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Missouri State Society Officers

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President: Stephen Hyatt

Deputy-President /Marshall: Rick Backlund
Vice President General: Rick Backlund
Secretary: Gary Gift
Treasurer: Dirk Stapleton
Registrar/Genealogist: Dan McMurray
Judge Advocate: Dennis Hahn
Chaplain: J. Wayne Merrill 
Surgeon: Mel McNeal
Newsletter Committee Chairman:  Randal Burd
Historian: Sumner Hunnewell
​Quartermaster: Mel McNeal
​Webmaster: Dave Desmarais (acting)
Honorary Deputy-President: J. Howard Fisk

Honorary Deputy-President: Dale Crandell
Honorary Deputy-
President: Sumner Hunnewell
Honorary Deputy-President: Dan McMurray
​Honorary Deputy-President: Brian V. Smarker
Honorary Deputy-President: Russell F. DeVenney, Jr.
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Missouri Annual Conference
Next meeting:  April 24, 2027 (last Sunday in April)
Location:  Old Kinderhook Resort - Camdenton Missouri (immediately following the annual MOSAR mtg).



Ira P. Nash (IPN) Chapter

Columbia, Missouri

President: J. Wayne Merrill
Deputy-President
: (vacant)
Secretary: (vacant)
Treasurer: Russell F. DeVenney, Jr.
Registrar/Genealogist: (vacant; contact Stephen Hyatt)
Judge Advocate: Edward S. Gray
Chaplain:
 (vacant)
Surgeon: (vacant)
Historian: (vacant)
Honorary: (vacant)

Captain Daniel Morgan Boone (CDMB) Chapter

Kansas City, Missouri
Serving since 25 Mar 2023 for 2 year term

President: Richard "Rick" Backlund
Deputy-President: Thomas Neal
Secretary: 
Dirk A. Stapleton​
Treasurer: Dirk A. Stapleton
Registrar/Genealogist: Brian V. Smarker
Judge Advocate: Dawson Ballard
Chaplain: 
Dirk A. Stapleton​
Historian: Dawson Ballard
Marshal: Dirk A. Stapleton
Honorary Deputy-President: Dawson Ballard

​Zoom by invitation; In-person locations vary:  
Conference Room at Mid-Continent Public Library,
North Independence Branch
317 W. 24 Hwy.
Independence, MO 64050

Quarterly meetings begin at 11:00 a.m.
They are every fourth Saturday of the months of March, June, and September.  In December, the meeting is typically the third Saturday.  March is the annual meeting.  Elections occur at every annual meeting on odd years.

Major Nathan Boone (MNB) Chapter

Springfield, Missouri

President: Mel McNeal
​Deputy-President:Gary Gift
Secretary: Len Slovensky​
Treasurer: Ken Lawrence
Registrar/Genealogist: Dan McMurray
Chaplain: Dan Philbrick
Marshal: Wayne Jones
Surgeon: Gerald McCoy
Judge Advocate: David Appleby
Historian: Steven McMurray

General Daniel Bissell (GDB) Chapter

St. Louis, Missouri

President: Sumner G. Hunnewell
Deputy-President: Stephen Hyatt
Secretary/Treasurer: (vacant)
Registrar/Genealogist: Stephen Hyatt
Judge Advocate: Dennis J. Hahn
Chaplain: Dennis J. Hahn
Surgeon: (vacant)
Historian: (vacant)
Marshal: Sumner Hunnewell
Honorary Deputy President: Charles E. Lilly
11 May 2026
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