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Southeast Missouri State University alumnus Glenn Westover of Florissant, enjoyed imparting scientific findings to high school students during his 32-year teaching career.

“I could not imagine a more exciting career than education. Working with kids is always exciting. If there was ever a dull day, then it was my own fault,” Glenn says.

Over his career, Glenn taught exclusively in the Ferguson-Florissant School District in St. Louis, where he was a faculty sponsor for the Outdoor Club (camping, backpacking, canoeing, repelling and spelunking), and coach of the school’s Odyssey of the Mind team (a competition in creative problem solving). He mentored advanced high school students at the George Engelmann Science and Mathematics Institute at the University of Missouri – St. Louis. In addition, he volunteered with the Junior Academy of Science of St. Louis. He also hosted 12 exchange students through the Youth for Understanding exchange program.

Now retired, Glenn was inducted into the Ritenour Hall of Fame for his contributions to education.A classmate and childhood friend nominated Glenn for induction.

Glenn has received numerous honors for excellence in teaching, receiving the National Presidential Award for Excellence in Science Teaching, presented by the National Science Foundation and The National Association of Science Teachers in 1992.

“It was very special for me and my wife to attend a ceremony in the White House with President Clinton, to have dinner at the State Department, and to go on a dinner cruise on the Potomac River,” Glenn says.

In 1993, he received the Emerson Electric Company Excellence in Teaching Award. In1995, he earned the Outstanding Biology Teacher Award for Missouri, presented by the National Association of Biology Teachers. In 1997, he received the Outstanding Science Teacher Award, presented by the Academy of Science of St. Louis.

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