University Daily Kansan / Wednesday, April 10, 1991
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Financial aid director retiring
Rogers says years at KU have flown
By Eric Nelson Kansan staff writer
Kansan staff writer
After 24 years as KU's director of student financial aid, Jerry Rogers has no regrets.
Neither does KU.
Jerry Rogers, director of student financial aid, will retire July 1.
Rogers' retirement will become official July 1, and KU officials, such as Linda Mulens, assistant vice chancellor for student affairs, already are anticipating how he will be missed.
Rogers came to KU in June 1967 after Bob Billings, then-director of the office, hired him as the associate director of financial aid.
"I'd like to change his date of birth so he's not retired," she said. "Jerry's been one of the cornerstones of financial aid for this University."
He became director in October 1970 and has had that position since, witnessing the office grow and change.
"I've never regretted it," he said. "I like working at KU."
But Rogers does admit time has flown by since he left Lawrence High School and later took the KU position.
eyes, and 25 years is gone, he said.
After a stint in the Navy during World War II, Rogers attended Washburn University, earning a bachelor of arts degree in math with a minor in education in 1950.
He spent 17 years at Lawrence High School, 13 as a math teacher and his last four as a counselor He played in five sports, including football and track.
This sports background probably accounts for his sports fanaticism
"My wife will tell you I'm the world's greatest athletic fan," he said.
His love of sports has continued at KU. This spring he will work in his 41st Kansas Relays, and in 38 years he has missed only two football games working the chains on the team's job that can be painsmithing at times.
During one game, Rogers was watching a watch when胡ugh Green of Pittsburgh University, later an NPL player, played player into him, knocking him down.
Despite his retirement, he plans to continue his involvement in both
Rogers said the largest changes in the office of student financial aid had been the increase in the number of students applying for aid and the automation of the office, which is still continuing. Much of the work once done by hand now is done with computers.
KU, despite its large enrollment,
has the smallest financial aid office
in the Big Eight. Rogers said the
workload was easily handled by his
staff because his employees were good.
Mullens said that work in the office could be frustrating but that Rogers maintained a loyal staff. She said his total strength was that his staff loved him.
W Wes Williams, dean of educational services, said, "He will be missed, but I guess all good things must come to an end."
Diane Del Buono, associate director of student financial aid, will take the position of director in July.
She said that Rogers had been important to many students and that several continued their ties with him after leaving KU.
Rogers has no definite plans about what he will do after his retirement.
About his replacement, Rogers said, "She's a very creative person. They'll forget me in a hurry when she starts."
But, according to his colleagues, he can be reassured that he will not be forgotten after he has left
New director is familiar with financial aid office
Kansan staff writer
Diane Del Buono, associate director of student financial aid, will become its director July 1.
Dei Buono worked at the University of Missouri for four years as both an assistant director of housing and a partner of career planning and placement.
Del Buono, 36, has been at KU for seven years. She spent her first four years as the assistant director of the office before attending law school.
She returned last fall as the associate director while finishing her last year of law school.
She received a bachelor's degree from Western Kentucky University and her master's from Purdue.
Jerry Rogers, who is retiring from the position, said the office would be in good hands with Del Buono and her management skills
Even while attending law school, she continued her ties with the office
"It will be a smoother transition than if I started July I without having worked in the office," she said.
office, as well as a planned move to a new site in Strong Hall. Construction for that site will begin in the fall, but it will be completed in the planning of the new facility.
Del Buono is excited about continued expansion of automation in the
She also said her law degree would be helpful in her new position.
"I live with legislation on my desk, and I'm hoping with a law degree I'll be better able to interpret that," she said.
W. Wes Williams, dean of educational services, said he hoped Del Buono could stay in the position as long as Rogers had.
By Eric Nelson
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