LittleSis: Michael F Shanahan Sr

Michael F. Shanahan’s gregarious personality and daring management style made him one of the most popular executives in this region’s sports history. Under his leadership in the late 1980s and early 1990s, the St. Louis Blues regained their standing as a mainstream sports attraction. The franchise’s revival led to the construction of a downtown arena that opened in 1994. Shanahan, a former soccer star at St. Louis University, was president of Engineered Support Systems Inc. Shanahan led an investment group that purchased the Blues from California businessman Harry Ornest in December 1986. At the same time, the city purchased The Arena from Ornest. By 1990 Shanahan had sold his ownership stake to the Kiel Center Partners as that group led efforts to build a new downtown arena for the team. Shanahan stayed on as team chairman until replaced by former Cardinals executive Jerry Ritter after the 1994-95 season. In 2008 Shanahan pleaded guilty to a federal charge for backdating stock options and agreed to repay $7.9 million. In exchange for the guilty plea on one count of falsifying the records of a publicly traded company, the government dropped 11 other charges against Shanahan. The government also agreed to drop charges against his son, Michael Shanahan Jr.

Donor	Common Recipients
Roy Pfautch	Kit Bond, Jo Ann Emerson, Mitch McConnell, Jim Talent, John Ashcroft, John William Buechner, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, Gene McNary, Missouri Republican State Committee-Federal
Peter Herschend	Kit Bond, Jo Ann Emerson, Isaac Newton Skelton IV, Jim Talent, Dick Gephardt, John Ashcroft, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, Bill Federer (Missouri), Missouri Republican State Committee-Federal
Jerome Schlichter	William Lacy Clay Jr, Dick Gephardt, Jean Carnahan, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, Democratic Leader's Victory Fund 2000, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Missouri Senate 2002, Missouri 2000, Democratic Leader's Victory Fund 2002, Mel Eugene Carnahan
Robert T Fraley	Kit Bond, Jo Ann Emerson, Mitch McConnell, Jim Talent, Dick Gephardt, John Ashcroft, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, Democratic Leader's Victory Fund 2000
Julia Irene Kauffman	Kit Bond, Isaac Newton Skelton IV, Jim Talent, Jean Carnahan, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Missouri Senate 2002, Missouri Republican State Committee-Federal, Mel Eugene Carnahan
John E Jacob	Kit Bond, William Lacy Clay Jr, Jim Talent, Dick Gephardt, Jean Carnahan, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, George W Bush, Democratic Leader's Victory Fund 2000, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic Leader's Victory Fund 2002
Stephen F Brauer	Kit Bond, Jo Ann Emerson, Mitch McConnell, Jim Talent, John Ashcroft, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, Gene McNary, Bill Federer (Missouri), Missouri Republican State Committee-Federal
David E Hall	Kit Bond, Jo Ann Emerson, Mitch McConnell, Jim Talent, John Ashcroft, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, Missouri Republican State Committee-Federal
Michael F Neidorff	William Lacy Clay Jr, Jim Talent, Dick Gephardt, John Ashcroft, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Missouri Republican State Committee-Federal
Brent S Franzel	Kit Bond, William Lacy Clay Jr, Jo Ann Emerson, Mitch McConnell, Isaac Newton Skelton IV, Jim Talent, John Ashcroft, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, Missouri Republican State Committee-Federal
Richard R Rogers	Mitch McConnell, Jim Talent, Dick Gephardt, Jean Carnahan, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Missouri Republican State Committee-Federal
James Nutter	Isaac Newton Skelton IV, Dick Gephardt, Jean Carnahan, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, Republican National Committee, Democratic Leader's Victory Fund 2000, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic Leader's Victory Fund 2002, Mel Eugene Carnahan
Jack Taylor	Kit Bond, Mitch McConnell, Jim Talent, John Ashcroft, John William Buechner, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, Gene McNary, Missouri Republican State Committee-Federal
Charles F Knight	Kit Bond, Isaac Newton Skelton IV, Jim Talent, Dick Gephardt, John Ashcroft, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, Gene McNary, Missouri Republican State Committee-Federal
Bucky Bush	Kit Bond, Jo Ann Emerson, Mitch McConnell, Jim Talent, John Ashcroft, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, Bill Federer (Missouri), Missouri Republican State Committee-Federal
Kate Moss	William Lacy Clay Jr, Jo Ann Emerson, Isaac Newton Skelton IV, Dick Gephardt, Jean Carnahan, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, Democratic Leader's Victory Fund 2000, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic Leader's Victory Fund 2002
William H Danforth	Kit Bond, William Lacy Clay Jr, Jo Ann Emerson, Mitch McConnell, Jim Talent, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, Gene McNary, Missouri Republican State Committee-Federal
William DeWitt Jr	Kit Bond, Mitch McConnell, Jim Talent, John Ashcroft, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, Missouri 2000, Missouri Republican State Committee-Federal, Mel Eugene Carnahan
John L. Morris	Kit Bond, Isaac Newton Skelton IV, Jim Talent, Jean Carnahan, John Ashcroft, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, Missouri Republican State Committee-Federal, Mel Eugene Carnahan
Ed Whitacre	Kit Bond, Jim Talent, Dick Gephardt, John Ashcroft, John William Buechner, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, Missouri Republican State Committee-Federal

Donor

Common Recipients

Roy Pfautch

Kit Bond, Jo Ann Emerson, Mitch McConnell, Jim Talent, John Ashcroft, John William Buechner, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, Gene McNary, Missouri Republican State Committee-Federal

Peter Herschend

Kit Bond, Jo Ann Emerson, Isaac Newton Skelton IV, Jim Talent, Dick Gephardt, John Ashcroft, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, Bill Federer (Missouri), Missouri Republican State Committee-Federal

Jerome Schlichter

William Lacy Clay Jr, Dick Gephardt, Jean Carnahan, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, Democratic Leader's Victory Fund 2000, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Missouri Senate 2002, Missouri 2000, Democratic Leader's Victory Fund 2002, Mel Eugene Carnahan

Robert T Fraley

Kit Bond, Jo Ann Emerson, Mitch McConnell, Jim Talent, Dick Gephardt, John Ashcroft, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, Democratic Leader's Victory Fund 2000

Julia Irene Kauffman

Kit Bond, Isaac Newton Skelton IV, Jim Talent, Jean Carnahan, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Missouri Senate 2002, Missouri Republican State Committee-Federal, Mel Eugene Carnahan