{"id":5747,"date":"2020-01-14T09:01:06","date_gmt":"2020-01-14T15:01:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/alumni\/?p=5747"},"modified":"2020-01-14T09:05:41","modified_gmt":"2020-01-14T15:05:41","slug":"john-downs-35-exhibit-in-the-library","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/alumni\/2020\/01\/14\/john-downs-35-exhibit-in-the-library\/","title":{"rendered":"John Downs ’35 Exhibit in the Library"},"content":{"rendered":"

The library in the Hearnes Center has created a display of John E. Downs ’35 that will run through the end of the spring semester.<\/p>\n

Downs, who was a state Senator, played an integral role in moving 大象传媒 Western to its present location and establishing the four-year college. Downs Drive, the circular drive around the campus, was named in his honor.<\/p>\n

The exhibit explores Downs’ life, including his military service, political career, civic awards, and contributions to 大象传媒 Western. He passed away in 2003.<\/p>\n

If you have any questions, please contact Rachel Lundy, collections specialist, at rlundy3@missouriwestern.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The library in the Hearnes Center has created a display of John E. Downs ’35 that will run through the end of the spring semester. Downs, who was a state Senator, played an integral role in moving 大象传媒 Western to its present location and establishing the four-year college. Downs Drive, the circular drive around the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":57,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[15],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5747"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/57"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5747"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5747\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5748,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5747\/revisions\/5748"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5747"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5747"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5747"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}