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This site contains:
Schedule of Events
, including the Memory Tent speaker schedule and many other links
Background
information about the Dole Institute, building features, its mission,
its archives and program offerings
List of Dignitaries
, including biographies.
Parking & Shuttles
, including reserved media parking and the shuttle system for the
public.
Media Coverage Information
, including credentialing, press conferences, video pool and other issues
News Releases
about all the Dole dedication events
Visual Resources
for use by media, including the Dole Institute logo and mug shots
Reporter Resources,
including contact information for participants and World War II experts
KU and World War
II, including information about KU in the 1940s and Dole’s college
days
Links of interest,
including the city of Lawrence and Jayhawks on Parade
QUESTIONS? Please call (785) 864-3256
THE DEDICATION: The four-day dedication program included
a military vehicle display, a WWII military encampment, a 1940s fashion
show; a re-created USO-style performance; an evening of dancing to the
Glenn Miller Orchestra; and an outdoor band concert by the 312th Army
Band as well as the formal dedication. A Memory Tent will bring together
veterans, including Marines who helped develop a secret code based on
their Navajo language, World War II Medal of Honor recipients and members
of the Tuskegee Airmen and Doolittle Raiders. Also on this distinguished
list are a number of current and retired KU faculty who range from a three-time
prisoner of war escapee and a concentration camp survivor to an aide to
Gen. Douglas MacArthur.
In addition to Sens. Bob and Elizabeth Dole, dignitaries
attending included former President Jimmy Carter, former New York Mayor
Rudy Giuliani, NBC News anchor Tom Brokaw, author of "The Greatest
Generation,” Kansas native and TV broadcaster Bill Kurtis, former
senators Nancy Kassebaum-Baker, Howard Baker and George McGovern, and
former vice presidential candidate Jack Kemp. Other guests included Sens.
John McCain of Arizona, Bob Bennett of Utah and Russell-native Arlen Specter
of Pennsylvania.
