Benders of Twigs

The Benders of Twigs ceremony was conceived in 1951 by University of Wichita President Harry Corbin, his assistant Kathryn Griffith, and English Professor Bill Nelson. The ceremony honors faculty and staff with 25 years of service to the University. The term "Bender of Twigs" refers to the similarity between the way a young sapling bends toward the light as it grows and how faculty and staff help lead students in their search for knowledge.

Year Honorees
1989
  • Anneke S. Allen
  • Armin L. Brandhorst
  • James P. Erickson
  • John F. Hansan
  • Buddy A. Johns
  • Gerald D. Loper
  • John McCarten
  • Virgil L. Plute
1988
  • John T. Bish
  • Donald A. Distler
  • Walter J. Myers
  • Frederick Sudermann
  • Richard A. Todd
1987
  • Louis Goldman
  • John L. Harnsberger
  • Roger D. Lowe
  • William H. Richardson
  • Karl H. Schlesier
  • William H. Wentz
  • Robert C. Wherritt
1986
  • Harrison C. Boughton
  • Wayne W. Dunning
  • Aleta M. Gile
  • Mildred L. Gregory
  • Robert K . Knapp
  • Henry Unruh
1985
  • Marjorie Linnebur
1984
  • Diodato R. Bezzi
  • John B. Breazeale
  • Natasha Fife
  • Lowell D. Holmes
  • Shirley A. Knight
  • Charles E. Leonard
  • Kent B. Mardock
  • Roy H. Norris
  • Edgar L. Webb
1983
  • Sidney E. Brinkman
  • Betty A. (Young) Brunk
  • Floyd E. Goldsmith
  • H. Joan Kahn
  • Donald G. Killian
  • Wanda M. Maltby
  • Edward H. Petty
  • Ethel Rogers
  • Alvin Sarachek
  • Richard C. Welsbacher
1982
  • Clark V. Britton
  • Phyllis J. Brothers
  • Walter Grundman
  • Marguerite M. Miller
  • Robert L. Schrag
  • Curtis D. Terflinger
1981
  • Andrew J. Craig
  • David N. Farnsworth
1980
  • Howard E. Ellis