UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Couple's contributions led to naming of Center
Roy and Joan Edwards' time dedication honored by KU
By Gennifer Trail
Kansan staff writer
OVERLAND PARK — Joan Edwards said she never would have thought that a KU campus would be named after her and her husband.
The Regents Center, 12600 Quivira Road, is called "The Roy and Joan Edwards Campus," Joan Edwards and her deceased husband, Roy, were students at the University of Kansas who gave much time and money to the University since they left it in 1942.
Joan Edwards was appreciative of the honor bestowed upon her and her husband.
David Ambler, vice chancellor of student affairs, said that he did not know of any alumni who had given as much as the Edwards had.
"It was a great thrill," she said. "I was quite overcome, and it was hard to believe. I still have to drive by the Regents Center every once in a while to remind myself that it's really called the Edwards Campus."
"Roy and Joan Edwards have shown a deep, abiding love for KU back to their undergraduate education here," he said. "This love has translated into giving an abundance of their time and money."
Before the Edwardsees graduated from the University in 1942, Roy Edwards was on the male pep squad and served as head cheerleader his senior year.
As alumni, the couple was involved in many activities, especially those involving athletics. Roy Edwards, who was president of the KU Alumni Association in 1967, was on the Board of Trustees for the Endowment Association and was on the Chancellor's Athletic Director Search Committee in 1973.
Photo courtesy of University Archives
The University recognized the amount and quality of his contributions by awarding him the Fred Ellsworth Medalion in 1975 and the Distinguished Service Medallion in 1978, KU's highest honor. When he passed away Dec. 3, 1987, the KU basketball players wore black arm bands during the 1987-88 season with their uniforms to honor him.
Roy and Joan Edwards were honored by the University in 1989 when the Regents Center Campus was named after them. The Edwards had contributed time and money to KU since their graduation from the University in 1942.
Joan Edwards also has contributed much to the University as an alumna. She serves on the NCAA Certification Steering Committee, a group that reviews the athletic department to ensure that it meets NCAA certification standards. She was a member of the KU Campaign Kansas National Council and was on coach Glen Mason's Football Advisory Board. She also was on the search committee for athletic director in 1981 and 1982 and was Alumni Association representative to the Athletic Corporation Board from 1979 to 1983.
The University recognized her contributions in 1991 with the Fred Ellsworth Medallion, the same award given to her husband.
Clay Blair, an alumnus of the University, asked that the
center be named after the Edwards in 1989 when he donated the land for the center. Blair and the Edwards met in the early 1960s when Edwardses' son, Roy Edwards III, roomed with him at KU. After Blair graduated, the couple and he continued to be friends.
Blair said that he wanted the center to be named after Edwards because he respected him.
"He was one of those unselfish people who gave freely of his time and his money," he said. "There just couldn't be adequate memorial for him, but I wanted to do something innovative for people to remember them."
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