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Board of Trustees


The board governs KU Endowment and takes responsibility for ensuring that it will provide significant support for KU now and in the future. The entire board of up to 75 members meets annually on one of the KU campuses. Individual committees, which oversee specific areas of operation, meet throughout the year. Board members receive no compensation for their service.

Chair

The chair of the Board of Trustees also heads the Executive Committee and holds the position for four years. KU alumnus Kurt D. Watson, Wichita, Kan., is the current chair.

Executive Committee

The Executive Committee exercises all powers of the trustees between annual meetings except to fill vacancies on the board or change the bylaws.

Executive Committee members

  • Kurt D. Watson, Chair
       Wichita, Kan.
  • Frank J. Becker, Chair Emeritus
       Lawrence, Kan.
  • John C. Dicus, Vice Chair
       Topeka, Kan.
  • Deanell Reece Tacha, Vice Chair
       Lawrence, Kan.
  • William R. Docking
       Arkansas City, Kan.
  • R. A. Edwards
       Hutchinson, Kan.
  • A. Drue Jennings
       Prairie Village, Kan.
  • John T. Stewart III, Chair Emeritus
       Wellington, Kan.
  • Todd L. Sutherland
       Lawrence, Kan.

Board of Trustees Roster

  • P. J. “Jim” Adam
    Overland Park, Kan.
  • Kenneth G. Adams
    Bartlesville, Okla.
  • Dana K. Anderson
    Los Angeles, Calif.
  • Philip F. Anschutz
    Denver, Colo.
  • Polly Roth Bales
    Logan, Kan.
  • Frank J. Becker
    Lawrence, Kan.
  • Beverly Smith Billings
    Lawrence, Kan.
  • Dan P. Bolen
    Mission Hills, Kan.
  • David G. Booth
    Los Angeles, Calif.
  • Tom E. Bowser
    Olathe, Kan.
  • Gene A. Budig
    Isle of Palms, S.C.
  • Anderson W. Chandler
    Topeka, Kan.
  • Howard E. Cohen
    Leawood, Kan.
  • Cathy L. Daicoff
    New York, N.Y.
  • Jerome Davies *
    Lawrence, Kan.
  • Jeffrey W. Davis *
    Lawrence, Kan.
  • John B. Dicus
    Topeka, Kan.
  • John C. Dicus
    Topeka, Kan.
  • David B. Dillon
    Cincinnati, Ohio
  • William R. Docking
    Arkansas City, Kan.
  • Robert L. Driscoll
    Mission Woods, Kan.
  • Archie R. Dykes
    Leawood, Kan.
  • R. A. Edwards
    Hutchinson, Kan.
  • John G. Eriksen
    Hutchinson, Kan.
  • Ray D. Evans
    Prairie Village, Kan.
  • Sam Evans
    Chicago, Ill.
  • Lewis D. Gregory
    Leawood, Kan.
  • David E. Hall
    Shawnee Mission, Kan.
  • Edward J. Healy
    Wichita, Kan.
  • Charles E. Heath
    Lawrence, Kan.
  • Ellen Jurden Hockaday
    Shawnee Mission, Kan.
  • William E. Hogan II
    Minnetonka, Minn.
  • Forrest E. Hoglund
    Dallas, Texas
  • Stewart R. Horejsi
    Paradise Valley, Ariz.
  • John D. Hunkeler, M.D.
    Shawnee Mission, Kan.
  • A. Drue Jennings
    Prairie Village, Kan.
  • Jeff M. Johnson
    Wichita, Kan.
  • Thomas L. Kivisto
    Tulsa, Okla.
  • H. W. Knapheide III
    Quincy, Ill.
  • Robert A. Long
    Leawood, Kan.
  • Dorothy Wohlgemuth Lynch
    Olathe, Kan.
  • Kent C. McCarthy
    Incline Village, Nev.
  • Michael T. McCoy, M.D.
    Topeka, Kan.
  • Janet Martin McKinney
    Kerrville, Texas
  • M. D. Michaelis
    Wichita, Kan.
  • Brian L. Mitchell
    Elkhart, Kan.
  • John W. Mize
    Salina, Kan.
  • Joe C. Morris
    Leawood, Kan.
  • Laird G. Noller
    Lawrence, Kan.
  • E. S. Riss
    Shawnee Mission, Kan.
  • John H. Robinson Jr.
    Kansas City, Mo.
  • Jann Crawford Rudkin
    Los Gatos, Calif.
  • Gale E. Sayers
    Chicago, Ill.
  • Dale Seuferling *
    Lawrence, Kan.
  • John C. Shawver
    Wichita, Kan.
  • Michael G. Shinn
    Shaker Heights, Ohio
  • Dolph C. Simons III
    Lawrence, Kan.
  • Linda Ellis Sims
    Houston, Texas
  • Steve W. Sloan
    Pittsburg, Kan.
  • Glee S. Smith Jr.
    Lawrence, Kan.
  • John T. Stewart III
    Wellington, Kan.
  • Todd L. Sutherland
    Lawrence, Kan.
  • Deanell Reece Tacha
    Lawrence, Kan.
  • Fenton R. Talbott
    Lawrence, Kan.
  • Robert D. Taylor
    Mission Hills, Kan.
  • Robert M. Thomas Jr.
    New York, N.Y.
  • Kenneth J. Wagnon
    Wichita, Kan.
  • Kurt D. Watson
    Wichita, Kan.
  • Thomas G. Wiggans
    Atherton, Calif.
  • David C. Wysong
    Mission Hills, Kan.


* Names marked with an asterisk indicate that the board member is on the KU Endowment staff.


Trustees Emeriti

  • Richard B. Cray
    Shawnee Mission, Kan.
  • Ray E. Dillon Jr.
    Hutchinson, Kan.
  • Robert J. Eaton
    Naples, Fla.
  • William D. Grant
    Shawnee Mission, Kan.
  • William M. Hougland
    Lawrence, Kan.
  • Howard M. “Tony” Immel
    Iola, Kan.
  • Edward A. Kangas
    New Canaan, Conn.
  • Katherine Haughey Loo
    Colorado Springs, Colo.
  • Robert H. Malott
    Wilmette, Ill.
  • James B. Martin
    Lawrence, Kan.
  • Robert S. Mueller
    Lawrence, Kan.
  • George E. Nettels Jr.
    Pittsburg, Kan.
  • Charles W. Oswald
    Edina, Minn.
  • Stanley P. Porter
    Linville & Southern Pines, N.C.
  • Marynell D. Reece
    Scandia, Kan.
  • A. Scott Ritchie
    Wichita, Kan.
  • Robert E. Roth
    Larned, Kan.
  • Frank C. Sabatini
    Topeka, Kan.
  • Todd Seymour
    Lawrence, Kan.
  • Dolph C. Simons Jr.
    Lawrence, Kan.
  • Alan R. Sleeper
    Alden, Kan.
  • Charles E. Spahr
    Shaker Heights, Ohio
  • John H. Stauffer Sr.
    Topeka, Kan.
  • Chester B. Vanatta
    Monkey Island, Okla.
  • Adelaide C. Ward
    Kansas City, Mo.