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Photos for August 18, 2009
A destroyed police station is seen from a neighboring building Monday in Nazran, Ingushetia, Russia. A suicide bomber rammed a truck into the police station in Russia’s restive North Caucasus on Monday, killing at least 20 people and wounding more than 130 others, officials said.
A pavilion that is normally on the beach is surrounded by water Monday as the effects of Tropical Storm Claudette are felt Monday in Destin, Fla.
From left, Gary and Roxy Taylor, Baldwin City, and Sarah Newman, Lawrence, attend the recent James Madison Davenport family reunion in Centennial Park. Everyone who attended is a descendant of James Davenport. Roxy Taylor submitted the picture.
A rendering shows some of the renovations planned for Kansas University’s Allen Fieldhouse, as designed by Gould Evans Associates.
A rendering shows some of the renovations planned for Kansas University’s Allen Fieldhouse, as designed by Gould Evans Associates.
Country star Taylor Swift performs in May for NBC’s “Today” show at Rockefeller Center, New York City.
Abigail Anderson, a sophomore at Kansas University, has been best friends with country star Taylor Swift since they met in high school.
Abigail Anderson, a sophomore at Kansas University, has been best friends with country star Taylor Swift since they met in high school.
Abigail Anderson, a sophomore at Kansas University, has been best friends with country star Taylor Swift since they met in high school.
Abigail Anderson, a sophomore at Kansas University, has been best friends with country star Taylor Swift since they met in high school.
Amanda Shaw of Amanda Shaw and the Cute Guys performs during the 2008 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival at the New Orleans Fairgrounds Racetrack in New Orleans.
Matt Etzel, left, a senior from Topeka, and Lauren Patti, a senior from Roeland Park, eat lunch with Greg Simpson, interim dean of the Colege of Liberal Arts and Sciences, as part of the Take Your Professor to Lunch program.
Paul Rudd — The Overland Park native has gone from “also starring” to big-time in the past few years. Rudd’s recent projects have included “Role Models” and “I Love You, Man.” Rudd attended KU in the late 1980s but did not graduate. He graduated from Shawnee Mission West High School in 1988.
Scott Russell — The KU graduate finished 10th in javelin in the Beijing Olympics in August 2008. Russell, who represented his home country of Canada, narrowly missed qualifying for the previous two Olympic games. In April, he also won the javelin for the fourth consecutive year at the Kansas Relays.
Jerry Moran — The longtime congressman from Hays is gearing up for a battle in 2010 with another longtime Republican congressman, Todd Tiahrt, for Sam Brownback’s Senate seat. Moran has degrees in economics and law from KU. With similar voting records, the race may come down to personalities.
Justin Hartwig — A Super Bowl ring now adorns the finger of Justin Hartwig (right), who was the center for the NFL champion Pittsburgh Steelers. Hartwig graduated from KU in 2002 and spent time with the Tennessee Titans and Carolina Panthers before being traded to the Steelers for the 2008 season.
Alan Mulally — The Lawrence native and two-time KU alumnus in aeronautical and astronautical engineering (1968 for bachelor’s and 1969 for master’s) has guided Ford Motor Company through a dark time in the Motor City. But unlike Ford’s competitors, Mulally and his colleagues have not accepted federal bailout money or filed for bankruptcy.
David Hunke — The former Kansas City Star advertising representative worked his way up with various companies, most recently serving as CEO of the Detroit Free Press. But he reached his biggest role yet in April, becoming publisher of USA Today, the top-selling paper in the country with a circulation of more than 2 million. Hunke graduated from the KU School of Journalism in 1974.
Sam Brownback — Sam Brownback, who has a law degree from KU, is giving up his U.S. Senate seat next year. But after Kansas Secretary of State Ron Thornburgh dropped out of the race, Brownback now has the inside track to be the next governor of Kansas. In terms of higher education allegiances, he can ride the fence — his undergraduate degree is from K-State.
Kathleen Sebelius — The former Kansas governor was appointed by President Barack Obama to be secretary of health and human services, thrusting her into the middle of the national discussion on health care reform, swine flu and other issues. She’s been making frequent appearances on talk shows and press conferences. Sebelius received a master’s in public administration from KU in 1980.
Sheila Bair — A key player in the economic recovery, Sheila Bair is chairwoman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. The Independence, Kan., native has had a say in much of the federal government’s response to the financial crisis, recently suggesting the FDIC could ease rules for buying failed banks. Bair earned a bachelor’s degree in philosophy from KU in 1975 and a law degree in 1978.
Wilt Chamberlain — Wilt “The Stilt” joined KU’s basketball team in 1955 and went on to a two-year career in which he averaged 29.9 points and 18.3 rebounds per game. He also shad a long, dominating career in the NBA.
William Inge — Inge, best-known for his play “Picnic,” graduated from KU with a degree in speech and drama in 1935.
William Allen White — The man whose name appears on the KU School of Journalism and Mass Communications attended the university but didn’t graduate. He went on to be known as the “Sage of Emporia” and befriended many of the most influential leaders and thinkers of his time.
Vernon Smith — When Vernon Smith (left) won the Nobel Prize for Economics in 2002, he (halfway) joked that he learned economic principles by brewing beer and selling it to his fellow KU students. Smith, a professor at Chapman University, received his master’s degree in economics from KU in 1952.
Scott Bakula — The actor known for his work on “Quantum Leap,” “Star Trek: Enterprise” and “Murphy Brown” attended KU through his sophomore year in the 1970s.
Sara Paretsky — Paretsky is the author responsible for the V.I. Warshawski detective series, among other novels. She graduated from KU in 1967.
Robert Eaton — Eaton, a 1963 KU graduate in mechanical engineering, is best known for serving as CEO of Chrysler Corporation from 1993 to 1998. He also has served on several other major corporation boards.
Rob Riggle — The actor/comedian has gained fame as a cast member of “Saturday Night Live” and “The Daily Show.” He grew up in Overland Park and graduated from KU with a bachelor’s in theater and film.
Philip Anschutz — Anschutz, who earned his bachelor’s degree in business from KU in 1961, is a billionaire businessman who is among the richest Americans. His business interests include oil, railroads and entertainment, including ownership stakes in soccer, hockey and basketball teams.
Neil Labute — The acclaimed playwright and filmmaker (left) received his master’s degree in theater from KU in 1989. His theater works include “The Shape of Things,” and his filmography includes “Nurse Betty,” “The Wicker Man” and “Lakeview Terrace.”
Mandy Patinkin — The actor attended KU in the 1970s but didn’t graduate, instead going to the Julliard School of Drama. He’s perhaps best known his role of Inigo Montoya in “The Princess Bride” (pictured), though he won an Emmy for his role of Dr. Jeffrey Geiger on “Chicao Hope.”
Jim Ryun — Best known for being the first high-school athlete to break 4-minute mile time, which he did in 1964 in Wichita. He participated in the 1964, 1968 and 1972 Olympics, though he never earned a medal. He graduated from KU with a degree in photojournalism in 1970 and later served as a four-term congressman from Kansas.
Etta Moten Barnett — Majored in voice and drama while at KU in the 1920s. She’s best known for being the first black star to sing at the White House and for portraying Bess in “Porgy and Bess.”
Delano Lewis — Lewis (left) graduated from KU in 1960 with his bachelor’s degree before going on to Washburn University for a law degree. He served as director of the Peace Corps in Nigeria and Uganda, was CEO of National Public Radio and was U.S. ambassador to South Africa from 1999 to 2001.
Deanell Tacha — Tacha received her bachelor’s degree from KU in 1968, and she also was a faculty member at the KU School of Law from 1974 to 1985. Now, she’s a judge on the 10th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals, and her name was mentioned as a possible Supreme Court nominee during the George W. Bush administration.
Dean Smith — Smith, an Emporia native, was a member of KU’s 1952 men’s national championship basketball team. He went on to a legendary coaching career and currently is ranked second in all-time coaching wins behind Bobby Knight.
Clyde Tombaugh — Clyde Tombaugh already had made his life’s major achievement, in 1930 at age 24, when he enrolled at KU two years later. Tombaugh had discovered Pluto, which until recently was classified at the ninth planet in our solar system. Tombaugh earned his bachelor’s of science degree from KU in 1936.
Bob Dole — The longtime senator and Senate majority leader attended KU from 1941 to 1943 before going off to fight in World War II, where he was severely wounded. Though he ended up graduating from Washburn University in Topeka when he returned Dole’s papers are housed at the Dole Institute of Politics, a building and political activity center housed on KU’s West Campus.
Billy Mills — Mills scored a huge upset victory in the 10,000-meter race at the 1964 Olympics. He was the second American Indian to earn an Olympic gold medal. He attended both Haskell Indian Nations University and KU, and was a three-time All-American at KU in the late 1950s and early 1960s.
Anne Culnane, right, a Kansas University student from St Louis Park, Minn., poses in front of the Sydney Opera House with Duffy Tichenor, a senior at Western Washington University. Culnane spent the spring semester of her junior year studying in Newcastle, Australia.
David Kelly is the director of the University of Nebraska Medical Center’s Eppley Cancer Center in Omaha. The center’s National Cancer Institute designation has reaped many benefits for the university.
W. Clarke Wescoe, 1960-69: A popular chancellor who once sang his commencement speech, Wescoe led the university through one of the most challenging and turbulent periods in its history, defusing explosive campus unrest and responding to the near doubling in enrollment. More than $40 million in new construction was completed, including most of the Daisy Hill residence halls. He left to run Sterling Drug Co.
Frank Strong, 1902-20: A Yale graduate and president of the University of Oregon, Strong stormed onto campus declaring that KU was woefully inadequate and that much more money was needed. In return, KU would graduate students capable of solving the state's economic and industrial problems, he said. He won increased funding and founded the schools of education, journalism and medicine and expanded extension programs. Four more buildings rose before he resigned to teach law.
Francis Snow, 1890-1901: One of KU's three original faculty members, Snow reorganized the university by founding the College of Arts, the Graduate School and the schools of engineering, fine arts and pharmacy. During his tenure, six buildings were built, and the first home football game was held. Among other achievements, the endowment association was created, the first yearbook was printed, the first doctoral degree was awarded and the first woman faculty member was hired.
Del Shankel, 1994-95 (also 1980-81): Shankel has devoted his career to teaching undergraduate and graduate courses in biology and microbiology, but he was repeatedly called to serve interim roles, twice as chancellor as well as president of the alumni association, athletics director, dean, department chair, vice chancellor and executive vice chancellor. After his second term as interim chancellor, Shankel was granted chancellor emeritus status.
R.W. Oliver, 1865-67: As the first chancellor, Oliver's duties overseeing the 40-acre, one-building school were never clearly established by the Board of Regents, except that he was barred from directing the three faculty members. Frustrated, the Civil War chaplain and Episcopal minister soon departed to pursue church work.
Raymond Nichols, 1972-73: Executive secretary to five chancellors over 40 years at KU, Nichols was appointed first as acting chancellor after Chalmers resigned, then given the full title until a new chancellor was hired. Despite his short tenure, Nichols adopted an affirmative action plan and work was begun on a new student hospital, visual arts facility and law building.
Franklin Murphy, 1951-60: Murphy was dean of the School of Medicine when, at age 35, he became chancellor. He dramatically increased funds for research, distinguished professorships, faculty salaries and scholarships. But many of his dreams for greater accomplishments at KU were continually thwarted by Gov. George Docking, and he resigned to lead the University of California, Los Angeles. When he left, more than 4,000 students protested his resignation.
James Marvin, 1874-83: A Methodist minister, Marvin succeeded in getting Kansas high schools to adopt curricula that would ensure KU could teach classes at a college level instead of a prep-school level. Despite budgets slashed because of drought, a grasshopper invasion and a silver panic, Marvin won funds for improvements, including a chemistry building and a stone wall to keep out wandering livestock.
Deane Malott, 1939-51: The first native Kansan and KU graduate to be chancellor, Malott used his business experience to guide the university through the lean World War II years by training and housing military recruits. In the boom years that followed the war, skyrocketing enrollment strained KU, which struggled to find enough classrooms and housing. More than 1,000 crab apple trees planted during his tenure still beautify campus.
Joshua Lippincott, 1883-89: A clergyman described as pious and moralistic, Lippincott eliminated the prepatory department, establishing KU as a true university. Soon Phi Beta Kappa and Sigma Xi scholastic honorary societies established at KU their first chapters west of the Mississippi River. Lippincott attracted notable graduates to teach at KU but, dismayed by continuing budget cuts, he left to become pastor at a Topeka church.
Ernest Lindley, 1920-39: A psychologist, philosopher and University of Idaho president, Lindley began his tenure with a massive building boom, including Watson Library, Strong Hall, Hoch Auditorium, the student union and Memorial Stadium. The Depression cost the university substantial funds and students, but Lindley won federal money from President Roosevelt to help students pay tuition by working jobs around campus.
Robert Hemenway, 1995-2009: A former English professor turned university administrator, Hemenway has streamlined KU administration, made the university more student-centered, created a faculty support center to promote teaching excellence and overseen KU's growing national reputation. Research funding has grown to record levels while KU has been positioned as a major player in the Kansas City life sciences and information technology industry.
John Fraser, 1867-74: The Civil War veteran and prisoner of war gained administrative powers and presided over steady growth in the number of students and faculty. A second building, boasting central heat, electric lights and running water, opened. He left to serve as Kansas Superintendent of Public Instruction.
Archie Dykes, 1973-80: An experienced administrator and former University of Tennessee chancellor, Dykes presided over enormous growth as the university's operating budget rose from $98 million to $250 million. Enrollment and faculty salaries spiked, and capital improvements that totaled $150 million were completed. Continuing-education course offerings were expanded dramatically. He left to run Security Benefit Life insurance.
E. Laurence Chalmers, 1969-72: A psychologist, Chalmers was challenged to keep the peace in 1970 after an arsonist struck the student union and racial tension caused two deaths on campus. He averted a student strike by agreeing to grading options that allowed KU to complete the academic year. But the Board of Regents felt he was too permissive and tried to oust him. He resigned later to lead the Chicago Art Institute. He died Nov. 24, 2009.
Gene A. Budig, 1981-94: An experienced university administrator as well as a major general in the Air National Guard, Budig helped lead KU through Campaign Kansas, a five-year fund drive that brought in $265.3 million in gifts and commitments. Annual giving for KU's benefit rose from about $12 million to $34.6 million. He also led the effort to rebuild Hoch Auditorium after a devastating fire. He resigned to become president of major league baseball's American League and later taught at Princeton University.
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