KU News Release

KU School of Medicine-Wichita faculty member receives final Kemper award of ’06

LAWRENCE — Garold O. Minns, director of the Department of Internal Medicine Residency Program at the University of Kansas School of Medicine-Wichita, is the final recipient of a $5,000 W.T. Kemper Fellowship for Teaching Excellence for 2006.

Minns was presented with the award during the Wichita campus’ faculty-staff convocation today.

Minns is a favorite among students and colleagues. He has won numerous teaching awards voted on by medical students and residents, as well as the Chancellor’s Distinguished Teaching Award. He is a trusted adviser and counselor to students, whether their dilemmas are educational, financial or personal.

In all, 20 professors received Kemper awards and $100,000 was distributed.

The Kemper awards recognize outstanding teachers and advisers at KU as determined by a seven-member selection committee. Now in their 11th year, the awards are supported by $650,000 in gifts from the William T. Kemper Foundation (Commerce Bank, trustee) and $650,000 in matching funds from KU Endowment.

The William T. Kemper Foundation was established in 1989 after Kemper’s death. It supports Midwest communities and concentrates on initiatives in education, health and human services, civic improvements and the arts.

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