ERNEST R. BREECH (honorary degree 1948): Breech attended Drury from 1915 to 1917. In 1946, Breech became executive vice-president of Ford Motor Company, and from 1955 to 1960 was chairman of the board and chief executive officer. Today, Ernest Breech is regarded as a model corporate manager. The School of Business Administration at Drury University is named in his honor.
		JOHN L. MORRIS ('70): Morris is the founder of Bass Pro Shops, Inc., a company he started in Springfield in 1971 as a bait shop. His companies now include Outdoor World, Bass Pro Shops Catalog, Tracker Marine, Big Cedar Lodge, Top of the Rock Golf Course and Dogwood Canyon Nature Park among others. His most recent dream-come-true is the new American National Fish and Wildlife Museum , Wonders of Wildlife (WOW).
		CAROL JUNGE LOOMIS ('51): Loomis has been touted by the New York Post as “a legend in financial journalism” and called “an inspiration” by the chief financial correspondent of the New York Times. Loomis has had an enormously successful career as a financial journalist and editor of Fortune magazine spanning more than 45 years. She has been a member of the magazine's Board of Editors since 1968.