A History of the Department of
Sociology and Anthropology
and the Crime and Society Program
at Missouri State University
~ Department Heads ~
| Dr. Roy Ellis | 1920-1926 |
| Dr. Raymond D. Thomas | 1926-1929 |
| Dr. Walter O. Cralle | 1929-1961 |
| Dr. Oreen M. Ruedi | 1961-1968 |
| Dr. Clarence W. Ketch | 1968-1970 |
| Dr. J. David Lages | 1970-1972 |
| Dr. Lloyd R. Young | 1972-1984 |
| Dr. Donald D. Landon | 1984-1993 |
| Dr. Lloyd Young | 1993-1995 |
| Dr. Jeffrey E. Nash | 1995-2002 |
| Dr. Karl Kunkel | 2002-2003 |
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