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Board of Trustees


KU Endowment is governed by an Executive Committee that is elected by the Board of Trustees. The entire board of up to 75 members meets annually on one of the KU campuses. Six standby committees, which oversee specific areas of operation, meet throughout the year. Board members receive no compensation for their service.

Executive Committee members

  • Kurt D. Watson, Chair
       Wichita, Kan.
  • Frank J. Becker, Chair Emeritus
       Lawrence, 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.
  • M.D. Michaelis
       Wichita, Kan.
  • John T. Stewart III, Chair Emeritus
       Wellington, Kan.
  • Todd L. Sutherland
       Lawrence, Kan.

Board of Trustees

  • Kenneth G. Adams
    Bartlesville, Okla.
  • Philip F. Anschutz
    Denver, Colo.
  • Frank J. Becker
    Lawrence, Kan.
  • Lydia I. Beebe
    San Francisco, Calif.
  • Beverly Smith Billings
    Lawrence, Kan.
  • Dan P. Bolen
    Mission Hills, Kan.
  • David G. Booth
    Austin, Texas
  • Tom Bowser
    Olathe, Kan.
  • Gene A. Budig
    Isle of Palms, S.C.
  • David M. Carr
    Wellington, Kan.
  • Howard E. Cohen
    Leawood, Kan.
  • Linda Zarda Cook
    Naples, Fla.
  • Cathy L. Daicoff
    Ridgewood, N.J.
  • Jerome Davies *
    Lawrence, Kan.
  • Jeffrey W. Davis *
    Lawrence, Kan.
  • John B. Dicus
    Topeka, Kan.
  • David B. Dillon
    Cincinnati, Ohio
  • Jill S. Docking
    Wichita, Kan.
  • William R. Docking
    Arkansas City, Kan.
  • Robert L. Driscoll
    Mission Woods, Kan.
  • R. A. Edwards
    Hutchinson, Kan.
  • John G. Eriksen
    Hutchinson, Kan.
  • Ray D. Evans
    Leawood, Kan.
  • Sam Evans
    Chicago, Ill.
  • Gregory M. Graves
    Stilwell, Kan.
  • Lewis D. Gregory
    Leawood, Kan.
  • David E. Hall
    Shawnee Mission, Kan.
  • Edward J. Healy
    Wichita, Kan.
  • Charles E. Heath
    Lawrence, Kan.
  • William E. Hogan II
    Minnetonka, Minn.
  • Stewart R. Horejsi
    Paradise Valley, Ariz.
  • John D. Hunkeler, M.D.
    Mission Woods, Kan.
  • A. Drue Jennings
    Prairie Village, Kan.
  • Jeff M. Johnson
    Wichita, Kan.
  • Thomas L. Kivisto
    Tulsa, Okla.
  • H. W. Knapheide III
    Quincy, Ill.
  • Dorothy Wohlgemuth Lynch
    Olathe, Kan.
  • Kent C. McCarthy
    Incline Village, Nev.
  • Michael T. McCoy, M.D.
    Topeka, Kan.
  • Janet Martin McKinney
    Kerrville, Texas
  • Tyrone C. Means
    Montgomery, Ala.
  • M. D. Michaelis
    Wichita, Kan.
  • Brian L. Mitchell
    Elkhart, Kan.
  • John W. Mize
    Salina, Kan.
  • Joe C. Morris
    Leawood, Kan.
  • David L. Murfin
    Wichita, Kan.
  • Ramón Murguía
    Kansas City, Kan.
  • Warren J. Newcomer Jr.
    Topeka, Kan.
  • Laird G. Noller
    Lawrence, Kan.
  • Charles E. Rhoades
    Mission Hills, Kan.
  • E. S. Riss
    Shawnee Mission, Kan.
  • John H. Robinson Jr.
    Kansas City, Mo.
  • Jann Crawford Rudkin
    Los Gatos, Calif.
  • Dale Seuferling *
    Lawrence, Kan.
  • John C. Shawver
    Wichita, Kan.
  • Michael G. Shinn
    Shaker Heights, Ohio
  • Dolph C. Simons III
    Lawrence, Kan.
  • Linda Ellis Sims
    Independence, Mo.
  • Steve W. Sloan
    Pittsburg, Kan.
  • John T. Stewart III
    Wellington, Kan.
  • Todd L. Sutherland
    Lawrence, Kan.
  • Deanell Reece Tacha
    Lawrence, Kan.
  • Fenton R. Talbott
    Santa Fe, N.M.
  • Robert D. Taylor
    Mission Hills, Kan.
  • William B. Taylor
    Overland Park, Kan.
  • Robert M. Thomas Jr.
    New York, N.Y.
  • Gregs G. Thomopulos
    Iowa City, Iowa
  • Kenneth J. Wagnon
    Wichita, Kan.
  • Kurt D. Watson
    Andover, Kan.
  • Thomas G. Wiggans
    Olathe, Kan.
  • David C. Wysong
    Mission Hills, Kan.


* Asterisk indicates that the board member is on the KU Endowment staff.


Life Trustees

  • P.J. “Jim” Adam
    Overland Park, Kan.
  • Dana K. Anderson
    Los Angeles, Calif.
  • Polly Roth Bales
    Lawrence, Kan.
  • Anderson W. Chandler
    Topeka, Kan.
  • Richard B. Cray
    Shawnee Mission, Kan.
  • John C. Dicus
    Topeka, Kan.
  • Ray E. Dillon Jr.
    Hutchinson, Kan.
  • Archie R. Dykes
    Leawood, Kan.
  • Robert J. Eaton
    Naples, Fla.
  • William D. Grant
    Shawnee Mission, Kan.
  • Christina Hixson
    Las Vegas, Nev.
  • Ellen Jurden Hockaday
    Shawnee Mission, Kan.
  • Forrest E. Hoglund
    Dallas, Texas
  • 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.
  • George E. Nettels Jr.
    Pittsburg, Kan.
  • Charles W. Oswald
    Savage, Minn.
  • Stanley P. Porter
    Linville & Southern Pines, N.C.
  • Marynell D. Reece
    Scandia, Kan.
  • A. Scott Ritchie
    Wichita, Kan.
  • Frank C. Sabatini
    Topeka, Kan.
  • Todd Seymour
    Lawrence, Kan.
  • Dolph C. Simons Jr.
    Lawrence, Kan.
  • Alan R. Sleeper
    Alden, Kan.
  • Glee S. Smith Jr.
    Lawrence, Kan.
  • John H. Stauffer Sr.
    Topeka, Kan.
  • Chester B. Vanatta
    Leawood, Kan.
  • Adelaide C. Ward
    Kansas City, Mo.