KU Gold Medalists and Families Across States
A long list of KU alumni and spouses, many with engineering, liberal arts, education or journalism backgrounds, are celebrated for lifelong achievements and family ties. The piece details careers, marriages, children and grandchildren, noting residences from Tulsa to Lawrence and beyond, with mentions of significant milestones and honors across decades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James T. McKinney
James
Oklahoma
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Tulsa
Oklahoma City
Amercan Society of
Zara Zoellner McKinney
Liberal Arts
McKinneys
Jayhawk
George L. MacCurdy Jr
Allied Signal
Kansas City
George
Marianne Rogers MacCurdy
Leawood
Betty Kieffer
Lessenden
Betty
Kansas Artist- Craftsman Assn
Potters Guild
Belly
Lawrence
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Douglas County Medical Auxiliary
Glenn Lessenden
Elizabeth Joan Schindling Cook
Joan
I Leavenworth
Patrons of Leavenworth Library Board
Reginald Cook
The
Hill
Roger F. James
Roger
James Printing, Inc
Joan Happy James
Evan
Andy
Overland Park
United States
Europe
Holy Land
Egypt
Greek Islands
George. Worrall
American Oil Co
Ashland Oil Co
Carlsbad
Calif
Arlene
Dorothy Pinkston Fleener
Dorothy
Phillip Fleener
Philip
Meade
Costa Rica
Panama
Order of Eastern Star
Phillip
Phillip E. Fleener
Chamber of Commerce and Kiwanis Club
Kansas and American Optometric Assas
Kansas Optometrist
Boy Scouts of America
Erally
Otto
Schnellbacher
Schnellbacher Associates
New York Giants
New York Yankees
Ollo
Kansas All Sports Hall of Fame
Alumni Association
Topeka
Mary L. Rice Hauster
Mary
University of Iowa
PEO
Phi Beta Kappa
Far East
Nina Green Kanaga
Nina
Clinton
Jayhawks
Nelson-Atkins Museum
Children’s Mercy Hospital
Colonial Dames of America
Daughters of the American Revolution
Helen Scamnell Dewey
Helen
Missoula
Mant
League of Women Voters
American Association of University Women
Alaska
Ernest Wayne Dewey
Lorraine Carpenter Hammer
Lorraine
Lou Hammer
Link Meals
Spencer Museum of Art
Lou
Gordon A. McCune
Gordon
Anne
Okla
McCune Partners Inc
Murray
Greater Tulsa
Salvation Army
Oklahoma Society of Professional Engineers
William K. Jenson
Bill
University of California San Diego
Saudi Arabia
Veterans’ Administration Medical Center
Walla Walla
Wash
Pennsylvania
Wyoming
la Jolla
Joan Weig
Jenson
Anne Scott Kiaer
Alas Kiner
Pratt
Kan
Oslo
Norway
Three Kings
Ted Turner
Rendalen
Hecmark
Eileen O'Connor Piller
Robert Piller
Eileen
Wichita
Pillers
Virgil “Ray
Alderson
Ray
Yellow Freight Systems
Mary Lyth Alderson
Education
Overland Park Chamber of Commerce
Humana Hospital
Oliver J. Samuel
Engineering
Emporia Plumbing and Healing Company
Oliver
Emporia
Mary Gayle Marsh Samuel
Alumni and Endowment Associations
And
Athletics Corporation
Samuels
Campaign Kansas
Mildred Clodfeller
Francis M. Winterburg
Francis
School of Engineering
LaVerne
Martha Goodrich Coate
Martha
Children’s Service League
Kansas Social Welfare
Naples
Fla
Arthur Coale
Philharmonic League
Rosemary Alderman Nagle
Rosemary
St. Louis
Marais Des Cygnes Valley
Bernard “Red” Nagle
France
Lyon
Toulon
Norma Conkle
Norma
Watkins Memorial Hospital
PTO
PTA
Chattanooga
Tenn
Arthur Archung
Antarctica
Archungs
Mary Morris Boyd
Walter Morris & Son
Larned State Hospital
Wichita Children’s Home
American Cancer Society
Kansas
KUS Greater University Fund
Wichita Art Museum
Jim
Imma Bachus McBride
Emma
Salina
Frank
McBrides
Emerson L. Hazlett
Emerson
Center For Economic Education
Kansas Council On Economics
KU School of Education
Meals On Wheels
Shawnee County
Elizabeth Abels Hazlett
Nel
Prairie View, Inc
Newton
Clay Hedrick
Virginia Winter Anderson
Virginia
Bennett Creamery
R.B. Ranch
City Planning Commission
Ottawa
Robert Bennett Anderson
Business
National Learning Disabilities Assn
Shirley Wellborn Norvis
Shirley
Kansas Department of Health and Environment
V.L. Norris
Morrises
Switzerland
Spain
Portugal
Madeira
Canary Islands
Guatemala
Cancun
Oaxaca
Mexico
Ida Mae Woodburn Sutton
Ida Mae
Frederick
Suttons
Alice Wismer Stoland
Alice
Robert Stoland
Social Security
Stolands
Elizabeth Bradney Sanford
Elizabeth
SAS of Kansas Adult Services
California
Columbus
Jack
Sanfords
Mesa
Ariz
Ariel Pottery
Abraham Phillip Persky
Italy
Fullbright
University of Rome
Ford Foundation
Nigeria
San Jose State University
San Jose
Marylee Masterson Brochmann
Marylee
School of Social Welfare
Key West
Mackinac Island
Mich
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Thomas M. Gregg
Thomas
American United Life
Association of Life Underwriters
Insurance
Million Dollar Round Table
Kansas Asociation of Life Underwriters
Ann
Paul L. Zeh
Paul
Dianne
Lions Club
Public Relations Society of America
Kenneth Higdon
Kenneth
Business Men's Assurance Company
Chamber of Commerce
United Way
YMCA
Boy Scouts
Far KU Heisa School of Business Board of Advisors
Prairie Village
Darlene VanBiber Wight
Literal Arts
Darlene
Graceland College
Robert Altman
Habitat For Humanity
Common Cause
American Crafts Council
Women In the Arts
Lucian “Lou” & Hammer
Lawrence Paper Company
Phyllis Anne Oliver McMahon
Uberal Arts Aller
Phyllis
Stormont-Wall Medical Center
Home Health
Kansas Physical Therapy Assn
Topeka Women’s Aglow
Russia
Turkey
Austria
Hong Kong
Thailand
McMahons
Elton K. Schroder
Elton
Phillipsburg High School
Fort Hays State University
Edith
Hays
Texas
Schroders
Washington Gridiron Club
Journalistic Organization
National Press Club
National Press Foundation
Washington
Society of Professional Journalists
Sigma Delta Chi
Falls Church
Marian Miner Cromley
Cromleys
Joan Anderson Fee
Anaheim High School
Anaheim
Philip Fee
Ruth Larson Taylor
Taylors
Ruth
Central State University
John Taylor
Margaret
Eg” O'Neil Vindemar
Peg
Veterans’ Administration Center
Leavenworth
St. Vincent Clinic
Leavenworth County
Matthew
Canada
YWCA
Matt
Jeri Catlett Wallace
Jeri
Galloway Wallace
Edmond
Oklo
John
Martha Laffer Ziegler
Porter Investments
Robert
Healdsburg
Tom Santos
Washington, D.C
San Francisco Symphony
Leontyne Price
Marian Minor Cromley
Marian
Ethics and Excellence In Journalism Foundation
Allan Cromley
North Carolina
Allan W. Cromley
Allan
Daily Oklahoman
Philip Singer
John Deere Tractor Co
Ethyl Corporation
Waterloo
Iowa
Marilyn Smart Stockton
Marilyn
Indiana University
Bloomington
Red Cross
American Association of Retired Persons
Charles W. Sherrer
Charles
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Sacramento
Lafayette
Marion
Stalzer
Arizona State University
Phoenix Symphony Orchestra
National Association of College
Normandy
Tempe
Carol
John Taylor Jr
Joan E. Rodgers Dietz
Ted Lewis
Olson & Johnson
Maxine A. Gunselly
Maxine
Sherwood Forest
Deer Lake
Grand Rapids
Minn
Summit School
St. Paul
Deer Lake Assn
Nancy Goering Hedrick
Nancy
Grant M. Clothier
Grant
Leavenworth High School
Central Missouri State University
William Jewell College
Clothier
Patricia
Marie Schreiber
Ray L. Culbertson
Capitol Federal Savings
Johnson County
Rotary International
Lawrence Board of Education
Frieda Wray Culbertson
Eudora
Emma Britton Strowig
Mental Health Institute
Madison
Wisc
University of Wisconsin Museum of Art
Robert W. Doering
Huntington
Conn
Bridgeport Hospital
New York City
Lincoln Center
Sayers
Chris Koginia
Journal-Waorli Phot
Gale Sayers
Apple
Jack Mitchell
Peggy
Kansas University
School of Education
Natural History Museum