Columbia is a city in the U.S. state of Missouri. It is the county seat of Boone County and home to the University of Missouri. Founded in 1821,it is the principal city of the five-county Columbia metropolitan area. It is Missouri's fourth most-populous and fastest growing city,with an estimated 128,555 residents in 2022.
Missouri is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. Ranking 21st in land area,it is bordered by eight states:Iowa to the north,Illinois,Kentucky and Tennessee to the east,Arkansas to the south and Oklahoma,Kansas,and Nebraska to the west. In the south are the Ozarks,a forested highland,providing timber,minerals,and recreation. The Missouri River,after which the state is named,flows through the center and into the Mississippi River,which makes up the eastern border. With more than six million residents,it is the 19th-most populous state of the country. The largest urban areas are St. Louis,Kansas City,Springfield,and Columbia;the capital is Jefferson City.
Liberty is a city in and the county seat of Clay County,Missouri,United States and is a suburb of Kansas City,located in the Kansas City Metropolitan Area. As of the 2020 United States Census the population was 30,167. Liberty is home to William Jewell College.
The University of Missouri–Kansas City (UMKC) is a public research university in Kansas City,Missouri. UMKC is part of the University of Missouri System and has a medical school. As of 2020,the university's enrollment exceeded 16,000 students. It is the largest university and third largest college in the Kansas City metropolitan area. It is classified among "R2:Doctoral Universities –High research activity".
William Jewell College is a private liberal arts college in Liberty,Missouri. It was founded in 1849 by members of the Missouri Baptist Convention and endowed with $10,000 by William Jewell. It was associated with the Missouri Baptist Convention for over 150 years until its separation in 2003 and is now an independent institution. Since becoming a nonsectarian institution,the college's enrollment has fallen by approximately 40% to 739 students in 2018. Jewell is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission.
Herbert Spencer Hadley was an American lawyer and a Republican Party politician from St. Louis,Missouri. Born in Olathe,Kansas,he was Missouri Attorney General from 1905 to 1909 and in 1908 was elected the 32nd Governor of Missouri,serving one term from 1909 to 1913. As Attorney General,he successfully prosecuted Standard Oil Company for violating Missouri antitrust law. Entering the 1912 Republican convention,the Roosevelt and Taft forces seemed evenly matched,and Hadley was seen as a possible compromise candidate. While Taft was supportive of the idea,Roosevelt refused.
Martindale-Hubbell is an information services company to the legal profession that was founded in 1868. The company publishes the Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory,which provides background information on lawyers and law firms in the United States and other countries. It also published the Martindale Hubbell Law Digest,a summary of laws around the world. Martindale-Hubbell is owned by consumer website company Internet Brands.
Chouteau was the name of a highly successful,ethnically French fur-trading family based in Saint Louis,Missouri,which they helped found. Their ancestors Chouteau and Laclède initially settled in New Orleans. They then moved-up the Mississippi river and established posts in the Midwest and Western United States,particularly along the Missouri River and in the Southwest. Various locations were named after this family.
Albert Bloch was an American Modernist artist and the only American artist associated with Der Blaue Reiter,a group of early 20th-century European modernists.
Lawton R. Nuss is a former Kansas Supreme Court justice appointed by Governor Bill Graves in August 2002. By virtue of tenure,he became chief justice upon Robert E. Davis's resignation. Nuss announced his decision to retire,effective December 17,2019.
John Clint Williamson is an American diplomat,lawyer,and educator who has served in a variety of senior-level roles with the United States Government,the United Nations,and the European Union. He is the leader of the Atrocity Crimes Advisory Group (ACA),the agreed trans-Atlantic community mechanism for addressing atrocity crimes in Ukraine.
Hilary Ashby Bush was a Democratic Party politician who was Jackson County,Missouri prosecutor in the 1940s and 1950s,and the 37th lieutenant governor from 1961 to 1965,serving under Governor John M. Dalton. Bush played an influential role in the merger of the University of Kansas City with the University of Missouri system to form the University of Missouri-Kansas City.
Agyenim N. Boateng is a Ghanaian American lawyer and judge. He is a dual citizen of the United States and Ghana currently residing in Lexington,Kentucky in the United States. He is a former Administrative Law Judge for the Transportation Cabinet of Kentucky and a former Deputy Attorney General for the State of Kentucky. He is also active in the United States wing of the New Patriotic Party of Ghana.
Thomas A. Schweich was an American politician,diplomat,attorney,and author. A member of the Republican Party,Schweich served as State Auditor of Missouri from 2011 until his death in 2015.
George William Draper III is an American lawyer who served as a judge of the Supreme Court of Missouri from 2011 to 2023. He was appointed to the court by Governor Jay Nixon. Prior to his appointment to the Supreme Court,he served on the Missouri Court of Appeals from 2000 to 2011. From 1998 to 2000,he served as a circuit judge in the St. Louis County Circuit Court;from 1994 to 1998 he was an associate circuit judge on the same court. He earned his Bachelor of Arts from Morehouse College,and his Juris Doctor from Howard University School of Law. His term as Chief Justice ended on June 30,2021. He retired from the bench on August 4,2023,one day shy of reaching the court's mandatory retirement age of 70.
William Harold Fleece was an American politician and lawyer in the state of Florida.
John Paul Kacavas is an American lawyer and former politician who served as the United States Attorney for the District of New Hampshire from 2009 to 2015.
Cynthia Black Hall is an American politician,attorney,and scientist from New Mexico. She is a member of the New Mexico Public Regulation Commission from the 1st district,covering parts of Bernalillo County.
