Sigma Chi - University of Missouri

THE TIGER SIG Summer 2019 Page 3 Meanwhile, Back in the Alumni World… Attorneys eddie Greim '99 And Jim Polsinelli '64 Honored As siGnificAnt siGs E ddie, former national Balour Award win- ner, brings that tradition of success to his performance as an attorney. A graduate of Harvard Law School, Eddie has focused his practice on commercial litigation, internal in- vestigation, whistleblower claims, free speech and election law. He has been recognized as the "go-to" lawyer on constitutional law. In 2013, he received the Influential Lawyer of the Year award from Missouri's Lawyer Weekly. His depth in the areas mentioned is such that he is licensed to practice in Missouri, New York and Kansas as well as at the U.S. Supreme Court and the U.S. Court of Appeals. A native of Excelsior Springs, Ed- die lives in the Brookside area of Kansas City. Jim offers a list of accomplishments which would take the entire space of this issue to present. After four undergraduate years in Co- lumbia, Jim was graduated with honors from MU Law School in Kansas City. On four oc- casions, he has been recognized as one of the "Best Lawyers in America" for his practice of corporate law. Jim, who serves on the UMKC board of trustees, also chairs the Law School Entrepreneurial Task Force. In 1982, Jim was appointed by then governor Kit Bond to serve as chairman of the Kan- sas City Area's Transportation Authority. In 2013, the Leukemia Society named him Man of the Year. Jim, showing great balance, has not let his multiple endeavors, which included leading his own law firm, keep him too far from the golf course where he apparently excels having been a member of the Rockhurst High School all-state team. Jim currently resides in Kansas City. tHe GAvel is PAssed to PAul courter '73 I n a recent meeting of the house corporation, our visibly relieved presi- dent, Kent Williams '83, presented Paul with his own mallet to use in his new position, the leader of the several score of alumni who com- prise the management team for the house and property. Paul is well versed in the intricacies of planning having been the man behind our Xi Xi All Class Reunion and Golf Shoot Out for several years. He now will get to wrestle with a whole new set of challenges. We wish him good speed and God speed. ed mAtHeny's '43 JumP sHot I f nothing else, Xi Xi alums can be surprising. Such is the case of Ed, who up to now has been far better known for his prowess in the practice of law. Recently he revealed that he was one of the first in the country to perfect the jump shot. We still have some living alumni who remember when the standard set shot in basketball was two feet firmly planted on the ground with the ball ejected from both hands. Nearly everyone shot this way into the early 1940s. Ed, being 5'11", could have watched a lot of shots using the technique above being propelled back into his face by a defender. He caught word of the jump shot while in high school and perfected the one-handed leap and toss acrobatics. Ed's favorite move at Mizzou was to set sail from the corner, peeling his defender off using a screening teammate. When he hit the free throw line, he would stop, leap and fire the jump shot. His success with this new soaring heave drew much attention since, at the time, it was highly unusual. Ed had been recruited by Don Faurot to play football at Mizzou. Had he accepted, his type of foresight may have caused the Split- T to be developed earlier. Chancellor Alexander Cartwright and Jonathan McGuff '15 at the Chancellor's Award Ceremony. This antique photo shows Ed Matheny '43 leaping over a, probably amazed, defender shooting his "new" jump shot against a team from Ft. Leonard Wood. McGuff-Led Group Wins Chancellor's Award S omehow Jonathan McGuff '15 has found time for graduate work, serving as Chapter advi- sor and being the graduate advisor to Rockin' Against Multiple Sclerosis. This organization, attached to the Harry S. Truman School of Public Affairs, recently received the Chancel- lor's Excellence Award for the most outstanding large organization on campus. The reasons are obvious. The group directly serves and funds those dealing with the disease. They set records for community service with more than 500 hours and monies raised of $95,181. This sum rep- resented a $30,000 increase over the average in previous years. Jonathan indicates that these achievements were even more remarkable since February is the signature month for the group's efforts… and it snowed about every other day.

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