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Thursday, January 17, 1991 / University Daily Kansan
New scholarship encourages KU students to become pilots
By Beniamin W. Allen
Kansan staff writer
Learning to fly might seem to be out of reach for most KU students, but this spring one student will have the opportunity to take flying lessons
Andrea Loethen, a 1980 KU graduate, gave $10,000 last fall to the University of Kansas to establish a scholarship in her father's name. The scholarship will help KU students learn to fly.
The Willis A. Waas Memorial
Scholarship is a $500 award to a student who wants to earn a private pilot's license.
The scholarship honors the memory of Loethen's father, a 1951 KU graduate who died in 1987 in a small fire. But it was the result of mechanical failure.
"Dad always loved to fly." Loethen said "He got so much enjoyment from it that it would be a good way to travel." And KU always meant a lot to him.
nean a lot to him.
The money Loethen donated to the
University is part of a settlement resulting from her father's death.
The scholarship is offered through the department of aerospace engineering and is awarded every February.
David Downing, aerospace engineering chairperson, said Loethen wanted to help people who, like her father, loved to fly.
Downing said a board of four people would decide which student received the scholarship. The board consists of Loethen, Downing, John
Roper, president of the KU Flying Club, and a member of the Kansas University Endowment Association.
Roper, who also is a qualified instructor, said it probably was scarier to watch someone fly solo on the plane than it was to actually solo yourself.
"It's a really neat experience to watch a person go all the way through." Roper said.
Loethen, who often flew with her father, received her private pilot's license two weeks ago.
Waas was a member of the University of Kansas Alumni Association and often attended award ceremonies at OTC. He flew for more than 40 years.
Students applying for the scholarship can apply at the department of aerospace engineering in 2002 Learned Hall and must be working toward a pilot's license, have a current flight medical certificate, have at least five hours of dual instruction time logged and be at least a half-time student.
Flight medical certificates can be obtained through physicians licensed by the Federal Aviation Administration. There are three in Lawrence: Rodney Bishop, Dale Clinton and George Learned
Applications are due to the department by Jan. 31.
The scholarship must be used by the end of August of the same year it is awarded. Students may take lessons from any FAA-approved flight instructor.
Joseph Hawkins, Lawrence resident, catches up on some reading while working at the Mary Amelia Grant Gallery in Lippincott Hall. The gallery, which houses the Wilcox Classical Collection, saw little traffic on the first day of classes yesterday.
Grand jury hears new testimony in Stephan case, two witnesses tell jurors that he perjured himself
The Associated Press
KANAS SITY, Kan. — Two witnesses testified yesterday before a federal grant jury investigating a perjury charge in Kansas. General Rob Boehringer
The witnesses, former State Sen Bob Storey and businessman Eldon Denuhaneer, had no comment about the murder. The prosecution proceeding in Kansas City, Kan
The grand jury is investigating allegations that Stephan committed felony perjury during a 1988 breach-of-contract trial, which stemmed from a sexual harassment settlement.
The grand jury is investigating allegations that Stephan committed felony perjury during a 1988 breach-of contract trial, which stemmed from a sexual harassment settlement.
Stephan提词 in 1884 that he did not know the amount of the settlement.
secrecy clause, until shortly before a news conference where he announced some details.
The settlement included a $24,000 payment to Marcia Tomson Stingley, a former employee of Stephan's who filed the sexual harassment case in 1982.
Storey, who served in the Kansas Senate from 1969-77 as a Republican, was involved in making the financial arrangements for the settlement. He was sued for breach of contract along with Stephan, and was a co-defendant at the federal trial. The jury did not bring a judgment against Storey.
Danenhauer, a prominent Topeka businessman, said he donated some money to the settlement. He is the co-founder of Coors beer distributorship Lapecs.
The grand jury heard from four witnesses in the case last month
One of them, Fred Phelis Sr., a Baptist pastor and disbarred Topeka attorney, said he told the grand jury in his trial that he had been with the he and Stephan had six days before
the October 1985 news conference.
that he could also news conference?
He said the grand jurors listened to the tape. In the taped conversation, Stephan said he would stand by his promise not to disclose the settlement, Phelps said.
The grand jury proceedings continue today. If the jurors find evidence of wrongdoing, they could be indicted in U.S. District Court.
The case is being handled by the U.S. attorney's office in western Missouri. U.S. Attorney Jean Paul Bradshaw said his office was asked to handle the case because federal prosecutors in Kansas often have dealings with Stephan.
Blues musicians honored in Rock and Roll Hall of Fame; sixth group of inductees brings number of members to 50
John Lee Hooker, Holwin' Wolf and Jimmy Reed are among those inducted
The Associated Press
NEW YORK — The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's class of 1998 brought a large dose of blues to the induction ceremony last night.
impressions; the steamroller soul of Wilson Picket and folk rock pioneers
The sixth group of inductees includes bluesmen John Lee Hooker and Howlin' Wolf; rhythm and blues artists Jimmy Reed and LaVern Baker; the spicy R&D bouch of Ike and Tina Turner; the sweet soul of the
The winners were announced last fall and were officially inducted in a ceremony at the Waldorf-Astoria on April 18, bringing the total of inductees to 50.
Hillman and Michael Clarke. Subsequent members, such as the late
Leo McCarthy, are also noted.
The original lineup of the Byrds in 1964 was honored: Roger McGunn, David Crosby, Gene Clark Chris
The original Impressions of 1958 also were honored: Jerry Butler, Curtis Mayfield, Sam Gooden and Fred Cash. Mayfield, who left in 1970 for a solo career, was not present because of a stage accident last year that left him paralyzed from the neck down.
Others who did not appear at the ceremony were Tina Turner, who bid farewell to her husband but too exhausted, and her ex-husband Ike Turner, who is in jail for
cocaine possession.
Jimmy Reed and Hewlin' Wolf are both dead.
Baker, a niece of blues singer Memphis Minnie, had a big hit in the 1950s with "I Cried a Tear." For the last 20 years she ran a club for military personnel in the Philippines and now is in "Black and Blue" on Broadway.
Hooker's blues songs have been recorded by such rock stars as the Animals and George Thorogood. Hooker and Bonnie Raitt won a Grammy last year for their duet "I'm in the Mood."
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