Four alumni of the Kansas University College of Liberal Arts and Sciences were honored this spring with alumni distinguished achievement awards.

Winners were: Elizabeth Broun of Washington, D.C., director of the Smithsonian American Art Museum; Irving Johnson of Sanibel, Fla., vice president of research for Eli Lilly; Mike Robe of Studio City, Calif., a writer, director and producer in Hollywood; and Gary Sick of New York City, a former staff member of the National Security Council.