Lawrence C. George, former assistant to the chancellor for affirmative action and equal employment opportunity at Missouri S&T, died Tuesday, March 24. A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, April 11, at Christ Episcopal Church, 1000 N. Main St. in Rolla. A reception will follow.
Mr. George joined the staff at Missouri S&T in 1991 and retired in 2006. He served as resident advisor for the S&T chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity from its founding in 1965 until 2013, and was named an honorary alumnus of Missouri S&T in 1989.
Prior to joining the Missouri S&T staff, he worked for the U.S. Bureau of Mines in Rolla as a research chemist and in the bureau’s affirmative action and equal employment opportunity office.