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Lift the chorus 5 As the gap widens between On the Boulevard €> Kansas schools and their peers, Jayhawk Walk 7 the University wonders how it Hilltopics 10 will keep and attract top faculty. Campaign 13 14 Association 28 Class Notes 30 In Memory 41 Jayhawk Joy Schoolwork 43 If you cheered Roy and the Boys from afar, you'll revel in a traveling Quick Study 46 fan's account of the NCAA tournament. It's the next best thing to being there. 18 4? Welcome home Classes reunited, Jayhawks jogged and Mamie Eisenhower shared her fudge recipe during the Alumni Association's first On the cover, Roy Williams basks in Alumni Weekend. the warmth of the homecoming parade. Michelle Levy, Topeka fresh- 26 man, collected a most valuable souvenir: a sweatshirt with autographs of present and past Kansas athletes. 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, Staff Writer Christine Mercer, Art Director Karen Goodell, Editorial Assistant Wally Emerson, j'76, Photographer books by increasing sales and income taxes to allow for property tax relief, and Gov. Joan Finney balked. She vetoed the tax KANSAS ALUMNI package; the Regents institutions and other state agencies faced budget cuts. When ASSOCIATION they return to Topeka May 28, legislators BOARD OF DIRECTORS could override Finney's veto, make neces- sary cuts or let the governor's veto and cuts President Sue Harper Ice, d'56,Newton stand. John H. Robinson, e'49 Michael T. McCoy, e'72, m'75, Shawnee Mission Topeka Jerri Niebaum rewrote at every turn so that we could tell the most complete story Executive Vice President Directors to July 1993 possible at presstime. Regardless of the tax GleeS. Smith Jr., c'43,1'47 Jerry M. Nossaman, d'6o, Lamed Lawrence package's ultimate fate, other schools will Sandra Garver Remsberg, '59, begin to turn the heads of the state's best Executive Committee Wichita faculty now that the Margin of Excellence is John H. Robinson, e'49, Virginia Child Shackelford, c'58, Shawnee Mission, chairman Prairie Village h, sweet misery. How could Kansas a memory. And without a state commitment John C. Dicus, b'55, Alumni imaginatively cover the Jayhawks' to pay professors competitively, KU's stand- Topeka Directors to July 1994 ing could begin to erode. John F. Kane, e'56, Daniel P. Bolen, c'8i. third Final Four appearance in six years? Bartlesville, Okla. Alexandria, Va. Not many editors shared my dilemma Loyal alumni have seen their alma mater Glee S. Smith Jr., c'4j, I47 Larry J Borden, b'62. g'67, (except for Bob Bliwise at Duke, but this through trying times and have cheered the Larned Colorado Springs, Colo. Deanell Reece Tacha, c'68, Marvin R. Motley, C77, l'8o, g'8i, year 1 didn't feel like comparing notes). University's recent rise to prominence. To Lawrence Overland Park As the Jayhawks pummeled the Hoosiers give alumni a weekend to call their own, Chester B. Vanatta, b'59, g'6j, and sent the Razorbacks squealing all the the Alumni Association this year moved Lawrence Directors to July 1995 R. Bruce Patty, a'58 way home, I promoted their story to the reunions from Commencement and Home- Area Vice Presidents Fairway cover—and doubled the writing assignment coming. Those who returned April 26-27 for Paul A. Borel, e'34, Bette Jo Jones Roberts, c'50 for Bill Woodard, who had followed the Alumni Weekend celebrated the progress Great Falls, Va. Garden City Linda S. Ellis, e>9 F.R. Talbott, C63, g'65 team in 1986 and 1988. Bill didn't complain. and savored the past. We've included you Houston. Texas Darien, Conn. What fan in his right mind would? in the parties. DonnanStephenson, b'41,148, Santa Fe, N.M. Honorary Members And Bill is a fan. Though he wears the My final note concerns an honor that is James C Trombold, c'58, m'62, E Laurence Chalmers Jr., required poker face as he sits at the press not a first. But, like the Jayhawks' basket- Mercer Island, Wash. San Antonio. Texas table, he would rather be in the crowd. ball success, it is a story we never tire of Archie R. Dykes, H'77, Directors to July 1991 Nashville, Tenn. He comes clean in his story. In fact, he's telling. The Jayhawks' Final Four years have Janet Gorman Hoven, j'78, Jack- DeaneW. Malott, c'21, downright bubbly. He told me he wanted to been lucky for Kansas Alumni. After win- sonville, Fla. Ithaca, N.Y. ning the Grand Gold Medal as the nation's Donald A. Johnston, b'56,1'66, Franklin D. Murphy, c'36, share the scenes CBS didn't show you: the Lawrence Beverly Hills, Calif. team plane, the rallies at the hotels, the idle best alumni tabloid in 1986 and 1988, the John H. Robinson, e'49, Raymond F. Nichols, c'26, g'28, moments when fans and players tried to tabloid shares the 1991 Grand Gold with Shawnee Mission Lawrence W.CIarkeWescoe,H'4i,'64,'69,'79, forget the tension. I thought it was only fair. Bucknell University's Bucknell World. Directors to July 1992 Spicer, Minn. So you'll hear from fans who drove all The competition is sponsored by the William P. Bunyan III, c'6i. night. You'll hear from former coach Dick Council for Advancement and Support of Dodge City Harp and learn what Lallage Williams and Education (CASE), and the winning tabloid is Rose Scott think about their sons, Roy and chosen by the Chronicle of Higher Educa- Fred B. Williams, Executive Director and Secretary John Sanders, Finance Director and Treasurer Richard. And you'll come home to Lawrence tion. My thanks to Bill, Jerri and Christine Kevin Carroll, Adams Center General Manager with the team. Wally Emerson provided the Mercer for helping continue the tradition Brett Fuller, c'89, Constituent Programs Director Pat Head, Kansas City Office Director hometown photos, including our cover; Earl that began in 1983, when former editor Dan Kay Henry, Administrative and Personnel Services Director Richardson of the Topeka Capital-Journal Reeder, j'71, g'74, and his staff won the first Jeff Johnson, External Affairs and Membership captured the game highlights. We hope you of three consecutive Grand Golds. Development Director Nancy Peine, Alumni Records Director enjoy the ride. We're pleased to retire the tabloid as a Donna Neuner, '76, Membership Services Director The road to a budget for the University six-time winner, and we're working to B.J. O'Neal Pattee, c'46. Special Projects and Member Assistance Director attain national stature with the magazine. Judy Ruedlinger, Student Programs Director and other Regents institutions was marred Jennifer Jackson Sanner, j'81, Communications Director by ruts and a final sharp turn.