eight trustees elected by the board of trustees, together with the president and treasurer of the Society, constitute the executive committee. The executive director of the Society serves as an ex officio member.
  • Doug Crews, Columbia, Chairman
  • Bruce H. Beckett, Columbia
  • H. Riley Bock, New Madrid
  • Charles R. Brown, St. Louis
  • Lawrence O. Christensen, Rolla
  • Richard Franklin, Independence
  • Virginia J. Laas, Joplin
  • Stephen N. Limbaugh Jr., Cape Girardeau
  • Albert M. Price, Columbia
  • Robert C. Smith, Columbia