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Longtime Missouri lawmaker who championed SMS name change dies at 80
A former Missouri lawmaker from the Ozarks who led the effort to rename Southwest Missouri State University in Springfield has died at the age of 80.
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“Great guy, always up beat, never saw him in a bad mood,” U.S. Rep. Billy Long says. “And always humorous which you know I’d appreciate. Generous to a fault.”
B.J. Marsh served in the Missouri House from 1988 to 1992 and then again from 2001-2009. He filed the SMS name change bill annually, a bill to change Southwest Missouri State University’s name to Missouri State University. Then State Sen. Ken Jacob, D-Columbia, fought the bill every year. Senator Jacob, whose district included Mizzou, filibustered it several times.