PULSESHOTS: FACES IN COLUMBIA'S CROWD

Published Sunday, January 11, 2009

Photos courtesy of D. Joe Phillips.

Six of the original 30 members who signed the Mid-Missouri chapter’s original charter attended the party. From left in the front row are Col. Jesse McMahan, Lt. Cmdr. Wilfred Cooper, Col. Claude Barton and Col. Arthur Rickl. In the back row is Maj. D. Joe Phillips. The Mid-Missouri Chapter of the Military Officers’ Association of America had its winter dinner party and awards ceremony Dec. 7 at the Country Club of Missouri.

ABOVE D. Joe Phillips, president of the Mid-Missouri chapter of the Military Officers’ Association, presents Citizen of the Year Patricia Blair an engraved silver tray in recognition of her commitment to community service.

BELOW Five of the six officers who have been members of the Mid-Missouri chapter for 30 years or more also were present. From left in the front row are Lt. Col. Donald Rowland, Col. Rex Dillow, Maj. George Parker, Col. Harry Berrier and Col. Tim Donovan. In the back row is Maj. D. Joe Phillips.

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