KU News Release

KU to honor alumnus from Kinsley for outstanding service Feb. 21 in Larned

Al Frame

LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas Alumni Association and KU Endowment will honor an alumnus from Kinsley on Thursday, Feb. 21, for his service to KU.

Al Frame will receive the Mildred Clodfelter Alumni Award to recognize his longtime support of the Kansas Honors Program. Sarah Blaney, assistant director of Kansas programs, and Kevin Corbett, president of the KU Alumni Association, will present Frame with the award.

The award ceremony will be part of the Kansas Honors Program dinner at 6:30 p.m. at the Knights of Columbus, Scenic Drive, Larned. Twenty high school seniors from Edwards, Pawnee and Stafford counties will be honored at the event.

Since 1971, the Kansas Honors Program, sponsored by the alumni association and the KU Endowment, has recognized the top 10 percent of high school seniors in each county in Kansas. For 35 years, Frame has helped coordinate the program in his area.

Frame is vice president of the West Central Kansas chapter of the alumni association and contacts Kansas legislators on KU’s behalf as a member of Jayhawks for Higher Education. He has volunteered for KU’s Office of Admissions and Scholarships in recruitment efforts. He is a lifetime member and Jayhawk Society member of the alumni association.

Frame received a bachelor’s degree in 1956 and a law degree in 1962, both from KU. As a student, he was a Summerfield scholar, a member of Phi Beta Kappa and senior class president. He was an All-American cross-country athlete, helping KU win nine conference titles and the 1953 NCAA title; he won nine individual conference titles and the 1954 NCAA individual championship. He is a member of the Track and Field Hall of Fame and the KU Sports Hall of Fame. Before entering law school, he pursued graduate studies in American history as a Woodrow Wilson scholar. As a partner in the firm of Wilson and Frame, Frame has practiced law since 1962. He also operated a wheat farm and cattle ranch for 30 years. He and his wife, Sally, have five children and 10 grandchildren.

The Mildred Clodfelter Alumni Award, created in 1986 by the alumni association, honors volunteers who serve as KU ambassadors in their home communities. The award is named for Clodfelter, who received a bachelor’s degree in 1941 from KU and worked at KU for 47 years, 42 of them at the alumni association. Clodfelter, known to countless Jayhawks nationwide, retired in 1986 and passed away in 2005.

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