THIS IS KENTUCKY
UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY NATIONAL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
By LIZ DEMORAN
FRIENDralsing  that's what the University of Kentucky National Alumni Association does best. FUNraisIng Is the province of the UK Athletics Association. FUNDralsIng Is what the UK Development Office does by seeking contributions to the Annual Fund and Individual colleges, by receiving gifts from wills, trusts and bequests and by uncovering corporate support for the University.
The UK National Alumni Association has a dual purpose  serving alumni with programs and membership benefits and serving the University with programs to underglrd the continuing academic progress at UK, to attract quality students and to reward a quality faculty.
Among the most popular programs for alumni are area club gatherings and trips to Rupp Arena, the Kentucky Alumnus magazine, membership availability at Splndletop Hall and the basketball scorecard. The Association also sponsors class reunions, Homecoming, overseas trips, an annual photo contest, library privileges, University Press book discounts, and the Hall of Distinguished Alumni recognition program,
Foremost among service programs to the University during the past several years Is the grassroots support movement for Kentucky higher education. Working through informed alumni volunteers, the message of formula funding and the needs of UK were firmly Impressed upon local legislators as well as the Excutive offices in Frankfort.
Quality students are attracted to a university because the academic opportunities and faculty are first-rate, because scholarship and financial aid Is available and because the alumni they know talk proudly about their alma mater. The National Alumni Association helps out on all three counts.
The Association encourages exceptional teaching which is at the heart of a strong academic program by presenting up to five awards annually for "great" teaching, As one program to keep highly qualified professors at UK, the Alumni Professorship Is now a designation carried by seven professors who not only contribute in the classroom but also in the research laboratory. How exciting to be taught by the very people who are creating new knowledge, who are discovering how quarks and neurons and monoclonal antibodies and minds work so that that information can be used to Increase our life expectancy and enhance our quality of living as welll
In the past five years, funds for Association and alumni club-sponsored scholarships have increased dramatically, In the 1987-88 university year alone, over $40,000 in undergraduate scholarships and grants were made available to UK students in Lexington and another $9,000 to Community College students. The latter awards were funded from unrestricted gifts to the Annual Giving program.
In this Centennial Year of the UK National Alumni Association, 13 alumni of outstanding achievement were inducted into the Hall of Distinguished Alumni. The latest honorees are Wendell E. Berry '56, '86, author and farmer; Judith Grlsham Clabes '67, editor of the Ken-
tucky Post; the late Lucille E. Couch '32, leading music educator; Evelyn Gall Freyman '33, labor organizer and theatre owner; William E. Klrwan III '60, major university president; William Markesbery '60, '64, medical researcher and professor; Bobble Ann Mason '62, author whose book In Country was recently released as a movie starring Bruce Willis; Thomas M.T. Niles '62, first ambassador to the Economic Common Market; Shirley H. Phillips '48, '64, agriculturalist who developed no-till method of farming; Andreas R. Prlndl '63, '64, International banker; Pdtrlc J, Riley '67, professional championship basketball coach; the late Walter S. Tevls Jr. '49, '57, author, and Doris Y. Wilkinson '58, sociologist and professor.
1989 OFFICERS	
President	Treasurer
Bruce Davis 71	Mrs. Joe F. Morris '38
Frankfort	Lexington
President-Elect	Secretary
Richard Bean	E. Jay Brumfield '48
Louisville	Lexington
ASSOCIATION STAFF	
Director	Staff
Jay Brumfield '48	Brenda Bain
Associate Director	Julia Brothers
Bob C. Whitaker '58	Linda Brumfield
Editor	Margie Carby
Liz Howard	Carolyn Rhorer
Demoran '68	Ruby Hardin
Assistant Editor	Ennis Johnson
kay Johnson '86	Ada Refbord '39
	Tom White
THE COMMITTEE OF 101
The University of Kentucky is blessed with a unique support organization  the Committee of 101.
While most schools have elaborate booster groups that raise cash for the various athletics programs, the Committee of 101 is a service-oriented group that makes no direct cash contribution to UK. The organization, which has the motto "Dedicated to the support of Kentucky basketball," sponsors the annual "Get Acquainted" preseason banquet and the annual postseason awards banquet. The group's activities extend to non-UK activities, including raising money for such charities as Cardinal Hill Hospital, Big Brothers/Big Sisters and the Bluegrass Boys' Ranch. The most visible work of the Committee of 101 Is ushering at Wildcats home football and basketball games, as well as events like the SEC Tournament, regional and national championships, In an effort to promote Kentucky basketball, the Committee produced an album titled "Great Moments in Ken-
tucky Basketball."
The Committee of 101 was born In 1966 when 101 employees of IBM's Lexington plant each gave 25 cents to send a telegram to the late Coach Adolph Rupp at every away game the Wildcats played that season. From those modest beginnings, the club grew into the service organization it is today, which includes 250 members. Since membership is limited to that number, a waiting list is kept for people wishing to become involved. Persons interested in joining the Committee should write:
Commlteee of 101
P. O. Box 22 Lexington, KY 40501
Dues are only $10 per year, but each member is required to "roll up his sleeves and go to work," according to Committee president Van Florence. "We consider ourselves a working organization, . .Any time manpower is needed in UK Athletics, we're there."
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