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"His photos are Add 5.25% tax for KS delivery works of art."—Andrea Glenn, editor, More than one hundred nostalgic TOTAL Kansas'. Magazine. watercolors by Kansas City artist Jim Hamil. "An artistic masterpiece of a University Press of Kansas 128 pages, 105 full-color photographs, book."—Kansas City Times. 2501 West 15th Street 8-1/2x11-5/8 Lawrence, KS 66049 $17.95 112 pages, 12-3/4x9-3/4 (913)864-4154 $35.00 Departments Big Man First Word 4 on Campus Lift the chorus 5 1 Chancellor Gene A. Budig H talks about 10 years at KU. On the Boulevard 6 Jayhawk Walk 8 18 Hilltopics 11 Campaign 15 They Took Sports i€> Manhattan Association 36 Class Notes 40 New York City became a classroom for 12 students and In Memory 50 three professors this summer. Schoolwork 5-2 Quick Study 54 • Historic Account ra A century ago, the University received TN a gift that state law wouldn't Sr « \ allow it to spend. So farsighted Jayhawks formed the Endowment Association. •HBudig greets students at Ihis home each year after Opening Convocation. SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 1991 VOL.89 No.B KANSAS ALUMNI MAGAZINE Established in 1902 as The Graduate Magazine Fred B. Williams, Publisher Jennifer Jackson Sanner, j'81, Editor Bill Woodard, j'85, Assistant Editor Jerri Niebaum, j'88, Assistant Editor Christine Mercer, Art Director Karen Goodell, Editorial Assistant Wally Emerson, j'76, Photographer magazine, joined me in preparing and con- ducting the interview. We tried to assess KANSAS ALUMNI the changes on campus and to learn more about Budig himself. The chancellor, of ASSOCIATION course, would much rather talk about KU BOARD OF DIRECTORS than Gene Budig, but he obliged. Another anniversary also bears remem- President Sandra Garver Remsberg. '59, bering. Next month the KU Endowment Glee S. Smith Jr., c'43,1'47 Wichita Association turns 100. The association dis- Lamed Virginia Child Shackelford, c'58, Prairie Village plays enviable prowess for raising money to Executive Vice President reward faculty, encourage students and William H. Hougland, b'52, Directors to July 1994 improve the campus. So who gets the credit Wichita Daniel P. Bolen. c'81. Alexandria, Va. Saturday, March 23. A plane carrying the for this great idea? Judith Galas tells you in Executive Committee Larry J. Borden, b'62, g'67, jubilant Jayhawks basketball team and a historical feature. Glee S. Smith Jr., c'43,1'47 Colorado Springs, Colo. Lamed, chairman Marvin R. Motley, c'w, l'8o, g'81. ecstatic fans lands at Forbes Fields in Another fine idea-and deft orchestra- John C. Dicus, b'55. Overland Park Topeka. Many of them could have flown tion by College administrators and three Topeka home under their own power from faculty members—produced a memorable William M. Hougland, b'$2, Directors to July 1995 Wichita R. Bruce Patty, a'58 Charlotte, N.C., where Kansas has just sur- summer class for 12 students. "Art and John F. Kane, e'56, Fairway prised the smug Arkansas Razorbacks, 93- Culture in New York" took students to gal- Bartlesville, Okla. Bette Jo Jones Roberts, c'50 Garden City 81, to win a spot in the NCAA Final Four. leries, museums and streetside canvases John H. Robinson, e'49. Shawnee Mission F.R. Talbott, c'63, g'65 Among the passengers, of course, is and introduced them to artists, gallery own- Deanell Reece Tacha, c'68. Darien, Conn. Chancellor Gene A. Budig. He has reveled in ers and critics. Curiosity took them to cafes, Lawrence Directors to July 1996 the team's success. Now he walks into the boutiques and bizarre clubs. In Bill Vice Presidents CalvinC. Cormack, C59, EdD/74 airport, where a delirious homefront throng Woodard's "New York Stories," the students Victor J. Barry, c'68, Kansas City, Mo. of 4,500 waits to greet the Jayhawks. come to terms with the trip. Their journals, Seattle, Wash. Steven A. Hawley, c'73 Gerald D. Blatherwick, j'58, Campbell, Calif. Scanning the crowd, he finds Jon Josserand, final projects and conversations make us St. Louis, Mo. Kathryn H. Vratil, c'71, PJJ b'76,1'79, governmental-relations assistant. wish we'd been there. Linda S. Ellis, e'79 Prairie Village Houston, Texas Time to get back to work. Budig asks My KU classrooms were more conven- Donnan Stephenson, b'41,1*48. Honorary Members Josserand for a quick briefing. Budget tional. As a senior, 1 took Journalism 661, Santa Fe.N.M E. Laurence Chalmers Jr., maneuvers have begun in the Kansas "Magazine Production and Layout." We had San Antonio, Texas Directors to July 1992 Archie R. Dykes, H'77, Legislature; he needs to know the results of to design a special section for a publication William P. Bunyan III, c'61, Nashville, Tenn. two legislative committee meetings. I'd never heard of. The magazine was Dodge City Deane W. Malott, c'2i, Josserand reports the bad news: The Kansas Alumni, and the section was called Sue Harper Ice, d'56, Newton Ithaca, NY. Michael T. McCoy, e'72, m'75, Franklin D. Murphy, c'j6, tide is turning against support for the the "The Race for the Mace." It described Topeka Beverly Hills, Calif. final year of the Margin of Excellence, the search for the 14th chancellor, offered Raymond F. Nichols, c'26, g'28, varied views of faculty, staff and students Directors to July 1993 Lawrence and the outlook for the University's base Jerry M. Nossaman, d'6o, W. Clarke Wescoe. ffft '64, '69, '79, budget is grim. on the kind of chancellor KU needed and Lawrence Spicer, Minn. For the chancellor, the party's over. featured an interview with then Interim Once again Budig's job has yanked him Chancellor Del Shankel. The fall after my from comfort to crisis. But he expects such class was graduated in Allen Field House, Fred B. Williams, Executive Director and Secretary jolts. This fall he marks 10 years as KU chan- the University inaugurated Gene Budig. John Sanders. Finance Director and Treasurer cellor; he brought to the job eight years' Ten years after, I edit Kansas Alumni. Jodi Breckenridge, d'90, Student Programs Director experience as a university president. He My design skills have improved, but I'm no Brett Fuller, c'89, Constituent Programs Director Bryan Greve, Adams Alumni Center Club Manager knows the price of his profession. art director. Pat Head, Kansas City Office Director He also knows the satisfaction. In 1981, Shankel is still on the Hill. Asked once Kay Henry, Administrative and Personnel Services Director Jeff Johnson, External Affairs and Membership Development Director KU eyed the upper echelon of public uni- again to provide stability and leadership Nancy Peine, Alumni Records Director versities. Since then it has climbed far to during a transition, he's now interim execu- Donna Neuner, '76, Membership Services Director claim its share of that turf. Budig takes tive vice chancellor. B.J. O'Neal Pattee, c'46. Special Projects and Member Assistance Director Jennifer Jackson Sanner, j'81, Communications Director pride in the ascent. To be part of an And Budig, the product of the spring Mike Wellman, c'86, Adams Alumni Center Facility Manager institution that touches so many and 1981 search, still guides the University. possesses so much potential is a noble I've been fortunate during the past Kansas Alumni magazine (ISSN 0745-3345) I! published by the Alumni Association of the University of Kansas six times a year in February, adventure, he says. decade. So has the University. April, June, August, October, December. $35 annual subscription includes membership in the Alumni Association Office of Publication: Kansas Alumni talked to Budig about his —Jennifer Jackson Sanner 1266 Oread Avenue, Lawrence. KS 66045. Second class postage paid at Lawrence, KS. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to Kansas Alumni.