Congratulations to the 2019 Westminster College Athletic Hall of Fame inductees
The following alumni will be honored during Homecoming Weekend:
Andrew Jett ’12
Val Leppert ’05
Chris Marshall ’03
Kent Mueller ’62 SAE
Gary Schmidt ’69 KA
Jamie Vargas
Retired Judge Schmidt and I became friends after high school through a number of connections. He had an amazing career as a lawyer and judge and then as a corporate attorney for the state of Missouri. He had an amazing career as a high school athlete and as a collegiate athlete. I was very proud to sponsor him for the KHS Alumni Hall of Fame. Gary is a Viet Nam Veteran who was injured and continues with health issues arising from that service. Gary is a wonderful father, retired gentleman doing good things for friends, family and often strangers. He has been an amazing friend to me through the proverbial 'thick and thin', often the thick.
Please type SCHMIDT into the search box here and see the other articles I've posted about Gary over the past few years. I don't want to repeat and repeat at risk of being unseemly, however, I will say one thing that isn't in the other posts, Gary is the only man in the history of Westminster College to have been named to the list of Distinguished Alumni AND the Athletic Hall of Fame. He was also awarded the Distinguished American Jurist Award some years back, the year after that award went to the late Anton Scalia. I think we need not say more about Gary's contributions to our legal community over a long span of years.
I am so proud to call Gary my friend and to remind us all that he is an excellent example of what we Kirkwood High School alumni have accomplished in our lives often because of our superb Kirkwood educational and nurturing background.
WAY TO GO GARY!!! THANK YOU FOR HELPING MAKE KHS65 LOOK GREAT!
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