KU Jet Use Reveals High cost of Sports Recruiting Travel
Records show Lew Perkins and aides spent tens of thousands on private jet hops for Hall of Fame events and recruiting trips. Bills for trips to Chicopee and Chicago totaled over 25 thousand to hire coach Weis, with multiple flights cited as publicity and media coverage.
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Lew Perkins
National Football Hall of Fame
Big 12
New Jersey
Perkins
Massachusetts
Chicopee
Mass
Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame
Bill Self
Joe Dooley
Self
KU flight records reveal multiple trips for candidates and officials
University records detail trips to Kansas City Wichita and Lawrence for interviews and donor events. Total flight costs cited at 5554 dollars with Girod charged 1944 for a Wichita flight and Nelson paid 7816 for a charter from New Orleans to Kansas City. Additional trips for endowment fundraisers in 2010 and 2012 cost 15163 and 15469 dollars. Flights to in state cities for meetings ranged from 500 to 3700 dollars.
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Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center
Doug Girod
KU Medical Center
Beauchamp
Nelson
Lawrence
Kansas City
Wichita
Girod
Kansas University
New Orleans
Gray-Little and
Seuferling
Endowment Association
San Jose
Calif
Newark
N.J
Pittsburg
Salina
Wichita School of Medicine
Posal
RFP
Executive Air Share
Net Jets
Berkshire Hathaway
Hetrick Air Services
Kansas
NetJets
Chris Herbert
University
Jeff Long
Taylor
Long
Air Force
KU endowment funds KU aviation purchases and shares
KU flights rely on endowment funding and Executive AirShare fractional ownership. KU bought an 8.1 million CJ4 jet in 2014 replacing a 1997 Bravo, and in 2013 bought a 25 percent Phenom 100 share for 290 thousand. Jet shares, fuel costs, and maintenance are paid through the Endowment Association and KU, with officials noting safety and known partners.
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Kansas University
Kansas University Endowment Association
Association
Lawrence
The
Endowment Association
Executive AirShare
Bob Taylor
Charles B. Wheeler
Kansas City
IMA Financial Group
Kurt D. Watson
Watson
Taylor
KU Endowment
Dale Seuferling
University and Endowment Association
Seuferling
Executive
Allison Long
Long
Journal-World
University
K Club
Rural KU program uses planes to deliver cancer care
Retired rancher David Emig faced cancer near Goodland Colorado and received chemotherapy at Goodland Regional Medical Center via KU Medical Center telemedicine and monthly in-person visits. KU flies doctors to rural outposts and maintains outreach planes to keep care local, reducing travel burdens for patients and families. Emig died February 3 as officials note the program’s impact on care access and costs.
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GoopLand
David Emig
Goodland
Burlington
Colo
Emig
Hays
Denver
Kansas City
Goodland Regional Medical Center
Prakash Neupane
Kansas University Medical
Lina
Garden City
Wichita
Pittsburg
Ryan White
Bob Cox
Ryan Spaulding
Spaulding
Goodland Clinic
Neupane
Monica
Kansas University Medical Center
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Weissenger
Gill
Sun
Glenn Sugiyama
Chicago
Marchiong
Sugiyama
Zenger
Teterboro
Weis
P. Sugiyama
Marchiony
Indianapolis
Memphis
California
Gray-Little
Norman Beauchamp
University of Washington
Steve Nelson
Ljworld.com
Karen Dillon
Karensdillon
Endowment Committee
Ijworld.com
Journal-World Photo
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