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Thursday, September 6, 1979
University Daily Kansan
Williams Fund pays athletic scholarships
By BRETT CONLEY
Staff Reporter
John Novotty controls the success for much of the KU athletic program even though he isn't a coach and isn't directly involved with any of the teams.
Novotny has raised more than 44 million since 1973 after becoming director of the Williams Fund, an organization which has donated the funding for the athletic scholarships.
Last year the fund raised $879,000 more than one-fourth of the total athletic department budget, and Novayne said the money he least $1 million in donations next year.
Novotny, who has been involved in the construction of the bridge, said there were 82 people last year who were more to the fund, with the largest donation coming from an alumnus who annually donated $10 million.
Only football, with a budget of $1.2 million generated more revenue for athletics last year than did the William Fund.
"We are confident that we are in the top seven schools in the country in raising money," Novtay said. "Most schools average about $300,000 to $550,000."
NO UNIVERSITY can hope to survive and be competitive in intercollegiate sports unless it has this type of money-rasing fund, Novotny said.
Originally, the Williams Fund was a private organization known as the Outland Club started in 1949 by Dick Williams and his two sons, all KK alumni.
In 1973, after the family had raised more than $2 million to support athletic scholarships, the fund was re-organized and incorporated into the athletic department.
The fund serves only to provide scholarships for KU athletes and is actually a part of the KU Endowment Association. All of the donations to the fund are tax-deductible.
The fund has grown rapidly since 1973 when it raised $223,000. Novotny said he had worked hard to increase the fund.
We conduct 85 meetings a year in
Kansas, "Novoty has said. 'We believe to raise money you have to raise friends. We have divided the state into twelve different colleges. We also teach that elects a chairman. They help us raise money and also they recruit athletes, provide summer jobs for people and many others."
"We are helping to prepare more than 300 student athletes for higher education every year. We are also keeping our alumni interested in their university."
NOVOTYN SAID KU had been fortunate when universities began to rely heavily on private donations as a source of money for bierer athletic budgets.
"We were very lucky to have such a vehicle as the Outland Club that we could turn to when many universities were hit with financial problems in the early 76s," Gary said. "We had about 800 students and then now we have about 3,500."
Although most donors just want to help support athletics, Novotny said, there are other incentives.
Other important aspects of his money raising plan, Novetty said, are to separate winning and losing and to sell people the skills they are helping to finance student athletics.
"We make no bones about it, we make a special effort for these people." Novotny informs me upon how much someone donates and I put them on priority for ticket requests. The more you put into something the more you can afford. "Only one way we have of saying thank you."
Novotny said he was not completely pleased with the huge amount of money spent on college athletes today.
"The alumni and University supporters have placed a heavy emphasis on what can take good facilities, recruits, good coaches and money. My reservation is in the financing of
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"The way you put everything together is important. I dislike the tremendous pressure that is put on coaches of revenge-producing sports such as football and basketball."
"I believe that within 15 years there could be enough saved from contributions that the school would accept scholarships," he said. "It would take about $15 million to do it, but we have already made the donations."
basketball.
Another regret Novotny said he had was
The Williams Fund will supply $120,000 this year for women's scholarships. Novemy said. In the future it will take advantage of the full support of women's athletics, he said.
that students have been lest in the last three or four years. An effort should be made, he said, to get students interested in athletics again because athletes are for them.
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Despite his reservations about some aspects of activities, Newton said he realised he was an integral part of its success. "I had said he had some high goals for the future."
"They need more scholarship aid, but they are a problem for students," he said. "And men's athletics," he said. "In my estimates we will have to raise $12 million for total funding."
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Lightning damage estimate released
Perkins said three men spent about three hours "removing the capstone that had been hit."
The capstone, or top stone of a wall, was on the upper southeast corner of the building.
Perkins said some of the brickwork at the back of Hoch was be repaired at the same time as the lightning damage.
Keith Lawton, director of facilities planning, said that he didn't know when the repairs on Hoch would begin, but that he had to have the building repaired by late fall.
An estimated 7201-1,000 damage was caused by Hoch AArchitecture stacks when it hit the street, building Richard Perkins, assistant director of facilities operations in charge of damage.
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Facilities Operations personnel had barricaded the area until the debris could be cleaned up. There were no injuries to the incident, according to KU police.
The Wescoe service road was reopened shortly after 11 a.m. Tuesday, Perkins said.
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