Archive for November 2006

11/29/06 — Hyle family names gallery in art museum at K-State

Dorothy Hyle, Manhattan, Kan., and her daughter, Adrienne Evans Hyle, Stillwater, Okla., have made a gift of $250,000 to the Kansas State University Foundation Changing Lives Campaign for the Beyond the Arch Campaign for naming the Hyle Family Gallery at the Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art at K-State.

This will be a new interior gallery for traveling exhibitions, which will complement the display themes in the main gallery. The Hyle gift was made in memory of Dorothy Hyle’s late husband, Archie.

Beyond the Arch is a museum expansion project that will add 17,000 square feet to the museum’s existing 26,000 square feet. Half of the new space will be for public use, and the rest will be for collection storage and work space. Construction began Nov. 1, 2005, and is expected to be completed for a fall 2007 opening. Beyond the Arch is part of the universitywide Changing Lives Campaign.

Dorothy (Evans) Hyle is a 1971 graduate of Kansas State University with a bachelor’s degree in social sciences. Adrienne Evans Hyle graduated from K-State in 1972 with a bachelor’s degree in art. She earned a doctorate in education administration at K-State in 1987. While in college, Adrienne was a member of Pi Beta Phi sorority. Archie Hyle graduated from K-State in 1943 with a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering. He was a colonel in the United States Army and served in World War II, Korea and Vietnam. Archie returned to K-State where he led the ROTC department for three years until retiring in 1973. He died July 1, 2001.

Dorothy and Adrienne Hyle are both members of Presidents Club, a KSU Foundation leadership organization for friends and alumni of K-State.

“Mother and I are very pleased to be able to continue the family tradition of support for K-State through this gift to the Beach Museum,” Adrienne Hyle said. “And, we look forward to completion of our gallery and the addition to the museum. We have a long history with K-State and plan on that history continuing. The latest in our line, my son, McCord Evans Hyle Cox, graduated with a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering in 2004. As they say — ‘Every man a wildcat!’ — and this is so true for the Hyle family.”

“We are very pleased to name one of the temporary exhibition galleries the Hyle Family Gallery,” said Lorne Render, director of the museum. “We are grateful for this generous gift and thank Dorothy and Adrienne for their significant support. The temporary exhibition program provides the opportunity for the museum to present to the campus and the community outstanding exhibits such as ‘John F. Helm Jr.: A Retrospective,’ ‘Beyond Oz: Children’s Book Illustrations from the Region,’ ‘Capture the Moment: The Pulitzer Prize Photographs’ and ‘Giving Life to Glass: The Art of Lino Tagliapietra.’ The Hyle Family Gallery will be a gallery dedicated to such quality and stimulating exhibitions.”

The KSU Foundation’s Changing Lives Campaign for Kansas State University is a comprehensive $500 million campaign that will infuse new funds into virtually every dimension of the university. The KSU Foundation coordinates fundraising efforts with alumni, friends, corporations and foundations to secure private support for Kansas State University.

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11/22/06 — Extensive wildlife art collection donated by Hays couple to be auctioned at K-State

The Kansas State University Foundation will be selling at auction more than 200 pieces of wildlife art appraised at $242,000. The proceeds will go to benefit the K-State College of Veterinary Medicine and the Institute for Military History and 20th Century Studies.

The artwork was donated to the foundation by Tom and Vickie Cole, Hays, Kan., clients of the K-State Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital.

The majority of the collection is comprised of the art of M. Wayne Willis, a renowned wildlife artist from Wichita, Kan. Willis, who died in 1991, was an avid outdoor sportsman and conservationist whose paintings capture every movement and nuance of waterfowl and upland game birds. Ranked among the top American wildlife artists and known for his unique rendering of scenes from his prairie and Midwest experiences, Willis was considered by many as the country’s premier quail painter.

The Willis collection will include 130 signed and numbered limited edition prints, 55 framed No. 1 artist proof prints and an original oil painting that Willis titled “Covey Rise at Coles Place.”

Tom Cole recalled that the painting was a surprise after he met Willis and shared with him some photographs of the Cole property. “I took snapshots of the farm and gave them to Wayne and he incorporated some of them into the painting,” Cole said. “ Wayne was a gifted artist and his works are so unique. He was very well-known, one of the top wildlife artists in the world.”

In addition to Willis’ artwork, the auction will include many other wildlife items such as prints, stamps, hand-carved decoys and a 20-gun oak gun cabinet. These pieces were created by seven other wildlife artists: Les C. Kouba, David Maas, William Veasey, Roger McPhail, Harold Roe, Robert Steiner, Tom Taber and William Zimmerman.

“It’s a first class collection of wildlife art, some of the best of the best,” Cole said.

The auction, conducted by Purple Wave Auction Inc. in association with Kisner’s Auction and Appraisal Services of Hays, Kan., will be held Sunday, Dec. 10 at 1 p.m. at the K-State Alumni Center. Internet bids can be placed on all items until the time of the auction at purplewave.com.

Once the entire collection is sold, 80 percent of the income will go to support scholarships for K-State veterinary students and to support research for animal health care at the College of Veterinary Medicine. The remaining 20 percent will go to the Institute for Military History and 20th Century Studies.

“We are honored that the Coles so generously chose to donate this one-of-a-kind art collection to K-State knowing it will benefit future veterinarians,” said Chris Gruber, director of development for the College of Veterinary Medicine. “The donation is a testament to the Coles’ love for animals and their commitment to enhancing veterinary care.”

The KSU Foundation’s Changing Lives Campaign for Kansas State University is a comprehensive $500 million campaign that will infuse new funds into virtually every dimension of the university. The KSU Foundation coordinates fundraising efforts with alumni, friends, corporations and foundations to secure private support for Kansas State University.

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11/10/06 — Wichita aircraft company establishes technology and aviation scholarship

The Cessna Foundation Inc., Wichita, Kan., has made a gift of $37,500 to the Kansas State University Foundation Changing Lives Campaign to establish the Cessna Scholarship.

The purpose of the scholarship is to provide financial assistance to students enrolled in the aviation programs in the College of Technology and Aviation in Salina. The scholarship will assist with the flight costs within the professional pilot program and aviation maintenance program.

The Cessna Foundation is a private foundation that makes contributions on behalf of the Cessna Aircraft Company, which is a Wichita-based manufacturer of general aviation aircraft. The foundation has contributed more than $20 million to nonprofit organizations since it was incorporated in 1952.

“In order for the aviation companies in the United States to continue to produce the best general aviation aircraft in the world, we need to bring young people into the industry who have the necessary skills and the passion to maintain that leadership,” said Russ Meyer, chairman of the Cessna Foundation. “We believe the quality of the aviation programs at K-State at Salina will produce the kind of future leaders our industry needs.”

“The Cessna Aircraft Company has served as an innovative and visionary leader in the aviation industry for the past century,” said Dennis Kuhlman, dean of the College of Technology and Aviation at K-State at Salina. “Their support of K-State at Salina aviation students illustrates their steadfast commitment and dedication to training the industry professionals of tomorrow. We are truly honored by their corporate partnership and the opportunities their scholarship support provides our students.”

The KSU Foundation’s Changing Lives Campaign for Kansas State University is a comprehensive $500 million campaign that will infuse new funds into virtually every dimension of the university. The KSU Foundation coordinates fundraising efforts with alumni, friends, corporations and foundations to secure private support for Kansas State University.

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