Memorial Designation

Memorial Designation is bestowed upon those deceased individuals who have served the osteopathic profession and/or the Missouri Association of Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons (MAOPS) with dignity and loyalty in their day-to-day lives. Recipients will have dedicated their time and effort to improve the osteopathic profession in Missouri or nationally. All physician candidates must have been members of MAOPS.

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Historical List of Memorial Designation Recipients:

  • 2024 – Robert Mason, DO; Harry B. (Burt) Young, Jr., DO; Mrs. Myrna Wetzel
  • 2023 – Mrs. Melaney Chester Mathis; Mrs. Barbara Mueller Osborn; Elizabeth Conley, DO; William Hoehn, DO; Paul Howard, DO; Martin Schwarze, DO, FACC, FACOI; Robert Woods, DO, FACOFP; Evan Wood, DO
  • 2022 – Alan Allmon, DO; H. Norman Clarkson, DO; Glen E. Cooper, DO, MPH; Charles Cunningham, DO; Wendell Henderson, DO; Mrs. Roberta Henson; Robert Madsen, DO; Donald Mogerman, DO, FACOS; Ralph Wimp, DO
  • 2021 – Gerald Kursar, DO; Donald Walkenhorst, DO; Mrs. Cindy Hix; Mrs. Reba Hubbard; Mrs. Joanne Hunter
  • 2020 – Steve Pu, DO; Marion Biondo, DO
  • 2019 – Kevin Rhodes, DO; Richard Winder, DO
  • 2018 – Norman F. Hansen, DO; Arturo Gonzalez, DO; Richard Secor, DO; Howard Osborn, DO
  • 2017 – Earl Miller, DO, Andrew Giuliani, DO, Rex Carter, DO
  • 2016 –  Phillip Accardo, DO, FACOFP; Jack Gallagher, DO; William Legg, DO; Lester McDonald Jr., DO; Dwight Wagenknecht, DO, FACOS; Robert Williams, DO
  • 2015 – Timothy Ernst, DO; and Wilbur T. Hill, DO
  • 2014 – Ronald W. Hubbard, DO
  • 2013 – George Sheurer, DO
  • 2012 – Floyd Dunn, DO; Ronald Strong, DO
  • 2011 – Joseph DeBlase, DO; Delbert Maddox, DO; Eugene Honeywell, DO
  • 2010 Joseph M. Yasso, Sr., DO; Fred R. Duhart, DO; Ernest L. Slaughter, DO; William B. Campbell, DO; Marvin L. Ford, DO; Gerald F. Blue, DO
  • 2009 – Fred A. Couts, DO
  • 2008 – Joseph L. Sellers, III, DO
  • 2007 – Merritt R. Fricke, DO
  • 2005 – Carroll R. Wetzel, DO
  • 2004 – G.W. Knapp, DO
  • 2003 – Max T. Gutensohn, DO, Robert G. Ricci, DO; Herbert A. Yates, DO
  • 2002 – John L. Burroughs, DO
  • 2001 – Eugene W. Egle, DO; Pail D. Vick, DO
  • 2000 – Wilson P. Bailey, DO
  • 1998 – Gerald J. Roderick, DO; Early Ray Minter, DO
  • 1997 – Jack A. Auxter, DO; James A. DiRenna, Sr., DO; C. Preston Chester, DO; James E. Williams, DO
  • 1996 – J. Myron Auld, DO; Gerhard Flegel, DO
  • 1995 – B. L. Boatright, DO
  • 1994 – William C. Kelly, DO; Ken Topritzhofer
  • 1989 – Isabel Poepsel; Wallace M. Pearson, DO