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PAGE 10A FRIDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1997
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
EVENTS • ENTERTAINMENT • ISSUES • MUSIC • ART
a campus centerpiece
returns to service
BUDIG'S BACK
By Daniel E. Thompson dthompson@kansan.com Kansan staff writer
The men and women who saved the facade of Hoch Auditorium didn't wear crimson and blue. They wore the dirty yellow of firefighters' jackets.
On July 15, 1991, a dark storm spitting lightning rolled across Kansas. Reaching Lawrence, lightning from the storm sparked a blaze in Hoch Auditorium.
"We walked down to the main auditorium where they played basketball, looked up and saw a small fire," said Lawrence fire department battalion chief Bill Stark, who was a captain then. "I called back and said we had a working fire."
Less than 10 minutes after the alarm was sounded, Engine No.4 and Capt. Larry Woydziak arrived.
"We made our way down to the auditorium and looked at the ceiling area burning," said
Woydzki. "It was kind of like a hole in the ceiling burning, five to six feet across, and we could see a fire in the attic space. We had to get as close as possible to attack."
"Big patches of flaming ceiling were falling away," Karr said. "It looked like drops of liquid fire coming down. They were falling into the seats starting multiple fires on the ground level."
Snaking a hose to the third level, battalion chief Jerry Karr was inside when drop down started. Drop down is when a ring of fire causes the ceiling to begin falling.
Up on the third level, water was turning to steam before it hit the fire, Wodyziak said. "Usually, when you spray water into a fire, you'll see a darkening, but the stream was disappearing into an orange glow. It was all orange."
Five minutes after the attack began, the firefighters reported the fire was spreading
It was out of control. Karr decided to switch into defensive mode, pulling out all personnel and in effect giving Hoch to the flames.
"We didn't have the resources," He said. "So we drew a line and let it have that and nothing else. We knew we were writing off most of Hoch, but we were trying to minimize damage."
Wodyziak was already trying to get his crew out.
Evacuating the third balcony, firefighters followed their hoses, the only way they could find their way through the dense smoke. "When we got to the first stairwell," Wodyziak said. "The whole world started shaking and the sparks and smoke started flying by and then the roaring stopped."
The back two-thirds of Hoch collapsed. It was 3:58 p.m., 26 minutes and 13 seconds after Stark reported a working fire.
And then the five firefighters came out the front door.
"I attribute it to someone looking out for us," Woydziak said. "It wasn't our day to go."
Budig remains open to public, still needs work
Jennifer A. Yeoman
jyeoman@kansan.com
Kansas staff writer
Although Budig Hall is being dedicated today and has been in use all semester, much of the building remains a labyrinth of locked doors and winding hallways that lead to nowhere.
For example, the automation center that provides students with access to library information via the Internet is still not complete.
The hall was ready for classes on June 4, but because of time and financial constraints, construction on several parts of the building has not been completed.
Additionally, the Center for Teaching Excellence, a support center for instructors, and a media services department to be located in the basement of the building have not been finished.
"They will be done as quickly as possible, but I haven't seen a time line yet," said Theresa Klinkenberg, University of Kansas director of administration. "But, the money to complete them has been identified."
About $600,000 has been designated to complete all of these facilities, she said.
The two levels of Anschutz Library that will be housed beneath Budig Hall also are unfinished. The University has designated $1 million to complete the mechanical and electrical equipping of the levels.
"We should receive a bid within the month to do minimal finishing," said James Modig, director of design and construction management. "With the $1 million we'll finish the space just enough to meet code to occupy it."
Once code is met, 50,000 books that are stored in Joseph R. Pearson Hall will be moved to the bottom floor. The books should be moved about March or April, Modig said.
Once books have been moved to the space, the University will spend an additional $6 million to complete the two levels, Klinkenberg said.
Until the two levels are completed, a task which should take a few years, only library staff will be permitted to enter the area, he said.
"The area will be restricted and library staff will have to enter to retrieve books for the students." Modig said.
The money to complete the two floors was taken from tuition accountability money for the last fiscal year, which ended June 30th, Klinkenberg said.
On the basement level of Budig Hall, which is where the computer center is located, there are two restrooms that are incomplete. These should be completed within the six weeks. Motix said
The computer center is the only thing complete on the basement level at this time.
In the actual classrooms, though, everything is complete.
Hoch, which is located in the center of campus, is in the perfect place to serve as the media center of campus, he said.
"If you look at what is happening and what will occupy Budig you can see that we will be the keystone for teaching excellence on campus," said James Vequist, Hoch Complex director.
KANSAS CHANCELLORS
Can you match the former Kansas chancellors with the buildings named after them?
Answers are to the right of the photos.
KU chancellors in good company
Thirteen KU buildings named for former heads
By Matthew Friedrichs mattf@ukans.edu Kansan staff writer
Former University of Kansas Chancellors and some information:
R. W. Oliver 1865-1867
K. W. Oliver 1863-1867
Oliver served as chancellor without pay. He helped negotiate the contributions that led to the construction and opening of Old North College on September 12, 1866.
John Fraser 1867-1874
Fraser was an officer in the Union Army during the Civil War. He convinced the Board of Regents and the citizens of Lawrence to sell bonds to build University Hall (later renamed Fraser Hall) with running water, gas lights, electrical connections to turn on the lights and pipes that carried gas to labs.
James Marvin 1874-1883
Marvin arrived at the University in a time of financial hardship and served as an "Academic Patriarch." He oversaw the expansion of programs including engineering, botany, entomology, geology and zoology.
Joshua Lippincott 1883-1889 Lippincott recruited faculty such as Bailey in chemistry, Wilcox in Greek and Blake in Physics.
Francis Snow 1890-1901
Snow funded scientific forays by selling portions of meteorites delivered to him by rural Kansans. He donated a $5,000 pipe organ to Fraser Hall.
Francis Snow 1890-190
Frank Strong 1902-1920
Frank Strong 1902-1920 Strong led the University's entry into the prestigious Association of American Universities. He found helped a 4-year school of medicine in Lawrence and Kansas City.
Ernest Lindley 1920-1939
Lindley created the idea of the National Youth Administration. The Depression-
era program allowed students across the nation to work at their colleges for modest wages and enabled many to attend school.
Deane Malott 1939-1951
Malott was the first native Kansan to serve as the University's chancellor. He maintained the University's enrollment and prominence during World War II by adding programs for women and by opening campus buildings to house and train naval machinists.
Answer:
A — Archie Dykes,
library at KU Medical
Center; B — James
Marvin, 2 C
Ernest Lundley, 1; D
Ramold Nicholls,
11; E — Rober
Menemway, no build;
F — John Fraser,
10; G — Francis
Snow, 4; H — R.W.
Oliver, 12; I — R
Shanklet, no building;
J — E Laurence
Chairmen, no build;
K — Franklin
Murphy, 3; I —
Gene Budg, 6; M —
Deane Budg, 8; N —
Joshua Lippin,
cott, O — Frank
Stong, 5; P — W.
Watches Webosce, 7.
Roymond Nichols 1972:1973 Nichols was a student and administrator at the University for more than 50 years.
Laurence Chalmers 1969-1972 Chalmers directed campus during the turbulent 1970 spring semester of student protests and the Kansas Union fire.
Franklin Murphy 1951-1960 Murphy established academic programs in area studies for Latin America, the Far East and Russian and East Europe.
Clarke Wescoe 1960-1969 Wescoe led the development of a 1962 campus master plan. He also directed the KU Council for Progress in a fund raising drive.
Gene Budia 1981-1994
Archie Dykes 1973-1980
Gene Budig 1981-1994Budig headed Campaign Kansas, a fund drive that raised $265.3 million for the University. He was instrumental in soliciting funding from the Lied Foundation which made the Lied Center possible.
Dykes led the campus into the computer age with the opening of the Computer Center in 1978. During his administration the University also opened Watkins Health Center, the new Green Hall, the Art and Design building and the Helen Forsman Spencer Museum of Art.
Delbert Shankel 1994-1995 Shankel served as acting chancellor for the University twice. The Board of Regents rewarded his service by naming him as the 15th chancellor of the University.
Robert Hemenway 1995-present Hemenway is known for the red and blue berets he wears on campus. Since arriving at the University he has reorganized the administrative structure and announced a new campus master plan.
Source; "Our Amazing Chancellors" by Fred Ellsworth, University Archives