{"id":3772,"date":"2024-06-13T19:17:28","date_gmt":"2024-06-13T19:17:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.siuf.org\/?p=3772"},"modified":"2024-09-04T15:19:51","modified_gmt":"2024-09-04T15:19:51","slug":"technical-service-center-naming-honor-missavages-legacy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.siuf.org\/?p=3772","title":{"rendered":"Technical Service Center naming honors Missavage\u2019s legacy"},"content":{"rendered":"

Family honors longtime director, professor with $500K gift<\/b><\/h2>\n
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Ribbon Cutting (Left to Right) John Brajkovich, Dennis Missavage (Brother of Roger Missavage), Dean Liu, Arlene Liss (Sister of Roger), Gene Liss (Arlene’s Husband and Brother-In-Law of Roger), and Jason Fairfield<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

By Jeff Wilson<\/strong><\/p>\n

Roger J. Missavage, a longtime professor at Southern Illinois University, was an outstanding faculty of the College of Engineering. He was director of the Computer Assisted Instruction & Research Laboratory for 29 years.<\/p>\n

When Roger passed away in November 2021 at age 71, his brother Dennis Missavage, and sister and brother-in-law, Arlene and Gene Liss, established the Roger J. Missavage Endowed Fund for Engineering Education with a $500,000 gift in Roger\u2019s memory.<\/p>\n

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Xiaoqing \u201cFrank\u201d Liu, dean of the College of Engineering, Computing, Technology, and Mathematics<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

On April 19, 2024, Xiaoqing \u201cFrank\u201d Liu, dean of the College of Engineering, Computing, Technology, and Mathematics, hosted a dedication of the Roger J. Missavage Technical Service Center. The center will bolster information technology initiatives within the college.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is an exciting moment for this college,\u201d Liu said. \u201cTechnology is the foundation of our college. The funds from this endowment will cover the technological needs of this college. Our students, faculty, and staff will benefit from this endowment in a significant way.\u201d<\/p>\n

Roger Missavage, a Herrin, Illinois, native, graduated from SIU in 1978 with a degree in engineering and added a master\u2019s degree in mining engineering in 1991. He <\/span>taught multiple courses at SIUC, including mechanics of rigid body–<\/span>statics, mechanics of rigid bodies-dynamics, rock mechanics principles and design, and analysis and design of mine excavations.<\/span> He was also a Professional Engineer, which requires licensure from a state board of registration to practice engineering. He provided outstanding information technology support to the college for a long time.<\/p>\n

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John Brajkovich, director of the Roger J. Missavage Technical Service Center, gave a tour of the facility.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

John Brajkovich, who will manage the Roger J. Missavage Technical Service Center, was a student worker for Missavage and a former colleague.<\/p>\n

“He was just a guy who would help you with anything you needed,\u201d he said at the dedication. \u201cHe would make loans to students if they were having problems. Anything he could do to help. A very charitable man. A very giving man.\u201d<\/p>\n

Liu credited Roger Missavage with being influential in many of the college\u2019s advancements in information technology and facility and philanthropic support.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Roger J. Missavage Technical Service Center will permanently establish Roger\u2019s legacy at our college and SIU,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

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Family honors longtime director, professor with $500K gift By Jeff Wilson Roger J. Missavage, a longtime professor at Southern Illinois University, was an outstanding faculty of the College of Engineering. He was director of the Computer Assisted Instruction & Research Laboratory for 29 years. When Roger passed away in November 2021 at age 71, his … Continue reading Technical Service Center naming honors Missavage\u2019s legacy<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,3,4,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3772","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-donor-stories","category-higher-education","category-illinois-higher-education","category-siu"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.siuf.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3772","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.siuf.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.siuf.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.siuf.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.siuf.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3772"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blog.siuf.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3772\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3902,"href":"https:\/\/blog.siuf.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3772\/revisions\/3902"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.siuf.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3772"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.siuf.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3772"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.siuf.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3772"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}