a:31:{s:9:"weblog_id";s:1:"4";s:8:"entry_id";s:0:"";s:6:"sticky";s:0:"";s:14:"allow_comments";s:1:"n";s:16:"allow_trackbacks";s:1:"n";s:10:"entry_date";s:19:"2008-06-14 07:21 PM";s:15:"expiration_date";s:0:"";s:23:"comment_expiration_date";s:0:"";s:8:"category";a:1:{i:0;s:1:"7";}s:9:"author_id";s:1:"2";s:6:"status";s:4:"open";s:14:"trackback_urls";s:0:"";s:18:"versioning_enabled";s:1:"y";s:5:"title";s:47:"Robert Elsperman Named to Purdue Advisory Board";s:9:"url_title";s:47:"robert_elsperman_named_to_purdue_advisory_board";s:6:"submit";s:6:"Submit";s:11:"field_id_26";s:48:"Robert Elsperman Named to Purdue Advissory Board";s:11:"field_ft_26";s:4:"none";s:11:"field_id_31";s:0:"";s:11:"field_id_44";s:217:"Robert P. Elsperman, P.E., of Tarlton Corp., a St. Louis-based general contracting and construction management firm, has been appointed to the advisory council for the School of Civil Engineering at Purdue University.";s:11:"field_ft_44";s:4:"none";s:11:"field_id_28";s:26:"Elsperman, Tarlton, Purdue";s:11:"field_ft_28";s:4:"none";s:11:"field_id_38";s:0:"";s:15:"field_offset_38";s:1:"y";s:11:"field_id_39";s:0:"";s:15:"field_offset_39";s:1:"y";s:11:"field_id_40";s:0:"";s:11:"field_ft_40";s:4:"none";s:11:"field_id_29";s:1839:"<p>Robert P. Elsperman, P.E., of Tarlton Corp., a St. Louis-based general contracting and construction management firm, has been appointed to the advisory council for the School of Civil Engineering at Purdue University. Elsperman will serve a three-year term. The advisory council comprises 24 upper-level executives of civil engineering firms across the United States who are alumni of the School of Civil Engineering at Purdue.</p>
<p>Elsperman also recently was elected to a three-year term to the Board of Directors for St. Andrew&rsquo;s Resources for Seniors and St. Andrew&rsquo;s Resources for Seniors Systems, a faith-based, not-for-profit organization dedicated to serving the needs of the growing senior population. St. Andrew&rsquo;s sponsors and manages 20 senior communities in Missouri and Illinois that include independent living, assisted living and skilled care, as well as subsidized apartment communities for low-income older adults.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>
<p>Elsperman has been active in many St. Louis organizations. He served as chairman of the advisory board for the Salvation Army and has been a member of the advisory council for the Hope Center. His other civic affiliations have included the Boy Scouts of America, United Way, Children&rsquo;s Miracle Network and Howard Park Early Childhood Center. In 2000, Elsperman received the &ldquo;Individual of the Year&rdquo; award for general contractors from the Greater Missouri Chapter of the March of Dimes.</p>
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<p>Elsperman was named president of Tarlton in 1972. His father, the late Arthur Elsperman, organized the firm in 1945. In 1999, a new generation of the Elsperman family&mdash;Tracy Elsperman Hart and Dirk G. Elsperman&mdash;became president and chief operating officer/executive vice president, respectively.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>";s:10:"category_0";s:1:"7";}