Dr. Gwinn M. Lovel

Dr. Gwinn Marshall Lovel was born June 14, 1938, in Hollis, OK, and married Anne Marie Skelton on September 28, 1963, at Greenville, MS. Dr. and Mrs. Lovel have two sons, Jeffrey and Michael Lovel. He served his country in the U.S. Air Force at Laughlin AFB in Del Rio, Texas.

Dr. Lovel taught Sociology at Southeast Missouri State University from 1969 to 2003, retiring as Professor Emeritus of Criminal Justice & Sociology. He was a member of the Midwest Sociological Society and the American Sociological Association. While at Southeast, he helped with the college freshman-orientation program.

In addition to his career at Southeast, he volunteered at Saint Francis Medical Center and attended Grace United Methodist Church in Cape Girardeau where he sang in the choir for many years.

This scholarship has been established in his memory by his sister Mary Kay Belter and her husband Ralph Belter of Seadrift, Texas.