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Mr. Ruger

Mr. Ruger, senior consultant, is also a member of the law firm of Tueth, Keeney, Cooper, Mohan & Jackstadt, P.C.  He practices in the areas of higher education, nonprofit organizations, health, alternative dispute resolution, and labor and employment law.  He is also an adjunct professor at St. Louis University School of Law, University of Missouri-St. Louis, and Washington University Law School.

Previously, he was General Counsel of the Southern Illinois University System from 1997-2004 and General Counsel for Washington University from 1974-1992.  Mr. Ruger also served as the president of the National Association of College and University Attorneys in 1989-1990.  He is a member of the following professional organizations:  The Missouri Bar, Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis (served on and chaired several committees), Illinois State Bar Association, and the National Association of College and University Attorneys.

Mr. Ruger was a founder and was board chairman of the Board of Southern Medical Insurance Company from 1988-1993 (chairman 1990-1992).  Recently, he was a founding member of the Association for Interdisciplinary Initiatives in Higher Education Law and Policy and its first president.  He has served on the boards of several charitable organizations.  Mr. Ruger has spoken to numerous higher education and nonprofit groups and has been extensively involved in community service activities in St. Louis and southern Illinois.

Mr. Ruger received his B.A. from Denison University in 1963, his graduate degree in history from Washington University in 1966, and his J.D. degree from Washington University School of Law in 1969.  Honors include Phi Beta Kappa; Board of Editors, Washington University Law Quarterly; and Omicron Delta Kappa.