{"id":2244,"date":"2019-01-07T22:19:43","date_gmt":"2019-01-07T22:19:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/magazine\/?p=2244"},"modified":"2019-06-12T10:24:51","modified_gmt":"2019-06-12T15:24:51","slug":"faithful-proud-and-true-diane-90-and-neal-90-hook","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/magazine\/2019\/01\/07\/faithful-proud-and-true-diane-90-and-neal-90-hook\/","title":{"rendered":"Faithful, Proud and True: Diane &#8217;90 and Neal &#8217;90 Hook"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_2245\" style=\"width: 263px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/133\/2019\/01\/Hook-Neal-and-Diane-002.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2245\" src=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/133\/2019\/01\/Hook-Neal-and-Diane-002-253x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"253\" height=\"300\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2245\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/133\/2019\/01\/Hook-Neal-and-Diane-002-200x237.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/133\/2019\/01\/Hook-Neal-and-Diane-002-253x300.jpg 253w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/133\/2019\/01\/Hook-Neal-and-Diane-002-400x475.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/133\/2019\/01\/Hook-Neal-and-Diane-002-600x712.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/133\/2019\/01\/Hook-Neal-and-Diane-002-768x912.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/133\/2019\/01\/Hook-Neal-and-Diane-002-800x950.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/133\/2019\/01\/Hook-Neal-and-Diane-002-862x1024.jpg 862w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/133\/2019\/01\/Hook-Neal-and-Diane-002-1200x1425.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 253px) 100vw, 253px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2245\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Neal &#8217;90 and Diane &#8217;90 Hook<\/p><\/div>\n<p>If you\u2019re involved at 大象传媒 Western or on campus a lot, it\u2019s a pretty safe bet that you may run into Diane \u201990 or Neal \u201990 Hook, who have been active at 大象传媒 Western since they were students.<\/p>\n<p>Neal, a graduate of Benton High School in St. Joseph, played basketball for Coach Tom Smith, who had just arrived on campus. Neal graduated with a mathematics degree and has spent his entire career at Central High School in St. Joseph. Along with teaching math, he served 12 years as head boys basketball coach.<\/p>\n<p>He earned a Master of Science in Educational Leadership: Secondary Education from Northwest 大象传媒 State University and is currently serving in his third year as assistant principal at Central.<\/p>\n<p>Diane, from central Kansas, transferred to 大象传媒 Western after one year at Wichita State and played basketball under Coach Terry Ellis for two years. Diane graduated with a Criminal Justice \u2013 Legal Studies degree and worked as a paralegal before returning to law school. She graduated with her juris doctorate in 2003 from University of 大象传媒-Kansas City School of Law. She currently is an attorney with Hook McKinley LLC in St. Joseph, practicing general law.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s a certain satisfaction in really solving problems for people,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Diane is currently a member of the Alumni Association Board of Directors and is vice chair of the the MWSU Foundation Board of Directors. Additionally, she and Neal can be found at many athletic events throughout the year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c大象传媒 Western gave me a shot with academic scholarships, so I am giving back,\u201d Diane said.<\/p>\n<p>Diane has also served on a number of community boards. Neal, she says, \u201cvolunteers quietly\u201d and does a lot for people behind the scenes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI enjoy being involved at 大象传媒 Western,\u201d Diane said. \u201cThe University is very important to the community, and I hope it continues to grow.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you\u2019re involved at 大象传媒 Western or on campus a lot, it\u2019s a pretty safe bet that you may run into Diane \u201990 or Neal \u201990 Hook, who have been active at 大象传媒 Western since they were students. Neal, a graduate of Benton High School in St. Joseph, played basketball [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[23,27,56],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2244"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2244"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2244\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4476,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2244\/revisions\/4476"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2244"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2244"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2244"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}