Many people helped to make the Plaza of Heroines Project a reality.
We would like to publicly thank them here.

 

Bricks/Granite Team

Nita Mark, chair

Members:

Judy Bunting
Ivonne Goldstein
Carol Konek
Estela Martinez
Darla Zink

Thanks to:
WSU Facilities Planning: John Gist and Roger Dick
WSU Physical Plant: E. Darrell Smith and Woody DePontier
Lee Kane Construction: Lee and Rick Kane
Lusco Brick & Stone Company
Wichita Wilbert Vault: Dan Hill and Al Gray

 

Computer Histories Team

Sarah Bagby, chair

Members:

Susan Fischer-Lukens
Dorothy Miller

Thanks to:
WSU Fairmount College of Liberal Arts and Sciences: David Glenn-Lewin
WSU Media Resources Center: Mike Mayta, Pete Lundrigan, Rob Gibson, and Mike Wood
WSU Computing Center: Gary Ott and Judith Barzilay
Design Center: Ron Doty and Harry Dobbin
Girl Scout Troop #786: Barbara Clayton, leader

Financial support from...
WSU Fairmount College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Emily Bonavia
Julie Sheppard
Sony Corporation

 

Dedication Team

Marti Farha Ammar, chair

Members:

Sarah Bagby
Joan Beren
Susan Fischer-Lukens
Kathleen Glenn-Lewin
Brenda Gray
Christina Hesse
Dorothy Miller
Susan McKnight
Lynette Murphy
Jan Rathbun
Sandy Rupp
Lee Starkel
Janet Lloyd Williams

Thanks to:
WSU Endowment Association: Dr. Elizabeth King, Richard Smith, Susan Ritchie, Kim Sharif
WSU Conferences: Charlotte Howard and the staff of the Metropolitan Complex
WSU Police Department: Chief Charles Rummery and Supervisor Larry Keller
WSU Dining Services: John Sterbis
WSU Performance Facilities: Bill Andrews
WSU Media Resources: Duane Meis
WSU Steel Drum Band: Joe Peck

WSU President Eugene Hughes
Nancy Kassebaum Baker
Girl Scout Troop #786: Barbara Clayton, leader
Fran Jackson
Valda Lewis
Felicity Marquez
Keith A. Norris and The Workshop Chorale
Anita Skeen
Rita Pratt Smith
Vicki Stamp
Sophia Vari
Watermark Books: Sarah Bagby
Betty Welsbacher
Richard Welsbacher

Kathleen Wile

Financial support from:
Ayesh Law Offices
The Breast Center at Wichita Clinic
Cochran Mortuary
Don Schmid Dodge
INTRUST Bank N.A.
KFDI
Kane Construction, Inc.
SUSAN'S, Inc.
Wichita Wilbert Monuments

 

Design/Construction Team

Kathleen Glenn-Lewin and Dorothy Miller, co-chairs

Members:

Marti Farha Ammar
Sarah Bagby
Joan Beren
Nita Mark
Sandy Rupp

Thanks to...
Edwin A. Ulrich Museum of Art: Don Knaub
WSU Facilities Planning: John Gist, Roger Dick, and Gary Brichacek
WSU Administration and Finance: Roger Lowe
WSU Counsel: Ted Ayres
Kane Construction, Inc.: Lee, Rick, and Ann Kane
Roger Kraft, Architecture, Design: Steve Tasheff, Roger Kraft, and Bill McBride

Financial support from...
Joan Beren
Edwin A. Ulrich Museum of Art
Wichita State University

 

Fund-Raising Team

Sandy Rupp, chair

Members:

Marti Farha Ammar
Kathleen Glenn-Lewin
Ivonne Goldstein
Dorothy Miller
Lee Starkel

Thanks to...
WSU President Eugene Hughes and Dr. Margaret Ann Hughes
WSU Alumni Association: Brad Beets
Iowa State University Development Office: Kay Kirkman and Jaye Stefani

Gwen Bell
Joan Beren

Marijean Berg
Rozi Donnie
Melodee Eby
Gloria Farha Flentje
Nadine Harrison
Bonnie Bing Honeyman
Melba Hughes
Martin Limbird
Susan McKnight

 

Marketing/Publications Team

Janet Lloyd Williams and Lee Starkel, co-chairs

Members:

Carol Beier
Tami Bradley
Jessica Evans
Kathleen Glenn-Lewin
Bonita Gooch
Bonnie Bing Honeyman
Dorothy Miller
Cynthia Mines
Lynette Murphy
Sandy Rupp
Lynn Stephan
Sue Wilcox

Thanks to...
WSU Communications: Amy Easum, Merle Christner, Lynette Murphy, MeLinda Via, Amy Geiszler-Jones, Rosa Diaz-Mulryan, Ellen Horn, and Kathleen Schneider (retired)
WSU Media Resources Center: Jim Meyer
WSU Alumni Association: Brad Beets
Gloria Farha Flentje
Joann Kamas
Barbara Lloyd
Estela Martinez and Amalia Jensen
Antonya Nelson and Susan Nelson
James and Beverly Rhatigan
Ron Walters and Maxine Walters
Community Voice
Contemporary Communications, Inc.: Matt Klein
Foulston & Siefkin, LLP
Inside WSU
INTRUST Bank N.A.
Junior League Propeller
KAKE TV 10
KICT T-95
KNSS 1240 News Talk
KSNW TV 3

KWCH TV 12
Liberty Press
Mennonite Press
NOW Times
Old Town Gazette
Dave Ranney
Sullivan LithoGraphics: Greg and Janet Sullivan
Sunflower
SUSAN'S, Inc.: Susan McKnight and staff
Wichita Business Journal: Forrest Gossett
Wichita Eagle
Wichita Times
WSU Alumni News: Connie White
WSU Horizon

 

Sculpture Team

Joan Beren, chair

Members:

Gayle Davis
Marni Vliet
Don Knaub

Thanks to...
WSU Endowment Association:Dr. Elizabeth King
Edwin A. Ulrich Museum of Art
Sophia Vari

Financial support from...
Endowment Association Art Committee
Edwin A. Ulrich Museum of Art
Joan Beren

 

Speakers Bureau

Jan Rathbun and Trix Niernberger, co-chairs

Members:

Carol Beier
Judy Bunting
Gayle Davis
Susan Fischer-Lukens
Bonnie Bing Honeyman
Nita Mark
Sandy Rupp

Thanks to...
Valda Lewis

 

Special Events Team

Marti Farha Ammar, chair

Members:

Deborah Gordon
Brenda Gray
Christina Hesse
Ramona Liera-Schwichtenberg
Susan McKnight
Lee Starkel

Thanks to...
WSU Communications: Lynette Murphy and Amy Geiszler-Jones
WSU Physical Plant: Woody DePontier
WSU Reservations: Oleta Ewing
WSU Performance Facilities: Bill Andrews
Marcia Ball
Carol Beier
The Cowboy Club:
Amy Novotny
Randy Crump
Gayle Davis
Ivonne Goldstein
House of Schwan: Pam Irish
Bonnie Bing Honeyman
Hyatt Regency-Wichita: Beth King
Joann Kamas
Roxanne Kellogg
KMUW 89.1
KNSW TV 3
KRBB B-98
KRZZ 96.3: Lester St. James
Mira Merriman
Eleanor Patton
Larkspur Restaurant: Pam Bjork and Molly O'Shaughnessy
Kathleen and Gary Sebelius
Sound E FXX: Bill Anthony
SUSAN'S, Inc.: Susan McKnight and staff
Gaye Tibbets
Wichita Blues Society
Yesterday Discs: Jim Jones and
Stan Smith

 

Video Documentation Team

Dorothy Miller, chair

Thanks to...
WSU Elliott School of Communication: Philip Gaunt and Richard Armstrong
Valda Lewis
Lonnie Quattlebaum
Rob Watkins

 

Special Thanks

To the staff and students of the WSU Center for Women's Studies:

Mary Smith
Shelley Endsley
Katherine Fensch
Karen Lavery
Valda Lewis
Angee MacMurray
Ebony McPherson

Mary Scriven

 

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