Kansas University’s proposed alumni center had a new $2 million boost and a name. The $5 million building, planned for the northeast corner of 13th and Oread, was to be called the K.S. “Boots” Adams Center. Adams, who died in 1975, was a former president, chief executive officer and chairman of the board of the Phillips Petroleum Co. He was a 1921 KU graduate. The Adams family had pledged $1.3 million for the building and an anonymous donor had pledged an additional $700,000 to honor Adams, a widely recognized KU alumnus.