Archive for January 2005

01/27/05 — KSU Foundation names Cox as director of investments

Lois Cox, CFA, CFP ®, Manhattan, Kan., has been named director of investments at the Kansas State University Foundation. In this position, Cox is responsible for implementing investment policies and procedures on investment management for the foundation.

Cox was previously employed as vice president of FB Capital Management of Kansas Inc. in Manhattan. Prior, she was a portfolio manager for Kansas Farm Bureau Services Inc. and has more than 17 years experience in investment and portfolio management.

Cox is a native of Hutchinson, Kan. She earned a bachelor’s degree in finance from Kansas State University in 1988. Cox became a Chartered Financial Analyst ® charterholder in 1995. In 1996, she earned Certified Financial Planner™ certification.

The KSU Foundation coordinates fundraising efforts with alumni, friends, corporations and foundations to secure private support for Kansas State University.

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01/20/05 — Konza Prairie’s historic barn to undergo renovation with $300,000 seed gift

The late Rushton Gardner (“Rusty”) Cortelyou, longtime resident of Omaha, Neb., has bequeathed a $300,000 gift to the Kansas State University Foundation to establish the Rushton G. Cortelyou Memorial Fund for the renovation of an historic, 94-year-old limestone barn at the Konza Prairie Biological Station (KPBS). This gift is also in honor of Cortelyou’s father, John Van Zandt (“Van”) Cortelyou, a K-State faculty member from 1904 to 1934. The KPBS, operated by K‑State’s Division of Biology, is a unique outdoor laboratory that provides opportunities for basic biological research on a wide range of plants, animals and processes.

J.V.Z. Cortelyou was head of K-State’s Department of German, which later expanded and became the Department of Modern Languages. Early in his faculty life, J.V.Z. Cortelyou served for two years as manager of athletics. He was editor of the college catalog from 1909 to 1934 and was instrumental in raising funds for the building of Memorial Stadium.

R.G. Cortelyou graduated from K-State in 1927 with a degree in civil engineering. He earned an MBA from Harvard in 1929 and a doctorate at the University of Nebraska at Lincoln in 1967. Cortelyou was in the Navy during World War II and the Korean Conflict and retired with the rank of commander. He was a controller at several retail establishments on the east coast and a treasurer of Fairmont Foods, Omaha, Neb. Cortelyou taught business courses at Bellevue ( Neb.) College until his retirement in 1973.

An avid birdwatcher, Cortelyou was an officer and longtime member of the Nebraska Ornithologists’ Union. He died May 2, 2004, 16 days before his 98 th birthday. He was preceded in death by his wife of 68 years, Margaret Manley Cortelyou, a Junction City native who also attended K-State in the 1920s. They had two daughters, Helen Cortelyou Linger, Littleton, Colo., and Carol Cortelyou, Mercer Island, Wash. Helen Linger graduated from K-State with a bachelor’s degree in business administration in 1952.

The barn at the KPBS was built in 1911 as part of the Dewey Ranch, located six miles south of Kansas State University and the city of Manhattan. The Cortelyou gift is intended as a private match for a proposal to the National Science Foundation (NSF) toward a $1 million renovation of the 10,000-square-foot barn, transforming it into a meeting facility with an educational lecture hall and exhibit space. The completed project will serve as a focal facility for scientific meetings, workshops and public education programs, which bring more than 4,000 scientists and students to KPBS annually.

David Hartnett, K-State biology professor and director of the KPBS said, “We are very grateful to Mr. Cortelyou and his family for this generous gift. The proposed barn renovation is a significant step in our ongoing effort to develop a leading, world-class research and training institution for the study of grassland ecology, conservation and management.”

Hartnett is expected to submit a grant application to the National Science Foundation (NSF) in spring 2005. The NSF is scheduled to make a decision regarding funding the project by July. If the NSF declines, the lecture hall will be completed with the remainder of the renovation deferred.

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01/07/05 — KSU Speech and Hearing Center named in honor of Paola, Kan., family

TeamBank N.A., trustee of the L.W. and Dolpha Baehr Charitable Foundation, Paola, Kan., has made a commitment of $300,000 to the Kansas State University Foundation to name the clinical services suite at the Speech and Hearing Center in the College of Human Ecology.

The new Speech and Hearing Center will provide clinical experience to students in the Communication Sciences and Disorders program, while providing outreach, and diagnostic and therapy services to individuals from Manhattan and surrounding communities. Common problems include stuttering, voice disorders, impaired articulation, hearing loss and language disorders that limit an individual’s ability to express and understand spoken words. Students also receive academic and clinical training in the area of literacy, in the use of assistive technology that helps individuals become more independent in their communication as well as the assessment and treatment of swallowing disorders.

L.W. and Dolpha Baehr were lifelong Paola residents who operated a meat shop. During middle age, Dolpha Baehr began to lose her sight and slowly became completely blind. With assistance from W.C. Hartley, chairman and trust officer of Miami County National Bank (now TeamBank N.A.), the Baehr Foundation was established in 1967 to support research and other needs of blind and hearing-impaired people. The Baehr Foundation has supported organizations in Kansas with building and endowment funds, renovation projects and research awards, as well as subsidizing hospitals and educational and recreational youth programs.

Michael L. Gibson, trustee of the Baehr Foundation and 1970 KSU history graduate, said, “The Baehr Foundation has been a supporter of hearing research projects and departments in Kansas for more than 30 years. This contribution to the Speech and Hearing Center is a way to expand the number of hearing-impaired people who are served by the Baehr Foundation. We are excited about the impact that the center will have on the lives of those in need of these services.”

“We deeply appreciate the tremendous support of the L.W. and Dolpha Baehr Charitable Foundation,” said Carol Kellett, dean of the College of Human Ecology. “The Baehrs’ mission is closely aligned with that of our college. Through their benevolence, the Baehr Speech and Hearing Center will optimize student learning, expand clinical services to the community, and enhance research for faculty and KSU undergraduate and graduate students.”

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