Parson appoints three to UM Board of Curators

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)

Gov. Mike Parson’s office announced in a Monday press release that the governor appointed three people to the University of Missouri Board of Curators.

The three people appointed are Robert Blitz, Robert Fry and Jeanne Sinquefield.

Blitz, of St. Louis, serves as a partner at Blitz, Bardgett & Deutsch Law firm. He has been a member of the Missouri Bar since 1973. Blitz previously served as a member of the St. Louis Regional Conventional Sports Complex Board, according to the press release. He received the 2022 BAMSL Distinguished Lawyer Award. He holds a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Missouri – School of Law and a bachelor of arts from Drake University. 

Fry, of Greenwood, is an orthodontist for Fry Orthodontic Specialists. He founded the business in 1977. He is also the founder and Director of DuckHorn Outdoors Adventures, a Missouri nonprofit, according to the press release. Fry was the president of the Kansas Dental Association and was also a delegate to the American Dental Association. He holds a DDS from the University of Missouri – Kansas City and a master of science from the University of North Carolina.

Sinquefield, of Westphalia, served as head of trading for Dimensional Fund Advisors for 23 years before retiring as executive vice president and head of trading in 2005, according to the press release. She joined the All You Call Mizzou capital campaign in 2005 and is a member of the Missouri 100. She served as Chair of the University of Missouri System Review Commission in 2016. She holds a Ph.D. in demography and an MBA in finance and management science from the University of Chicago.

Sinquefield and her husband, Rex, are major donors to MU who have a music building named after them. The couple are also major political donors.