Relief Corps Team Rubicon’S Volunteer Veterans Bring Calm to Eye of Storms N SESQUICENTENNIAL JAYHAWKS N GLOBAL ENTREPRENEUR
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No 2, 2016 I $5 Relief Corps Team Rubicon’s volunteer veterans bring calm to eye of storms n SESQUICENTENNIAL JAYHAWKS n GLOBAL ENTREPRENEUR Contents | Issue 2, 2016 20 28 34 20 28 34 Mission: Relief Hail to the ‘Hawks International Impact By giving war veterans a way A new ock of fanciful Leslie Schweitzer’s curiosity to continue serving, Team Jayhawks by three alumni about global cultures fueled a Rubicon founder William artists adds colorful air to successful business career. McNulty is writing a new KU’s sesquicentennial Now she’s using her interna- playbook for disaster relief celebration. tional worldview to champion and veteran reintegration. education in Afghanistan. By Heather Biele By Steven Hill By Jennifer Lawler Cover photograph by Anthony Bari Jr., Team Rubicon Established in 1902 as e Graduate Magazine Volume 114, No. 2, 2016 ISSUE 2, 2016 | 1 Lift the Chorus Your days drew to a close in May I learned statistics from him in opinion counts 1967, he was known for two the business school. He was a Please email us a note usually incompatible achieve- great teacher. at [email protected] ments, a low golf handicap and Bob Jensen, b’70 to tell us what you think of unblemished attendance. On Overland Park your alumni magazine. the last day of his last class, a squad of colleagues blocked Y is the entrance to Green Hall and very good, and I enjoyed the and students did. I was already handcued him to Uncle article on the history of radio a proud Jayhawk: I am a Jimmy’s le ankle out on stations at KU. stratospherically proud Jayhawk Boulevard. His vacant I worked at KANU around Jayhawk aer reading this seat was immediately noticed 1961, and participated in the article! Rock Chalk! when class convened, and the installation of equipment that Luke Bobo, e’82 Struck by question was asked and made it the rst public radio Shawnee Strickland answered. ereupon, Dean station in the United States to Jim Logan adjourned us all to go stereo. I remember standing Band on the run W the new the front steps, and delivered in front of the transmitter and issue of Kansas Alumni, and I his nal lecture in Wills and reveling at how “great” it Editor’s Note: Thanks to all did something I almost never Trusts while standing on the sounded. e transmitter, an who heeded our call for do with any magazine: I saw statue’s base next to “Mr. Kirk.” old Western Electric with information about the band’s iconic pregame dash down the the table of contents photo of And that’s the way it was. mechanical frequency control, stadium steps chronicled in “Suit the hay bales and ipped John E. Smith II, c’65, l’68 was noisy, so the eect was Lake City, Colorado Up the Band,” issue No. 6, 2015. straight to the story [“At First hard to appreciate. Space restrictions prevent us from Light,” issue No. 1] instead of I listen to KANU via the printing every response, but here working my way up to it—and Radio, radio Internet and enjoy hours of is one of the many letters we then I looked at Michael classical music as well as NPR received. Strickland’s and Steve Puppe’s I programs. Stereo sounds a lot photographs instead of reading to Kansas Alumni, and I better now than it did then, but I in fall rst. Beautiful. When I did enjoyed the article on KU radio that was a historic moment 1955 or 1956 for Professor read the story, it was Chris broadcasting [KU 150, issue that I won’t forget. Russell Wiley. Yes, we were Lazzarino’s usual outstanding No. 1]. John Franklin, c’61 running the steps then. Grass work. anks very much for a It was nice to know Wilt Santa Barbara, eld, white suede shoes. I don’t great issue. Chamberlain was a DJ at California recall marching down the hill Charles Marsh, c’77, g’80, g’83, KUOK. I was an engineer there at that time. e front line of PhD’85 in 1965, and your story Proud Jayhawk the band outweighed the Lawrence brought back great memories. football team’s oensive line. KUOK used to be in the I to I have fond memories of No legend basement of Hoch Auditorium, learn that an innocent man, watching Wilt high-jumping and it was a lot of fun. Mr. Floyd Bledsoe, was sent during track season, and the W the ne I also was sad to see McCol- to prison for more than 15 very long lines to buy a print concerning the Decem- lum Hall come down [On the years but exonerated and freed program from him at football ber photo in the 2016 Alumni Boulevard]. I was a resident because of my beloved Univer- games. And I got to listen to Association calendar, I noted when it opened. When they sity’s law school [“Proven Louis Armstrong in the the comment that “law took it down I watched online, Innocent,” Hilltopics, issue student union while waiting for students reportedly chained a and I must say it brought a tear No. 1]. the basketball team to return third-year classmate with to my eye. It was part of KU In my humble opinion, those from a disappointing loss in perfect attendance” to Jimmy history similar to when I saw privileged to attend the the national nal. Green’s statue. Fact, not legend. them take down Old Fraser. University are called and Dear KU, thanks for the Here’s an eyewitness account I was also sorry to read obligated to use this privilege memories! of the event: about the death of Professor for the common good as this Don Sparlin, e’59 As Frank Kirk’s law school Lawrence Sherr [In Memory]. diligent team of KU professors Rolla, Missouri 2 | KANSAS ALUMNI March 2016 40 2 Lift the Chorus Publisher Heath Peterson, d’04, g’09 Letters from our readers Editor Jennifer Jackson Sanner, j’81 Creative Director Susan Younger, f’91 5 First Word Associate Editors Chris Lazzarino, j’86 e editor’s turn Steven Hill Photographers Steve Puppe, j’98 6 On the Boulevard Dan Storey KU & Alumni Association events Graphic Designer Valerie Spicher, j’94 Sta Writer Heather Biele 8 Jayhawk Walk Hoverboards, roller skates and batmobiles, oh my! 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KU 150 Scenes from the sesquicentennial ISSUE 2, 2016 | 3 4 | KANSAS ALUMNI ISSUE 2, 2016 | 5 by Jennifer Jackson Sanner First Word opened 150 years ago following the turmoil and bloodshed of the Civil War has become an international research university. roughout its proud history, KU has prevailed over societal and nancial challenges. e report repeats the chancellor’s declaration in her October 2015 message to faculty and sta: “We are COURTESY KU MARKETING COMMUNICATIONS KU COURTESY united in our pursuit of knowledge and our obligation to share it with the society we serve.” is year, KU begins a monumental $350 million redevelopment of the Central District on the Lawrence campus, an area bound by 15th and 19th streets and Naismith Drive and Iowa Street that will link the historic Jayhawk Boulevard corridor with the thriving western region of campus beyond Iowa Street. e new Central District Central District will include a long- overdue integrated science building to he rst day of March brought a gust of gloom from Topeka. replace outdated and obsolete Malott and Haworth halls, as TAer Kansas tax revenues fell $53.6 million short of esti- well as a 500-bed residential and dining complex, a new student mates in February, Gov. Sam Brownback, l’82, ordered an union, a parking facility, and a central utility plant—all to immediate budget cut of 3 percent—$17.2 million—across the six accommodate enrollment growth. Kansas Board of Regents universities for the current scal year, No state funds will be used to build these new structures.