monday, april 5, 2004
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the university daily kansan 5A
The Korean War memorial, planned to be completed this fall, will overlook Potter Lake.
Korean Warmemorialized
Endowment Association says tribute to be completed in fall
By Laura Pate
lpate@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
Alumni who fought in World War I, World War II or in the Vietnam War can visit on-campus memorials of those wars. Korean War veterans cannot visit a memorial on campus, but the Kansas University Endowment Association plans to change that.
After a $50,000 donation from the International Communication Foundation of Seoul, Korea, construction of a Korean War memorial is set to begin in a few weeks, and should be completed by fall 2004. The University hopes to secure a contractor within two weeks.
The memorial will use a simple design featuring a tablet explaining the 1950 Korean War and a tablet listing the names of KU alumni, faculty and students who died in the three-year war. The memorial will rest above Potter Lake along Memorial Drive, west of the Campanile.
"The great location will enhance
the beauty to remember those who died in conflict," said John Scarffe, director of communications for the Endowment Association.
Scarffe said he was pleased with the donation from the International Communication Foundation. It increased the total to almost $120,000. Other donations have come from Jong Woo Han, who graduated from the University with a master's in economics in 1959. A resident of Seoul, Han serves as chairman of the SungKok Journalism Foundation in Seoul.
Yong L. Kim, Leawood resident, donated $30,000. The KU Korean Association, an alumni chapter in Seoul, donated $10,000. Five South Korean corporations donated $15,000.
Sixty-three KU alumni died in the war and one was missing in action, said Jeff Weinberg, assistant to the chancellor.
"It will be really nice for the family and friends of those who served and died in military service," Scarffe said. "It will add a new area that will be grand."
The University will host a dedication ceremony at the memorial in April 2005. The Korean Student Association, the KU ROTC and the American Legion will be among those attending the ceremony.
On June 7, Chancellor Robert Hemenway, Diana Carlin, dean of the graduate school of international programs, Dale Slusser, corporate and foundations director for the Endowment Association, and Weinberg will attend a celebratory reception in Seoul with the KU Korean Association.
Now that the Endowment Association has reached its financial goal for the memorial project, it will focus on raising $600 million for other projects with KU First: Invest in Excellence, the third largest fundraising campaign at the University. Future projects range from construction, providing scholarship support for students and providing professorships.
Edited by Cindy Yeo
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