No. 6 ■ 2008
The Long View New campus plan examines history to look far into the future
■ KU’s ‘Mr. Kansas’ ■ Vietnam’s Yen Vo
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FEATURES
The Way of Yen Vo 34 Vietnam’s most prominent disability rights advocate draws on lessons learned in life and at KU’s graduate program in human development and family life.
BY STEVEN HILL
The Master of Disasters 36 Distinguished professor Don Steeples is the father of his research field and the architect of one of the most popular courses on campus. The key to his success? A scorn for hypothesis testing and the lasting memory of his own rocky academic beginnings.
BY CHRIS LAZZARINO
COVER The Once and Future 26 Campus The new Campus Heritage Plan funded by a grant from the Getty Foundation takes a simple approach to campus planning: To figure out where you’re going, it helps to know where you’ve been.
BY CHRIS LAZZARINO Cover photograph by Steve Puppe
Volume 106, No. 6, 2008 36 The stuff of legends
Renowned sports photographer This book is the story of three KU teams and their national championships, told by players and Rich Clarkson has captured sports journalists including Sports Illustrated’s the magic of KU’s three NCAA basketball Grant Wahl. championships in this rare collection Rich Clarkson covered the first KU title as a KU freshman in 1952. After a long career that has for Jayhawks to treasure. included The National Geographic Society, Sports Illustrated, Time, the Denver Post and the Topeka Capital-Journal, Clarkson now publishes fine com- memorative books. He presents this special portfolio of KU’s shining moments in 112 stunning pages and capped by the iconic image of the 2008 title game— Mario Chalmers’ jumper. Published by the KU Alumni Association in an exclusive collaboration with Rich Clarkson and Associates.
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