Year Inducted
1981
Career Field
Art
Highlights
- One of nation’s greatest philanthropists and collectors
- Namesake of KU Art Museum, and donor for Kenneth A Spencer Research Library
- Dispensed more than $18 million to universities, museums, and art groups in the Midwest
- Major benefactress of the Nelson Art Gallery in Kansas City
- 1968: received Distinguished Service Citation, highest honor awarded by KU
- 1976: received Fred Ellsworth Medallion, highest honor from KU Alumni Association
- 1977: winner of the Higher Education Leadership Award