Jon Lawrence Bio

2007 Mizzou G.O.L.D. Award Recipient

Jon Lawrence, BA '98

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Jon Lawrence awakened the ‘sleeping tiger’ in Tulsa, Oklahoma four years ago, when he single-handedly brought that chapter back into service. He has been the president since then, guiding and leading other volunteers to take on various aspects of leadership in the chapter, while providing an array of activities that keep local alumni involved with Mizzou.

Jon’s focus on providing a variety of activities, coupled with his creative thinking, have provided the basis for several popular activities. A watch party, in Jon’s eyes, also becomes an event to host a visiting coach from Mizzou. A caravan to watch a Mizzou team also becomes a venue for fund-raising. A send-off event for scholarship students doubles as a special dinner for board members. Each activity is carefully crafted with more than one goal in mind. Jon has brought fun and a sense of meaningful purpose to the chapter’s calendar of activities.

Successful chapter efforts garnered Jon an Emerging Leader Scholarship in 2004 and led to him being invited to present at Leaders Training – more than once! During the same time, Jon has served the association on the scholarship selection committee and was also recruited to serve as a member of the Association’s Diversity Committee. This year he has been elected chairman of that committee.

His nominators recognized that Jon’s hard work and his enthusiasm for Mizzou have been the foundation of the Tulsa Chapter’s success. Jon’s service to the association at various levels are in addition to his chapter service and together, provide the picture of volunteerism that we recognize tonight, as the Mizzou Alumni Association proudly presents the 2007 Regional Mizzou G.O.L.D. Award to Jon Lawrence.

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