Wescoe Luncheon Pace Marks Alumni Homecoming
Chancellor W Clarke Wescoe and his wife Barbara led a rapid greeting tour for returning alumni at the Kansas Union. The event featured surveys on the weather, remarks on long university ties, and gifts for anniversary classes from 1912 to 1937, plus 50 year pins for 84 members. Dr John Ise spoke as guest.
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W. Clarke Wescoe
Barbara
Kansas Union Building
Wescoes
Memorial Stadium
Allen Fieldhouse
Allentown
Wescoe
John Ise
Bethany Hospital
Lawrence students join 350 ambassadors on European tour
A KU led group of about 350 People-to-People student ambassadors leaves tonight from the Liberty Memorial for a two month tour of 19 European countries. They will be followed by 150 more in the next days and spend two days in Washington for policy briefings before flying to Europe from New York.
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Kansas University
Midwest
Kansas City Liberty Memorial
Washington, D.C
Washington
Europe
New York City
Endowment Fund Sees Record Giving for KU
The Greater University Fund raised $354,000 from more than 11 000 donors in the latest year, surpassing previous Big 5 school totals. KU leaders touch on private support, enrollment growth, and the Medicare debate while trustees discuss fundraising and future needs.
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Kansas
Reed
Greater University Fund
Maurice Barker
Barker
Friends of
Colorado U
Douglas County
Surface
Business School
Wescoe
Hashinger
Claude Dixon
Rochester
Minn
KU Alumni Elects Board Members and Outgoing Officers
The Oread alumni association announced board members Robert W. Wagstaff Ole Cram Jr and Win ton Winter as top vote getters among seven candidates. William Martin and Chester Mize were chosen for two Eli Athletic Board vacancies replacing Arthur Weaver and Dr Milton Miller. Hutchinson retired president Wendell Holmes noted 67 alumni meetings with over 6000 attendees as Chancellor Wescoe and Mrs Holmes joined gatherings from New York to California. Stanley Learned was elected president, with Mrs Margaret Lillard as vice president and plans to boost membership to strengthen KU outreach statewide.
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Robert W. Wagstaff
Kansas City
Ole Cram Jr
Larned
Winton Winter
Ottawa
Association
William Martin
Topeka
Chester Mize
Atchison
Eli Athletic Board
Arthur Weaver
Lawrence
Milton Miller
Martin
Lawrence-Topeka
Margaret Lillard
Salina
Learned
Holmes
Paul Ward
Hays
Wade Stinson
Wilmette
Robert Cory
Wichita
Nell Renn
Arkansas City
Jeannette Rustemeyer
Leavenworth
Claude Chalfant
Hutchinson
Frank Warren
Emporia
Richard Barber
Dale Maxwell
Columbus
John Buehler
Ben Barteldes
Dolph C. Simons Jr
Barteldes
Barber
Galen Fields
Paul Adam
Final commencement rites honor five KU alumni recipients
Nearly 5 000 attendees watched Memorial Stadium as five KU graduates received citations. Dr. Prentiss L. Pemberton urged 1962 graduates to embrace a pro religious stance while guiding a technological era, stressing teamwork and disciplined faith to balance science with moral purpose.
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Prentiss L. Pemberton
Colgate Rochester
N. Y
Divinity School
Cape Canaveral
Yates Center
Ottawa University
Rev. Pemberton
Mt. Oread
Yeager urges duty and leadership at KU ROTC event
Adm Yeager told cadets they must be brave and responsible to turn potential into achievement. He urged leaders who will improve the world and serve country and mankind, noting how fidelity and drive define superior individuals. Yeager and his son attended KU ceremonies, presenting keys to notable Lawrencians as San Diego goodwill gestures.
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San Diego
H. A. Yeager
U.S. Pacific Fleet
California
Alan E. Hardtaker
Kansas University
Adm. Yeager
Adm
Yeager
J.g
Howard B. Yeager
Lawrence
R. D. Gruber
May Jean Bailey
Salina
Kappa Kappa Gamma
Charles C. Dail
George B. Smith
University
James Surface
Business School
Gruber
Dolph Simons
The
Journal-World
Reed outlines factors shaping Kansas higher education funding
Clyde Reed of the State Board of Regents spoke at the Lawrence Rotary about growing demand for state support as Kansas sees a surge in college bound students. He noted funding expansion since 1961 to include junior colleges and two municipal schools, and warned for more money in the next session while rejecting a new state institute.
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Kansas
Lawrence
Reed
Wichita
Board of Regents
Hearing Expert Free Tests in Lawrence Tuesday
Sonotone hearing specialist Kenneth Flagler of Topeka will be in Lawrence at the Eldridge Hotel Tuesday June 5 from 11 am to 3 pm offering free examinations and counseling on hearing problems. A new ear level hearing aid will be demonstrated and available for home appointments with no charge or obligation.
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Sonotone
Kenneth Flagler
Topeka
Lawrence
Eldridge Hotel
Kansas higher education enrollment rises above national average
Reed reported a 2 percent rise in the state college enrollment, with 81 percent of Kansas students in public institutions. The figure covers 45,000 students now and is projected to reach 80,000 by 1970 across 5 state schools, 14 junior colleges, and two municipal schools.
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Maurice Breidenthal
Kansas City
Union Building
Youngberg
W. Clarke Wescoe
Wendell Holmes
Alumni Association
Maurice Barker
The
Greater University Fund
James Surface
Edward Hashinger
la Jolla
Calif
KU Medical School
Clyde Reed
Parsons Sun
Kansas Board of Regents
Riley Burcham
Charles D. Stough
Cornell
Deane Malott
Charles Blackmar
Charles B. Holmes
Irving Hill
Irvin Youngberg
C. E. Chalfant
L. H. Ruppenthal
Dolph Simons Sr
A. B. Weaver
Breidenthal
Charles Holmes
Regent Reed
Kansas
Reed
Regent
Pozdro Wins 1962 Fink Award for KU Teaching Excellence
Dr. John W Pozdro associate professor of music theory at Kansas University wins the 1962 H Bernard Fink Award for Excellence in Classroom Teaching. Chancellor W Clarke Wescoe announced the $1000 prize during the State of the University report at the All University Supper. Pozdro praised as one of America's great young composers and noted as Organ and Music Theory chair and KU Symposium director.
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John W. Pozdro
Kansas University
H. Bernard Fink
Fink
C-G-F Grain Co
Topeka
W. Clarke Wescoe
Kansas Union
Wescoe
Prof. Pozdro
America
Pozdro
Fink Award Granted for Dedicated Student Service
The award honors a single recipient, awarded for devoted and effective service to students.
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Fink
Uncertain Fallout From Aborted Pacific Missile
Officials could not confirm long term dangers or radioactivity from the aborted missile. The Coast Guard said the area is not declared dangerous for navigation. Washington comments were awaited from regulatory bodies as of press time. Rumsey Funeral Home in Lawrence advertises its services.
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Pacific Ocean
Washington
Atomic Energy Commission
Coast Guard
Alumni president thanks officers and donors after dinner
As president of the Eudora Alumni Association of 1962, Donna Z Fox of Eudora Kansas thanks vice president Mrs Ray Warmker secretary Mrs Al Colman and treasurer Mrs David Wright and all committees for their cooperation in the dinner and program and for kindness after her accident.
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Eudora Alumni Association
Ray Warmker
al Colman
David Wright
Donna+Z
Fox
Eudora
Kans
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