Alumni & Development
Alumni News Highlights
![Noteworthy Alumni in the Fields of Government and Law: Jess Larson ʼ22]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1596571205/missourimilitaryacademyorg/v0o1tahrqgdxnxdkc1y2/Jess_Larson_1949.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1596571205/missourimilitaryacademyorg/v0o1tahrqgdxnxdkc1y2/Jess_Larson_1949.jpg","width":445}])
Jess Larson ʼ22 lived his life in service to his country and fellow citizens. An accomplished attorney, he served as mayor of Chickasha, Oklahoma, and rose to the rank of major general in the U.S. Air Force, also filling roles by presidential appointment as administrator of the War Assets Administration and the General Services Administration.
![2020 Homecoming Postponed]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1596050360/missourimilitaryacademyorg/ircvy4yfwxno0kpde1fv/Homecoming2020Logo.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1596050360/missourimilitaryacademyorg/ircvy4yfwxno0kpde1fv/Homecoming2020Logo.png","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1596050360/missourimilitaryacademyorg/ircvy4yfwxno0kpde1fv/Homecoming2020Logo.png","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1596050360/missourimilitaryacademyorg/ircvy4yfwxno0kpde1fv/Homecoming2020Logo.png","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1596050360/missourimilitaryacademyorg/ircvy4yfwxno0kpde1fv/Homecoming2020Logo.png","width":1400}])
MMA Homecoming 2020 – originally scheduled for mid-September – will be postponed until April 23-25, 2021. MMA plans produce a virtual event in September to connect our alumni.
![Noteworthy Alumni in the Field of National Security – Lawrence Walter “Kwakou” Casselle ’93]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1594053908/missourimilitaryacademyorg/yinqqyv5evs0jfzshwwi/Casselle_Official_Photo.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1594053908/missourimilitaryacademyorg/yinqqyv5evs0jfzshwwi/Casselle_Official_Photo.jpg","width":299}])
Starting his career as an Army infantry officer, Casselle has risen to work some of the nation’s highest-profile security assignments over the past two decades. He currently works as the director of counterterrorism on the National Security Council staff at The White House.
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