FRANK HAM, Assistant Director of Athletics
Prank 11am became Assistant Director of Athletics in July 1975 soon after Cliff Hapm succeeded Harry C. Lancaster as Director of Athletics.
A native of Scranton, Pa., 11am came to the University in 1969 as Administrative Assistant to football coach John Ray, and was reassigned to the Athletic Director's staff in 1972 when Ray resigned.
Ham graduated from high school at Niles, Mich., and completed his undergraduate work at Olivet College. He did graduate work at Indiana University and coached high school football and track at John Adams High in South Bend in 1944-46 and then returned to Olivet as athletic director and head football and basketball coach.
ln 1962, he became assistant to the president at Olivet, with responsibilities in public and alumni relations. He was in private business from 1954 until 1968.
He is married to the former Rosemary Woods of Niles, Mich. They have two sons, Michael, 32. of Raleigh, N.C. and Craig, 29, a UjS. Army Captain, and two daughters, Mrs. Sue Ann Winchester of Cassopolis, Mich., and Jennifer, 19, a sophomore at UK. Ham is i son of Mr. and Mrs. Albert B. Ham of Edwardsburg, Michigan.
ATHLETICS AT KENTUCKY
Kentucky's athletic program, a well-balanced and ambitious activity featuring intercollegiate competition in ten different sports, is organized under the Department of Athletics and a corporation known as the University of Kentucky Athletics Association.
The program is conducted without overemphasis or sacrifice of educational objectives and in strict compliance with the rules of the University, the Southeastern Conference and the National Collegiate Athletics Association.
A board of directors, headed by the President of the University in the capacity of chairman, maintains overall policy supervision of the athletic program.
In addition to the UK President, board officers include the Vice-President for Student Affairs as vice-chairman and Dr. W. L. Matthews in the capacity of secretary- Seventeen other members, drawn from the University faculty and the general public, also serve on the board as appointees of the president as do two student representatives.
Supervising the steady growth and balanced development of the athletic program is Athletic Director Harry C. Lancaster.
The Association's Board of Directors is composed of the following:
Faculty Members
Marion E. McKcnna, '76 Daniel R. Reedy. '76 Dr. N. J. Pisacano, '77 Stephen Diachun, '77 Dr. Charles EUingcr. '77 Charles Roland. '78 Richard Robe. '78
Trustee Members
George Griffin. '78 Frank Ramsey. Jr.,
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Members-at-Largc
Albert B. Chandler. '76 S. T. Roach, '77
Ex Officio Members
Dr. Otis A. Singlctary, Chairman
Dr. R. G. Zumwinklc
Dr. Don Clapp
Jack Blanton
Dr. W. L. Matthews
Dr. Ray Hornback
William Spivey
Alumni Members
Dr. Ralph Angetucci, '78 Thomas P. BeU, '76
Student Members
Jim Harralson Barbara Lear
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