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| Willis
Corbett, Founder |
St.
Louis
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Dempsey
Gottschalk
Dempsey
is a native Missourian, born in Brunswick in 1943. He graduated
from Northeast Missouri State Teachers College (now Truman University)
in 1965. Dempsey is a retired educator with 30 years teaching
experience in the public schools of Missouri. He also coached
basketball, football, and golf. After retiring from public education
he worked 8 additional years with the Missouri Division of Youth
Services. Dempsey taught Industrial Technology, Physical Education
and was a vocational counselor for the Division of Youth Services.
He is a Colonel, retired, United States Army and Missouri Army
National Guard. Dempsey enlisted in the Army in 1968, attended
Officer Candidate School and was commissioned in 1969. He served
3 years on active duty including a tour of duty in the Republic
of Vietnam with the 23rd Infantry Division (Americal). Upon
leaving active duty he enlisted in the Missouri Army National
Guard and served until his retirement in 1966. In 1993 Dempsey
was inducted into the U.S. Army Field Artillery Center Officer
Candidate School Hall of Fame at Ft. Sill, Oklahoma. Throughout
his life Dempsey has enjoyed hunting most of Missouri’s
native game species, fishing, and the shooting sports. His favorite
activities are waterfowl hunting and trapshooting. He shot his
first targets registered with the Amateur Trapshooting Association
in 1966. He is a lifetime member of the Missouri Trapshooters
Association, the National Rifle Association, the Kansas City
Trapshooters Association and the Veterans of Foreign Wars. Additionally
he is a member of Ducks Unlimited and Delta Waterfowl. He is
a past president of the Missouri Trapshooters Association and
currently serves on its board of directors. Dempsey and his
wife of 42 years, Sharon, have a son, a daughter, and two grandchildren. |
Kansas
City
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Paul
Larsen
Paul was born in Rupert, Idaho in 1943. He
is a retired rural mail carrier. Paul is a life member of
the National Rifle Association, life member of the Missouri
Trapshooters Association, and a life member of the Amateur
Trapshooters Association. He is a NRA Shotgun coach, Youth
Chairman of the MTA for the past 22 years, and the Southern
Zone Director for the MTA. Paul has over 150,000 registered
targets with the ATA. |
Myrtle |
| Lyndle
Pruett |
Linn
Creek |
Lou
Rupp
Born in St. Louis Missouri, Lou attended Kemper
Military Academy and the University of Missouri. After a 26
year career as Director of Packaging Engineering for the Ralston
Purina Company, Lou joined Fru-Con Engineering and Construction
Company where he established and oversaw a highly successful
Package Engineering Consulting discipline before retiring in
2001.
Lou served as a Director for the Packaging Foundation Institute,
was the founding Chairman of the Packaging Industry Advisory
Board at the University of Missouri-Rolla, served as Chairman
of the Board of the St. Louis Big Game Hunters, Inc., and is
the current Chairman of the Foundation for North American Wild
Sheep, a leading worldwide conservation organization.
Lou developed a strong passion for hunting and the outdoors
at a very early age which he has pursued worldwide. He is an
accomplished hunter having successfully hunted 31 of North America’s
big game species, a grand slam (any four species) of sheep,
deer, bear, caribou, turkey, moose, goat, and ibex, and a super
slam (any 12 species) of sheep of the world. His hunting has
encompassed 14 states and 10 countries.
Lou is a life member of the Foundation for North American Wild
Sheep, Grand Slam Club/Ovis, North American Hunting Club, the
National Rifle Association, and he is a member of Safari International,
The Mule Deer Foundation, the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation,
Ducks Unlimited, and the St. Louis Big Game Hunters, Inc. He
is also a current Missouri Hunter Education instructor.
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St.
Louis
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Jan
Morris
Jan was born and raised in Indiana, but moved
to Missouri when he started high school. He is a graduate of
Southwest Baptist College, and the University of Missouri. Jan
taught in Missouri public high schools for 28 years, He is a
U. S. Army veteran with Vietnam service, a life member of the
National Rifle Association and the North American Hunting Club.
Jan is currently the Missouri State Coordinator for the NRA
Youth Hunter Education Challenge, and a Certified USA Shooting/NRA/CMP
Shotgun Coach. Jan has been a volunteer hunter education instructor
since 1971 and bowhunter education instructor since 1991. Jan
has hunted big game in Wyoming and Alaska. He is a member of
the Amateur Trapshooting Association, Missouri Bowhunters Association,
and past member of Board of Directors of the International Hunter
Education Association. He was named the Winchester North American
Outstanding Hunter Education Instructor in 2003. Jan holds a
Distinguished Expert Rifle rating from the NRA, and enjoys all
types of hunting and shooting sports. |
Imperial |
Bob
Staton
Bob grew up hunting and fishing in west central
Missouri. He worked summers at a waterfowl area for the Department
of Conservation when he was 16, 17, and 18 years old. His goal
was always to work for the Department of Conservation or in
something to do with hunting and fishing.
He graduated from Central Missouri State University with both
a Bachelor and a Master’s Degree in Education. During
his college education he entered the United States Army and
served a year in South Viet Nam with the 25th Infantry Division.
He returned home and completed college. He taught high school
and coached football.
Bob went to work full time for the Department of Conservation
in 1978 and retired in 2006. He served as the second Missouri
Hunter Education Coordinator for most of his career. He authored
the first Missouri hunter education manual and the first education
module on fishing. He helped start the Missouri Hunter Education
Instructor Association and served a term as President of the
International Hunter Education Association.
Bob is a proud member of the Missouri Hunter Education Hall
of Fame and the International Hunter Education Hall of Fame.
He is a lifetime member of the National Rifle Association and
N.R.A. Training Counselor Emeritus. He has served on numerous
national and international committees concerning hunter education
and hunting accidents. Bob help found the International Hunting
Incident Investigation Academy.
Bob and his wife Debbie have raised three sons that hunt and
fish in California, Missouri, and they are now teaching their
grandkids to hunt, fish, and enjoy the outdoors.
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California |
Dave
Stogsdill
Dave
is an employee of his hometown electric and water municipal
utility. He is a current member of the National Rifle Association,
Ducks Unlimited, Amateur Trapshooting Association and a lifetime
member of the Missouri Trap Shooters Association. He is a past
president of the Missouri Trap Shooters Association and enjoys
trapshooting, hunting, and fishing.
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