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37-559: Groundbreaking for the Hearnes Center occurred in 1969, and the arena was officially dedicated on August 4, 1972. The arena got its name from former Missouri governor and 1952 Mizzou graduate Warren Hearnes . The cost of the building project was $ 10.75 million. Prior to the opening of the Hearnes Center, the Missouri basketball team played its home games at Brewer Fieldhouse , which was built in 1929 and has since been remodeled into

74-626: A field house that is home to the indoor track and field team, as well as one of the country's largest blood drives . Each fall, students donate blood as part of the school's Homecoming week festivities. In 2005, students and Columbia residents donated over 5,000 units of blood. During the school year, the parking lot adjacent to the main building serves as student parking for many on- and off-campus residents. 38°56′04″N 92°19′50″W  /  38.93434°N 92.33060°W  / 38.93434; -92.33060 Warren Hearnes Warren Eastman Hearnes (July 24, 1923 – August 16, 2009)

111-503: A modern recreation center. Hearnes quickly became one of college basketball's toughest places to play during the 1980s, when players such as Steve Stipanovich , Jon Sundvold , Derrick Chievous and Doug Smith suited up for Norm Stewart . Several factors contributed to this reputation: the steep banking of the seating area, its flat roof and angling of its upper sections, and The Antlers , whose presence in Section A-16 made them

148-521: A softball game. He was a 1952 graduate of the University of Missouri School of Law . While attending law school, he was elected to the Missouri House of Representatives in 1950 and served until 1961. He served as majority floor leader from 1957 until leaving office. In 1960, he ran for secretary of state of Missouri . In the primary, he defeated James Kirkpatrick , garnering 42.15% of

185-484: Is also buried with his daughter, Lynn Cooper Hearnes, who was killed in an auto accident on December 31, 2009, only a few months after the death of her father. List of governors of Missouri The governor of Missouri is the head of government of the U.S. state of Missouri and the commander-in-chief of the Missouri National Guard . The governor has a duty to enforce state laws and

222-612: Is the city of Marshfield's highest honor and is named for a native son. In the 2008 Democratic Party presidential primaries Hearnes endorsed the campaign of Hillary Clinton for the Democratic presidential nomination. In 2010, a bust of Hearnes sculpted by Sabra Tull Meyer was dedicated outside the Mississippi County Courthouse in Charleston, Missouri . Later that year he was also inducted into

259-641: The Hall of Famous Missourians ; his bronze bust is displayed in the state capitol. In December 2016, Highway 249 near Missouri Southern State University between the I-44 and 49 interchange and East Zora became known as the Governor Warren E. Hearnes Memorial Highway. Hearnes died August 16, 2009. He is buried in IOOF Cemetery in Charleston, Missouri , along with his wife who died in 2023. He

296-778: The Missouri State Highway Patrol from 500 to 750 officers. Hearnes was Governor during the Civil Rights era and as Governor he signed a Public Accommodations Law, Missouri's first civil rights act. As governor he also strengthened the Fair Employment Practices Act and increased the staff of the Human Rights Commission from two employees to 35. Hearnes also enacted the state's first air pollution law, with subsequent strengthening of its provisions. He oversaw

333-538: The St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank . He had 60.8% of the vote. Hearnes' priorities as Governor included improving public education , bettering the state's highways and traffic safety , as well as civil rights and the environment. State aid to public schools increased from $ 145.5 million to $ 389.2 million during Hearnes' term as governor, an increase of 167%, and he also increased state aid to higher education from $ 47.5 million to $ 144.7 million, an increase of 204%. He oversaw

370-534: The St. Louis Post-Dispatch . Hearnes sued the paper for defamation and the case was ultimately settled with terms undisclosed. After facing public pressure to appoint a special counsel during the Watergate scandal , President Richard Nixon considered either Hearnes or Pat Brown for the role. Attorney General Elliot Richardson rejected both options, and ultimately appointed Archibald Cox . Hearnes ran for United States Senate in 1976 . He placed second in

407-494: The University of Missouri for a year and a half, until he was drafted. Soon after reporting for duty, Hearnes was appointed by President Roosevelt to the United States Military Academy at West Point , Class of 1946. He married Betty Cooper (born July 24, 1927), his childhood sweetheart, on July 2, 1948. He served in the U.S. Army and was medically discharged in 1949 after he broke his ankle in

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444-531: The band, Student Athletic Board and the aforementioned Antlers), others sat as high as the D sections, which early in the arena's life doubled as lecture halls (to this day, their seats have fold-out writing desks). Attempting to create an atmosphere similar to his former employers, Duke , Snyder mandated that all students be moved to one end of the court, where bleachers would replace the old seats and primacy would be given to his new "Zou Crew" club, with all other seating areas becoming put up for general sale. The move

481-461: The bane of many an opposition. Decibel meters were added to the corners of the arena in the early 1990s in addition to new scoreboards, and it was not uncommon to see them go well above 110 dB during conference games, and regularly cresting 125 dB against Kansas or during 2001's famed "Fire Code Game" against Iowa , where well over 14,500 people packed the building to see then-#2 Mizzou be stunned by Steve Alford 's club. In its later life,

518-524: The building saw several changes: a new floor was installed in 1998, rear-projection video monitors replaced the matrix boards at the turn of the new millennium, and the student seating plan was also altered. Before Quin Snyder came to coach the Tigers, student seating was scattered throughout the arena and distributed via who picked up tickets first, and while the largest amount sat along one sideline (including

555-490: The candidacy of Hubert Humphrey . At the convention, he spoke in support of President Lyndon B. Johnson 's Vietnam policy. Despite this, Hearnes voted to pass a minority report from the convention's Rules Committee which ultimately established the McGovern-Fraser Commission , which would substantially democratize the Democratic primaries. Historians of the primary process have disputed whether Hearnes

592-478: The central depository for state funds), saying that the bank's power was creating an atmosphere where establishment forces would "select rather than elect" a leader. Hearnes won the primary over Bush with 51.9% of the vote. In the general election he won by more than 500,000 votes and 62% of the vote, defeating Republican Ethan A.H. Shepley , chancellor of Washington University in St. Louis . His lieutenant governor in

629-649: The event of a vacancy; a 1968 amendment made it so that the lieutenant governor becomes governor in that situation. A group including the governor, lieutenant governor, and members of the Missouri General Assembly , proclaimed Missouri's secession from the Union on October 31, 1861, and it was admitted to the Confederate States of America on November 28, 1861. The Confederate government elected two governors, but only had any control in

666-431: The game, with the team donning Stewart-era "Big M" uniforms for the occasion. Following the construction of Mizzou Arena, the building was taken over fully by indoor Olympic sports. Volleyball took over the main basketball dressing room and the old practice courts were converted into a state-of-the-art wrestling room. In the late 2000s, the university installed large banners that cover up much of C and D sections and display

703-459: The general election to Republican James F. Antonio , who received 50.8% of the vote. His wife, Betty Cooper Hearnes , began her own political career as a state representative in 1979, serving until 1988. She also was the 1988 Democratic nominee for governor . In 1980, Hearnes was appointed Circuit Court Judge, making him the first person in Missouri history to serve in all three branches of

740-413: The honors of the volleyball, wrestling, and gymnastics teams. In 2018, a water main broke and flooded the event level: this forced volleyball to play that year's home schedule at Mizzou Arena but also enabled Hearnes to be renovated. The centerpiece of this renovation was a new Daktronics HD video cube and scoring system as well as new retractable seating on the event level. The Hearnes Center also contains

777-560: The increase of state aid to vocational education from $ 856,000 to $ 8.8 million, fostering the establishment 53 new area vocational educational schools. While Hearnes was Governor, the State of Missouri built 350 miles of four-lane highways throughout the state. He also created the Missouri Division of Highway Safety and enacted a law providing mandatory breath tests for suspected drunken drivers. Hearnes increased uniform strength of

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814-443: The offices of governor and lieutenant governor, to serve terms of four years without being able to succeed themselves. Terms were shortened to 2 years in 1865, with a limit of serving no more than four out of every six years. They were returned in 1875 to the four-year term and limit on succession of the 1820 constitution, and the term limit changed to two terms in 1965. Originally, the lieutenant governor would act as governor in

851-652: The passage of a $ 150 million water pollution bond issue to provide state matching funds for sewage control construction projects, and created the state's Clean Water Commission to enforce water pollution laws. He also was responsible for the provision of first state financial grants for mass transit and urban rapid transit facilities. He created the Department of Community Affairs to assist local governments in obtaining technical assistance and grants for city planning, zoning, housing, sewage treatment, industrial development, and other municipal and regional projects. In 1970, he

888-494: The power to either approve or veto bills passed by the Missouri Legislature , to convene the legislature and grant pardons , except in cases of impeachment. The current governor is Republican Mike Parson , who took office on June 1, 2018. He is ineligible to run in the 2024 election -or any future election--since he served more than two years of the unexpired term of predecessor Eric Greitens . Louisiana

925-458: The primary with 26.9 percent of the vote. The winner, Jerry Litton , had 45.4%, but was killed in a plane crash en route to a primary election victory party on August 3. On August 21, the Democratic state committee selected Hearnes as the replacement nominee over Jim Spainhower by a 38 to 22 vote. Hearnes lost the general election to John Danforth who garnered 56.9% of the vote. In 1978 he ran unsuccessfully for Missouri state auditor , losing

962-444: The race was Thomas Eagleton . In 1965 the constitution was amended to permit governors to serve two consecutive terms. Hearnes considered running as a favorite son candidate in the 1968 Democratic Party presidential primaries , but ultimately withdrew his candidacy. He chaired the Missouri delegation to the 1968 Democratic National Convention , which was selected by a traditional caucus of party members and overwhelmingly supported

999-860: The south of the state, and was forced into exile in Marshall, Texas , after the Battle of Pea Ridge in March 1862. During the Civil War , after the capture of Jefferson City by the Union, a constitutional convention declared the office then held by Governor Claiborne Fox Jackson to be vacant. In October, Jackson, Lieutenant Governor Thomas Caute Reynolds , and some members of the General Assembly, organized at Neosho and passed an Ordinance of Secession . This Confederate government never displaced

1036-717: The state government. However he failed to be elected to the position in the same year. In 1972, the Hearnes Center on the University of Missouri campus in Columbia, Missouri , was named in honor of the outgoing governor. In 2005, Warren and Betty Hearnes were awarded the Edwin P. Hubble Medal of Initiative during the Charleston Dogwood-Azalea Festival. The medal was presented by a delegation of citizens from Marshfield, Missouri. The medal

1073-583: The vote. He defeated Joseph Badgett in the general election with 56.18% of the vote. In 1964, Hearnes challenged the remnants of the Tom Pendergast political machine in the race for governor. During the primary he campaigned against Kansas City establishment candidate Hilary A. Bush charging, "At one time all Missouri was controlled from Kansas City by a man named Pendergast. This type of machine politics should never be allowed to rear its ugly head again in Missouri politics ." Among Hearnes' plans

1110-562: Was purchased from France in 1803, with it being proclaimed in St. Louis in Upper Louisiana on March 10, 1804 , by Amos Stoddard , who remained as military commander of the region until October 1, 1804, when Orleans Territory was split from it. The remainder was designated the District of Louisiana and placed under the jurisdiction of Indiana Territory and its governor, William Henry Harrison . The District of Louisiana

1147-635: Was an American politician who served as the 46th governor of Missouri from 1965 to 1973. A member of the Democratic Party , he was the first officeholder eligible to serve two consecutive four-year terms as Governor. He previously served as the Secretary of State of Missouri from 1961 to 1965. After leaving office Hearnes was dogged by a tax investigation, relating to finances in and out of his administration. While later cleared of any wrongdoing, Hearnes faced trouble in future bids for office. He

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1184-555: Was an effort to gain support in western Missouri by the establishment of a four-year college ( Missouri Western State University ) in the population center of St. Joseph, Missouri despite the presence of a state college ( Northwest Missouri State University ) less than 50 miles away in the much smaller city of Maryville, Missouri . Hearnes also campaigned against the Central Trust Bank of Jefferson City, Missouri (which, since its 1902 founding by Lon Stephens , had been

1221-437: Was confused when he made his vote, or whether he had been convinced by the arguments that a more open primary process was preferable. Hearnes' vote was instrumental to the passage of the minority report, as the entire Missouri delegation followed his lead; this supplied the report with its margin of victory. Hearnes was re-elected in 1968 . He defeated Lawrence K. Roos, former St. Louis County Executive and former president of

1258-549: Was criticized for changing the atmosphere at Missouri games to something less distinctive while enabling more seats to be sold at a higher cost, but was duplicated (with more restrictions on student seating) at Mizzou Arena. The final regulation home game at Hearnes came in 2004, where a David Padgett buzzer-beater meant Kansas would send the building out on a Tiger loss. The Tigers would return to Hearnes for an exhibition game in 2013 against Oklahoma City University . More than 12,000 fans including many Tiger basketball greats attended

1295-562: Was elected chairman of the National Governor's Association which held its annual conference at Lake of the Ozarks . In the 1972 Democratic Party presidential primaries , he supported Edmund Muskie for president and was considered a possible running mate, had Muskie won the nomination. After leaving office Hearnes was plagued with tax problems which were ultimately cleared in 1977. His problems were highlighted by an exposé in

1332-544: Was organized as Louisiana Territory on July 4, 1805; it was renamed Missouri Territory on June 4, 1812, after the admission of the state of Louisiana . It had four governors appointed by the president of the United States , including both Meriwether Lewis and William Clark of the Lewis and Clark Expedition . Missouri was admitted to the union on August 10, 1821. The original constitution of 1820 created

1369-514: Was the Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate in 1976 , replacing Jerry Litton who died after winning the nomination, but lost to John Danforth in November. He subsequently lost bids for Missouri Auditor in 1978, and a Circuit Court Judge position in 1980. Born in Moline, Illinois , Hearnes moved to Charleston, Missouri , as a child and resided there until his death. After high school, he attended

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