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Offensive tackle Tom Crumrine waves to his teammates as he was taken off the field during the Kent State game. Crumrine underwent knee surgery Sunday and is out for the year. GAME STORY, page 14.
Five alumni honored by Alumni Association
Five alumni of the University of Kentucky were honored last week for their service to the university and the Alumni Association.
Awards were presented to Judge Julia Tackett, Sen. Mike Moloney and Joe B. Hall, all of Lexington, and to Lou and Nancy Gar-riott of Paintsville, Ohio, at the annual Homecoming banquet of the UK National Alumni Association held Sept. 24.
?Tackett is a past president of the National Alumni Association, and one of three alumni-elected trustees on the University Board of Trustees. In 1985, Tackett became only the second woman to hold the lead volunteer position in the National Alumni Association. (The first was Mrs. Charles J. Smith, 76 years earlier, in 1919.) She is also a UK Fellow and member of the National Alumni Board of Directors.
While president of the Association, several academic departments and the Community College System was under intense scrutiny by the Council on Higher Education and the Legislature. So it was during her tenure that the Association organized and held 32 simultaneous and highly-visible rallies throughout the state to defend those colleges.
?Moloney is a graduate of the UK law school and an attorney in Lexington. Moloney has been a state senator since 1972, and for the past 10 years has chaired a most important committeethe Appropriations and Revenue Committee. His citation called him "the single most effective spokesperson
for higher education in the Senate and certainly one of the university's finest friends in some time. A strong supporter of the Council on Higher Education's funding formula, (he) fought UK's budget battle in Frankfort with unswerving determination and dignity."
?As a basketball coach, Hall did what few men havefollowed a legend and carved out a successful record of his own. Hall, who was an assistant to coach Adolph Rupp for seven
Hall one of five honored by UK Alumni Association last week.
years, became head coach in 1972. During 13 years at the helm of the Big Blue program, Hall won an NIT championship in 1976, and NCAA championship in 1978, and was NCAA runner-up in 1975. His teams also won eight Southeastern Conference regular-season championships.
Hall currently works for Central Bank of Lexington and does college basketball color commentary for ABC-TV. He continues many commitments on behalf of a number of charitable organizations.
?Louis B. and Nancy Crockett Garriott are both alumni of the class of 1960. This couple has a long history of service to the UK National Alumni Association. The couple was instrumental in reorganizing and serving as co-presidents of the Dayton, Ohio, UK Alumni Club. Today, that club is one the strongest and most viable chapters. Then the Garriotts moved to Columbus, Ohio, where they assisted in the organization of a club there. Now they are in Cleveland, and once again are exercising a leadership role with the UK Alumni Club there.
Both are UK Fellows and active on their college advisory boards, Lou having been a charter member of the College of Engineering board of directors.
The Alumni Service Awards were established in 1961. Since that time, 112 people have been honored for their service to the University and the National Alumni Association.
Tragedy strikes UK basketball: student manager John Syers dies
Those who thought the ongoing NCAA investigation of the Wildcat program was the worst thing that could happen to UK basketball were quickly brought back to reality last week when it was announced that one of the UK student managers died after undergoing surgery at Lexington's Good Samaritan Hospital.
John Syers, 23, a UK basketball manager for the past five years, died at 5:45 a.m. Saturday. Preliminary findings indicate that Syers died of a pulmonary embolus (blood clot), according to Fayette County Deputy Coroner Norm Webster.
The Louisville native had undergone surgery Friday.
"John was an outstanding young man," UK head coach Eddie Sutton said in a press release. "He was loved by everyone who came in contact with him. Our staff and players thought he was the best. We are all deeply saddened by his death."
Among his other duties, Syers was instrumental in the successful comeback of
recently-graduated UK forward Winston Bennett.
Bennett blew out a knee prior to the 1986-87 season and was forced to undergo major reconstructive surgery, which put his basketball career in serious jeopardy.
During the early stages of his rehab, Bennett, who is now playing in Italy, was unable to put weight on the knee, but he could, and did, shoot stationary jumpers. And that's where Syers came in.
"I worked on (my jumpers) constantly and would come out and shoot 200 shots a day," Bennett told TCP during the '88 season. "John Syers and I were out here every day...he'd throw me the ball and I would shoot."
Syers was attending graduate school at UK, and was a member of Kappa Alpha Order fraternity.
"He was the greatest, no question about that," Joe Mack Treas, Syer's roomate and fellow manager and fraternity brother, said. "He was one of a vinH "
John Syers