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Alum
wins BOT award
By
Lynette Murphy
The
university’s top donors, along with Chris Shank, vice president
of the Wichita insurance firm Dulaney, Johnston & Priest, will
be honored Friday, Nov. 2, at the President’s Club Gala. The
annual event at the Wichita Marriott is hosted by WSU President
Don and first lady Shirley Beggs and sponsored by the WSU Foundation.
Annual
members of the President’s Club give a total of $2,500 during
one fiscal year. Lifetime members contribute $100,000 over a lifetime.
Shank
will receive the Board of Trustees Award.
Shank,
a 1969 graduate, is the current Alumni Association president, but
his involvement with the university began when he was a student.
His
desire to be part of something larger than himself, paired with
a feeling of reciprocity, motivates his involvement outside of his
career and family.
Goal-oriented
to the last detail, Shank regards his community and university service
as "a task to be done," as "avocations rather than
vocations."
The
Board of Trustees award is given to a citizen of Sedgwick County
who has made significant contributions to the partnership between
WSU and the community.
Past
recipients have included George Fahnestock, Russ Meyer, Al Higdon,
Frank Carney, Marni Vliet, Linwood Sexton, Rie Bloomfield and Cramer
Reed.
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