REP.  ROBERT J. (BOB) BEHNEN

91st General Assembly

Rep. Bob Behnen, a Republican, represents Adair and Putnam counties and part of Sullivan County (District 2) in the Missouri House of Representatives.

Elected to the House in 2000, Rep. Behnen owns and operates German Genealogy Research (GGR), a family tree research service specializing in German heritage research and old German document translations.

Rep. Behnen is a member of the following organizations: board member, Northeast Missouri Senior Service Council; board member, Missouri Humanities Council; president, Kirksville R-III School Foundation; 2001 president, Kirksville Area Chamber of Commerce and former board member of the Adair County Family YMCA.  He attends Mary Immaculate/St. Rose Catholic Church and is a member of the Knights of Columbus, Adair Co. Republican Club, Ducks Unlimited, the National Wild Turkey Federation, the NRA and the Kirksville Noon Rotary.

Rep. Behnen has been honored with the Army Meritorious Service Medal, the Army Achievement Medal and was named Soldier of the Quarter HHC, V Corps.

A 1984 graduate of Lindbergh High School, Rep. Behnen received a bachelor of arts degree in business administration- marketing from Truman State University in 1991 and received an MBA from William Woods University in 1996.

Born May 8, 1966 in St. Louis, Rep. Behnen lives in Kirksville.