107 Gold Medalists Honored at KU Event
Saturday at the Kansas Union 107 alumni and former students were awarded 50-year Gold Medals. The class of 1923 members and others who previously qualified but could not attend were honored, with brief sketches detailing their careers, families, and long KU ties across the United States.
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Lorrimer Birtie Armstrong
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Rahway
International College of Surgeons
Catherine Oder Armistrong
Harold R. Barnes
Louisville
Hutchinson
Clara Parel
James Lloyd Barron
B.A
M.S
Lloyd Barron
Sanitation Department
Nabisco, Inc
Kansas
New York
Nabisco
Modern Sanitation Magazine
Lioyd
Mrs. Barron
Southbury, Conn
Helene White Batchelor
Arkansas A&m College
Monticello
Helene
Ben Batchelor
University of Tennessee
Knoxville
Innoxville
George Malcolm Beal
George
U.S. Naval Academy
Helen Rutledge
MARION MacDONALD_ BELGARD
Marion
Kansas City
Jackson County
Maarion
Wilfred
Independence
Joe B. Bloomer
College of Liberal Arts
Claflin
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Joe
Evelyn Starr Bloomer
Son City
Ariz
George Walter Bond
Ohio
Ohio Public Service Co
Sane
Bond
Massillon
Waldo Gleason Bowman
School of Engineering
Engineering News-Record
Waldo
Black and Veatch
U.S
Cilee
Virginia Pendleton
Ann Suderman Buck
Tiberal Arts
Newton, Kane
Hawaii
Ann
Yale
Harvard
Wartford Hospital School of Nursing
New Haven Conn
Dr. Buck
Truman Bell Burris
West
Wexboro
Mass
Oak Rieve
Tenn
Sardis
Houston
William James Campbell
Bill
H. W. Jones & Co. Realtors
Sidney E. Carlton
Sidney
Seattle
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Seattle Tennis Club
Masonic Lodge
William Trinderches
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Jil
Chicago Bridge and Iron Co
Chester
United States
Canada
Mexico
Clare Ferguson Clarke
Clare
Wichita Beacon
Yale University
Dr. Clarke
Florida
Woodbridge
Arthur M. Clough
Inteligence
Internal Revenue Service
Arthur
U.S. Army Reserve
Candace Marie White
Byron S. Cohn
Byron
Kansas Power and Light Co
Hima Radio
Wor Peka
Vida McDougal
Vida McDougal Cohn
Byron Cohn
Topeka
Lakeview
Lawrence
Vida
Marie McLean Conroy
William Patrick Conroy
Marie
Virgin Islands
Holy Land
Egypt
Japan
Hong Kong
Laura Adair Cox
Kansas State Orphan's Home
Atchison
Walter AM. Cox
Laura
Adair
Lela Belt Cummings
Lela
Kangas
Phillippine Islands
Connecticut
Washington, D.C
Milton Cummings
Arlington
Grace Pickering Darby
Grace
Phil Darby
Red Cross
Veterans Hospital
Kansasity
Tincoln
Neb
Phil Darby Jr
Elta Reinsch Davis
Haskell Indian_ Institute
William Chrisman High School
Mia
Mr. Davis
Orpha Harding Dougherty
Orpha
Kelly Afb
Texas
Peace Corps
Peru
San Antonio
Tex
Daughers
Paul Rienzi Dunkelberg
Paull
Hartford Steam Roiler Inspection and Insurance Co
Glen Tellyn
Paul
Helen Cooper Dunn
Missouri State Division of Welfare
Helen
Cecile Hale Eamich
Cecile
Silver Springs
Federal ‘Trade Commission
Richard J. Eamich
Earl Endacott
Marl
University of Kansas
Abilene
Isisenhower
Laura Endacott
Paul Sidney Endacott
Phillips Petroleum Co
Endacott
William James Engel
School of Medicine
la Jolla
Calif
Cleveland (Ohio
Mrs. Maget
Edith Etta Ernst
Wdith
Louise
Lawrence Altrusa Club
Kathleen Leffler Ewell
Kathleen
Arkansas
Virginia
Alaska
Morehead City
N.C
Donald Benjamin Ever
Schenectady
N.Y
General Electric
Kansas City Railways Co
Kansas City Public Service Co
Corrine Congdon
Earl J. Frevele
Éarl
Frevele
Rexall Drug Store
Lincoln
Wan
Minette
Mart
Eastern Star
Pharmaceutical
Ruth Garver Gagliardo
Ruth
Kansas State ‘Teachers Association
Domenico Gagilardo
Elva McMullen Gamble
Elva Sane
Midwest
NBC
U.S. Navy
Ilva
Osage Beach
Eugene Gamble
Vera Hoyt Gartner
Washington
Louisiana
Oklahoma
Helena
Hoyt
Robert Leigh Gilbert
Chamber of Commerce
South Texas
Dixie Decorators
Gilbert
Corpus Christi
Bernice Graeber
Bernice
Northeast Junior High School
Burlingame
Berryton
Selden
Dipa
Ellen Fearing Griffith
Ellen Tanght
Griffith and Beadell Construction Co
Jayhawks
Ellen
Mr. Griffith
Shawnee Mission
John Milton Madeley
College of Thera Arts
St. Louis
Herbert Radler
Missouri
John
Republic of Costa Rica
Mra
Hadley
Clayton
Henrietta Gillett Hafner
Henrietta
Ray Hafner
Hamera
Riverside
Hafners
Harry, W. Hanlon
Sterling
Kansas City Power and Light Co
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
Harry
Helen Rowles
Hansen
Onaga
Spring Hill
Kanorado
Wamego
Alice Eckel Hadwiger
IXU
Alice
Nebraska University
Northwestern State College
Alva
Okla
Monticello Junior College
Alton
Ill
Clarence A. Harris
Clarence
Beatrice Beal Harris
Annapolis
Boy Scouts
American Legion
Rotary
Kansas Electric Power
Kansas Power and ‘Light Co
General Electric Corp
Bea
Harry Irving Harwell
Lincoln Senior High
SK Kansas City
YMCA
Gladys Reeves Harwell
Kelvin Hoover
First National Bank of
Kaw Valley State Bank
Douglas County State Bank
Welvin
Helen Benson Hoover
Hubert Horning
Moline
Columbus
Stephens, Dresla, and
Roy Howerton
School of Pharmacy
Eli Lilly and Co
Roy
Monett
Mavis Laizue Jewett
Mark Jewett
Mavis
Perry B. Johns
Perry
Cleveland
Ford Motor Co
Caterpillar Tractor Co
John Deere and Co
International Harvester Co
Johns
Armington
Eunice Bacot Johnson
College of Liberal, Arts
Munice
Joseph Harold Johnson
Elorado
Hl Dorado Board of Education
Sygrid’ Carrol
Elmer Theodore Kemper
School of Law
Lmer
Tilmer
Mra. Kemper
Sun City
Jean Gwyn Kimbell
Chanute
Charles
Jean
June Judy Langworthy
Skilton
Evanston
Tucson
Audubon Society
Audubon Desert Ecology Institute
Africa
Spain
Portugal
June
Catherine Crissman Lawrence
Catherine
Ray Lawrence
Ray
of Black and Veatch
Roy Philip Elhman
Atlantic Oil Producing Co
Phillips Petroleum
Sinclair Oil and Gas Co
Phillips
Lehman
Elmer Ward Lyne
Elmer
Aruba
Venezuela
Costa Rica
Midway Island
Lyne
California
Department of Agriculture
Long Beach
William Leroy Mathews
Standard Oil Co
Indiana
Sugar Creek
Mathews
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Minnell Larson McNiel
Minnell
Boeing Airplane Co
Junction City
Mastern Star
Business and Professional Women's Club
Orl
Orland Leslie Mesenhimer
Santa Fe Railroad Co
Navy
Arthur G. McGee and Co
Mesenhiner
Della Dews
Rose Elizabeth Middle
Kauff
Rose
Gaynelle Mason Miles
Gaynelle
Los Angeles
League of Women Voters
Metropolitan Ywca
Beulah Quinlan Moore
Beulah
KIT
Amos A. Quinlan
Barbara Ruth Olinder
Barbara
Douglas County Historical Society
Daughters of the American Revolution
Lawrence Art Guild
Stanton Olingot
F. Faye Orelup
Arkansas City
Lawrence High School
Columbia University
Teachers College
Ida Tilley Owen
Ida
Earl A. Owen
Vliets
Puerto Rico
South America
Gertrude Young Park
D.C
Gertrude
Corcoran Gallery
America
Andrew Wyeth
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Duke
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Hutchinson Chamber of Commerce
Rotary Club
Orient
Eleanor Siebert
Irene Peabody
School of Fine Arts
Irene
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Jackson
Miss
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Murphy Hall
William Clark Perry
Isill
Supreme Court
Oregon
Andrew Milton Porter
Mayetta
Frank Strong
Mary Starrett Porter
Andrew
Holton
Abraham Pratt
Abraham
Kansas State Highway Commission
Pratt
Annabel Pringle
Topeka High School
Carolyn McNutt Root
Carolyn
Albert Root
Arizona
Corona
Myrl Hart Sayler
Myrl
Dodge City
John Kennedy
Liberal
Dodge City Daily Globe
Dodge City Journal
Charles Sayler
Hazel Wiggins Schaake
Hazel
Clarence Schaalke
Douglas County
Lillian Mayer Smith Riley
Leesburg
Harold Smith
Lilian
Henry ‘Riley
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Loudon County
Virginla Museum of Wine Arts
Cleo A. Rinehart
Cleo
Bernice Cook Ruppenthal
McPherson, Kan
Lloyd Ruppenthal
Lloyd Henry Ruppenthal
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McPherson
William Hobart
Shields
Standard O Co
Mary
Colorado
Jayyhawk
Verne
Omaha
Nebraska
Verne Shamonds Co
Augusta Hallson
White Cloud
Dayton
Women In Construction
H. Vern Soper
Rush Medical College
Cook County Hospital
Illinois
Hollywood, Cail
Soper
Vern
Frank George Spurney
Frank
Belleville
Spurney
Frederick G. Stubbs SR
Michigan
Michigan Inspection Bureau
Stubbs
Mesa
Edward John Sweeney
Sidward
Western Electric
Chicape
Cranford
N.J
Edward
Elroy E. Tillotson
Boston University School of Theology
Tonganoxie
Powhattan
Rosedale
Iola
Flrey
Wisie May ‘Tillotson
Elsie May Tillotson
Elsie
Elroy Tillotson
Tillotsons
William Little Treu
Century Electric Co
Zeller Electric, Inc
Treu
Charlotte Cutter van Bebber
Charlotte
Harry P. Weidman
Frisco Railway Co
Santa Fe
Lfe
Turkey
John H. Wenzel
Schooul
Tengineering
Dinterprise
Gamerco
N.M
Gallup American Coal Co
South Dakota
Montana
U.S. Soil Conservation Service
Bozeman
Mont
Elizabeth Williamson White
Lester White
Elizabeth
O.k.williamson
Lester Allen White
Lester
Sidwardsville
Iran
Elizabeth Williamson
Claire
Henry Carl Widmer
Henry
Corps of Government
Pittsburg and Midway Coal Mining Co
Spencer Chemical Co
Widmner
Shawnee, Xan
England
An Dinglish
Blake Arthur Williamson
Blake
Williamson, Cubbison and Hardy
Kansas House of Representatives
Legislative Council
Kansas Board of Welfare
Williamson
Gvergil E. Willis
Vergel
Veterans Administration
Minnesota
Gulf of Mexico
Willis
Leslie M. Wilshire
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