Donor Recognition | New Gifts
8/26/08
Scholarships created for American Studies and African and African-American studies
Generations of University of Kansas students will benefit from two $10,000 endowed scholarships established in memory of former KU professor Chico Herbison’s parents. The John S. and Yoshino Harmon scholarships will benefit humanities multicultural scholars majoring in African and African-American Studies, as well as students majoring in American Studies. They were established by Herbison and his sister, Tonya Farmer.
8/12/08
Health care grants support services for residents of Kansas City, Kan.
Grants to the University of Kansas from the REACH Healthcare Foundation will help provide mental health services and medical care in Kansas City, Kan. The grants, which total $215,045, help support two Kansas City, Kan., programs —Youth Success and Silver City Health Center. The grants were made to KU Endowment.
8/12/08
New fellowship funds graduate research in Central America
University of Kansas graduate students studying Central America will benefit from a $115,000 gift to KU Endowment from Charles Stansifer, professor emeritus of Latin American history.
7/7/08
Lecture series established to examine neurological disorders
The University of Kansas has received a donation to create a lecture series at the Higuchi Biosciences Center that will allow KU scientists to share the latest research on neurological and neurodegenerative disorders.
7/2/08
New scholarship created for piano students
University of Kansas piano students today and tomorrow will benefit from a new scholarship established by William Dann. The scholarship honors Richard Angeletti, professor emeritus of piano who taught at KU from 1960 until 1999.
5/29/08
Chemistry scholarship established for women doctoral students
On his 80th birthday, University of Kansas alumnus Thomas Milne and his family established a $30,000 endowed scholarship. The Thomas A. Milne Endowed Chemistry Scholarship will provide scholarship support to KU women who are studying for doctoral degrees in chemistry.
5/20/08
Lawrence couple creates bequest for English as a second language
Many people have heard these words throughout their lives and possibly dismissed them with little thought. But James and Nang Rives bring life to this old saying. Through their love of knowledge and appreciation for KU, they plan to make it easier for others to continue learning as well.
5/2/08
Google invests in KU’s Studio 804
Internet company Google has made a $100,000 gift to help University of Kansas architecture students design and build sustainable structures, including one of the first new “green” buildings in Greensburg, Kan.
5/1/08
New education scholarship honors former professor
When William LaShier came to the KU School of Education in 1965, he couldn’t have anticipated the influence he would have on students or the fond memories he would leave behind.
5/1/08
Student ticket endowment fund named for longtime theatre professor
A new Student Ticket Endowment Fund for the University Theatre at the University of Kansas is being named for Jack B. Wright, longtime professor of theatre and film. Income from the fund will give students at KU and Haskell Indian Nations University the opportunity to see University Theatre productions.
4/29/08
Nutritionist invested with inaugural Rice Professorship at KU Medical Center
Professor Susan Carlson, Ph.D., was invested April 29, with a professorship established by a gift from the estate of A.J. Rice of Graham County, Kan. The professorship will help support her research on docosahexaenoic acid, or DHA, an omega-3 fatty acid found in high concentrations in the brain and retina.
4/25/08
KU celebrates opening of new multicultural center
A new landmark has opened its doors on Jayhawk Boulevard at the University of Kansas, the Sabatini Multicultural Resource Center, whose mission is to recognize and celebrate diversity at KU.
4/22/08
Oncologist invested with inaugural Gaines Professorship at KU School of Medicine-Wichita
Assistant Professor Thomas Schulz, M.D. was invested today with a professorship to boost cancer research and treatment at the Wichita campus of the KU School of Medicine. The professorship was established by a $1 million gift from Frank and Beverly Gaines, of Hamilton, Kan.
4/17/08
New scholarship provides study abroad support for German majors
A University of Kansas alumnus has established a $150,000 scholarship fund for students who participate in KU’s language institute in Germany.
4/10/08
Seniors launch drive to raise funds for 2008 class gift
KU Endowment is partnering with the Board of Class Officers at the University of Kansas to raise funds from graduating students for the 2008 senior class gift.
4/9/08
KU Cancer Center receives $2 million endowed professorship
The University of Kansas Cancer Center received $2 million from the Morris Family Foundation to establish the Mark and Bette Morris Family Chair in Cancer Prevention, which will support a physician scientist specializing in breast cancer prevention.
4/7/08
Planned bequest to provide scholarships for five schools at University of Kansas
A University of Kansas alumnus has established a bequest for KU Endowment to provide individual scholarships for five schools at the University of Kansas.
4/3/08
Alumnus establishes bequest to promote diversity at KU
It took 12 years for University of Kansas alumnus Kenneth Nevius to earn his bachelor's degree at KU. His perseverance paid off. And now, with a successful career of his own, he's made estate plans to provide scholarships to help future generations of KU students.
2/13/08
Chase County couple’s bequest to fund KU autism research
The Schiefelbusch Institute for Life Span Studies at the University of Kansas will benefit from a bequest of more than $1 million from a rural Chase County couple. The gift from the estate of Wanda and Thomas Pyle will support research that benefits children who have developmental disabilities.
2/11/08
International House provides a home away from home for visiting international scholars
The University of Kansas now has a place that visiting international scholars can call home. On Saturday, Chancellor Robert E. Hemenway led a ceremony to officially open KU’s International House.
2/08/08
Scholarship honors former KU professor of education
In the prime of his life, Gordon Alley’s career was cut short. On an autumn morning in 1982, as the 49-year-old University of Kansas professor of special education was riding his motorized scooter to work, a car hit him. Alley, who had taught at KU since 1970, suffered head injuries. He lived another 14 years but never was able to return to work.
1/25/08
Gift provides new Steinway piano for Kansas Public Radio
A Haydn sonata and a Debussy etude christened KPR’s new Steinway piano in a live broadcast on Friday, Jan. 25. KU doctoral student Michael Kirkendoll performed on the Steinway Music Room Grand Piano for Rachel Hunter’s classical music show.
1/23/08
Former Sen. Bob Dole makes $500,000 gift for Dole Institute Endowment
Former Sen. Bob Dole, R-Kan., has given a $500,000 gift to the Dole Institute of Politics at the University of Kansas.
1/22/08
KU researcher earns fellowship for HIV work
A University of Kansas Medical Center pulmonary researcher is the first Kansas City-based scientist to be awarded a Parker B. Francis Fellowship.
1/15/08
Scholarship established for women student-athletes who study journalism
A new University of Kansas scholarship will provide academic scholarships to women student-athletes enrolled in the William Allen White School of Journalism and Mass Communications.
1/11/08
Former U.S. Senator Bob Dole joins fight against cancer in Kansas
Former U.S. Senator Bob Dole, a 52-year Kansas Mason of Russell Lodge #177, has been a long-standing financial supporter of the Kansas Masonic Foundation or KMF. Last December, Senator Dole notified the Foundation of his desire to support the Partnership for Life Campaign, giving $150,000 to create a prostate cancer research fund at the University of Kansas Cancer Center.
1/09/08
KU alumna establishes voice and opera scholarship in honor of retired professor
A University of Kansas alumna’s positive experience as a graduate student prompted her to establish a $100,000 endowed scholarship for graduate students studying voice and opera at KU.
1/07/08
New partnership creates professorship for geriatric rehabilitation and health care
The University of Kansas School of Allied Health is taking steps to remedy not only the shortage of geriatric therapists but also the many health care issues elderly patients face.
12/07/07
Scholarship will help KU students travel abroad to study western civilization
A recent gift will support study abroad by humanities and western civilization students and honor a longtime director of the western civilization program at the University of Kansas.
11/27/07
Scholarship established in memory of KU student who died in apartment fire
On what would have been her daughter’s 22nd birthday, Nancy Bingham signed two memorable papers: The first one authorized her daughter’s cremation, the second one established a scholarship in her memory.
11/08/07
Gift establishes scholarship to enhance opportunities for undergraduates in English
A long-term friendship and shared collegial interests have produced a new scholarship supporting a broad range of activities for undergraduates in the Department of English at the University of Kansas.
11/07/07
Kansas Masonic Cancer Research Institute receives $300,000 for endowed professorship
Kansas Masonic Foundation members had no problem finding a way to honor their late board member John Wolf — they gave $300,000 to establish and fully endow the John P. Wolf Masonic Professorship in Urology.
11/05/07
Record number of donors give $94.3 million to KU
A record number of University of Kansas alumni and friends — 43,400 — contributed to KU Endowment during fiscal year 2007, up from 41,085 in 2006.
10/23/07
KU debate team celebrates national ranking, $1 million endowment
KU’s debate team, ranked in October as No. 1 in the nation, has an additional cause to celebrate. Alumni of KU’s debate team have raised a $1 million endowment to support the squad.
10/11/07
Gift to KU establishes endowed fund for business school scholarships
A loyal Jayhawk fan who wasn’t able to attend the University of Kansas has given a $100,000 gift to fund new scholarships for KU business majors.
9/17/07
KU formally announces new gift created for maintenance of new scholarship hall
A $400,000 gift from KU alumnus Carl Krehbiel will endow a permanent maintenance fund for the Floyd H. and Katherine Krehbiel Scholarship Hall. KU Chancellor Robert E. Hemenway formally made the announcement Saturday during an event at the Dennis E. Rieger Hall.
9/11/07
Callahan Creek Presents $25,000 Scholarship Gift to KU Endowment
Callahan Creek, the Lawrence-based marketing communications agency, presented two University of Kansas students with scholarships of $2,500 each as part of its 25th anniversary. The award ceremony ended a program that featured two top-level Anheuser-Busch executives speaking to the audience about “Marketing To The New Consumer.”
8/13/07
Appreciation of chemistry professors leads donor to establish bequest for professorship
A pharmaceutical researcher has established estate plans to benefit KU's Department of Chemistry. University of Kansas alumnus Keith Wilner said he wants to pay KU back for setting him on the path to a successful career.
8/13/07
Gift from Lawrence couple helps protect native prairie
A Lawrence couple, Robert McColl and Suzanne Ecke McColl, and other donors, are ensuring that one parcel of land - a native prairie about four miles northeast of Lawrence - will be protected from possible future development.
8/6/07
KU alumnus establishes planned gift to create professorship in hepatology
An alumnus with deep Kansas roots and an interest in science , Dr. James Bredfeldt recently established a bequest to KU Endowment to create a professorship in hepatology for KU School of Medicine’s Department of Internal Medicine.
8/6/07
KU alumnus establishes planned gift for department of medicinal chemistry
Three decades after graduating from the University of Kansas with a doctorate in medicinal chemistry, Peter Ruenitz has established a gift as part of his estate plans to provide funds for KU's Department of Medicinal Chemistry in the School of Pharmacy.
8/3/07
KU alumnus contributes additional funds to endowed professorship
KU alumnus who led research in developing human insulin makes $500,000 gift to enhance molecular biology professorship.