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Thursday, December 8. 1988 / University Daily Kansan
Preserving the Past
Annual award established Preservationists to be recognized for efforts
By Janell Good Kansan staff writer
Paul E. Wilson, former KU professor of law, was honored last month with an annual award established in his name.
The Paul E. Wilson Award, created by the Historic Resource Commission ordinance, is given for outstanding contribution efforts in the Lawrence area.
The commission plans to give the first award next year.
In the early 1970s, Wilson became the first professor in the nation to teach a course in historic preservation. His course taught students about the techniques and the techniques available to preserve historic sites and buildings.
Wilson graduated from the University of Kansas in 1937 and, after earning a Bachelor's degree at Washburn University, became Kansas assistant attorney general.
While in office, Wilson played his own part in a history-making event. Wilson represented the U.S. view in the 1954 landmark case, Brown vs. Topeka Board of Education. Throughout his 26-year teaching career at KU that began in 1957, Wilson said he had witnessed many changes in the laws of historic preservation.
Wilson, now retired in Lawrence,
said that teaching a law course in
historic preservation used to be
a difficult task because few
precedents existed.
"There has been an explosion of expansion in the United States within the last 20 years, leading to somewhat of a friction between the developers and the preservationists." Wilson said.
Developers want to increase the rate of expansion and preservation-ists want to maintain the status quo, which has had an impact on society
and the surrounding community. A community can and should have both views, he said.
"Preservation maintains the uniqueness and individual characteristics of a community." Wilson said. "Development is needed, but we can't lose what makes our communities different from each other."
The overcrowded shelves in Wilson's library are evidence of his lifelong interest in Kansas history and historic preservation.
Michael J. Davis, dean of law, said Wilson was a strong believer in historic preservation and was an innovative faculty member. Davis was a faculty member with Wilson for 10 years.
"He is highly respected in the Kansas Bar Association and still frequently visits the law school," Davis said.
Paul Wilson
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Schneider said the resources commission, whose members the City Commission is now appointing, would give more local control in historic preservation issues. Lawrence residents know the community better than state legislative organizations in Topeka.
last month. Any Lawrence resident could easily obtain a building permit to reconstruct or tear down a historic building, if it hadn't been protected by the state register
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don't realize they can be in favor of both sides of the issue.
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Allen participated on a city task force that created a seven-member Historic Resources Commission. He has been accused of not favoring preservation.
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"I am concerned with preservation, but each situation should be considered independently and by looking at outside factors," he said.
condemn the building, the city is denying him a permit to tear it down.
contained some chemicals that could be carcinogenic. Photographic fixer is used for film development and harmful if ingested in large amounts.
Kelly Arnold, city management analyst, said that a city ordinance for historic preservation was needed to get rid of the conflict between preservationists and those solely in
"There were certain problems before," Arnold said. "Depending on who you asked, there would be many different answers."
If a spill occurred outside, the liquid would permeate the ground around the barrel.
Albert Burgstahler, professor of chemistry, said a spill from one or two barrels of solvent solutions or a container that presents a hazard to drinking water.
He said that there had been no local control before the ordinance was established
Gene Shaughnessy, Lawrence building inspector said the church had not been inspected or condemned.
Catered he said he was doing his best to keep the trailer safe by separating acids and bases to prevent dangerous reactions in case of a spill.
Allen said he worried about the crusade in Lawrence over historic preservation. People
some organic wastes are stored in a laboratory in Burt because they could freeze and crack their containers in the winter, while other organic wastes are stored in a refrigerator because they could be susceptible to fire.
Burgsthaler said that the more waste a solution had, the higher its freezing temperature. A common freezing temperature for a solution with 5 percent organic waste and 45 percent water is 15 to 20 degrees Fahrenheit.
Burgstahler said the trailer's summer temperature could reach 100 degrees Fahrenheit, which is 6 degrees higher than ether's boiling point. A spark or flame easily could cause a fire in an enclosed trailer with ether fumes.
"That is a very serious hazard because ether mixed with air is very explosive," Burgsahler said.
Ether waste is one of the wastes produced by the chemistry depart-
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