Kansas City, MO - 1979

INROADS/Kansas City opened with 25 interns sponsored by seventeen companies in 1979.

Three local foundations – First National Bank of Kansas City Foundation, Hallmark Cards Foundation, and Powell Foundation – donated start-up grants.
Initial corporate Board members included:
Ricard Balientine, VP- Legal and Secretary, Butler Manufacturing
Charles Curry, Chairman, Home Savings association of Kansas City
Robert Gaynor, VP–Midwestern Region, AT&T Long Lines
Donald Hall, President, Hallmark Cards
Irvine Hockaday, President, Kansas City Southern Industries
David Kemper, VP, Commerce Bank of Kansas City
Robert Long, Managing Partner, Arthur Andersen
Steven Smith, Second VP, Mutual Benefit Life Insurance
William Washington, Affirmative Action Officer, United Telecommunications
Michael Winn, Actuary-Reinsurance, Business Men’s Assurance

The initial corporate sponsors were:
Arthur Andersen
AT&T Longlines
Black and Veatcch
Blue Cross-Blue Shield
Butler Manufacturing Company
Columbia Union Bank
Commerce Bank of Kansas City
First National Bank of Kansas City
Gas Service Company
General Motors
Hallmark Cards
Home Savings & Loan
Howard, Needles, Tammen, and Bergendoff
Kansas City Power & Light
Kansas City Southern Industries
Mutual Benefit Life Insurance
North Supply Company
Price Waterhouse
United Missouri Bank
United Telecommunications
United Telephone System Midwest Group
Unitog
Western Electric
Yellow Freight System
Arthur Young & Company

By the year 2000, INROADS/Kansas City had 130 interns.

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