1990s

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
1999	Mardith E. Hammond Mary L. Herri William L. Johnson Don E. Malzahn Valene Noland Rusty Roy Rhodes Frances K. Shelly Gordon F. Vadakin Darrel G. Zimmerman Peter T. Zoller
1998	Diane R. Barnes Donald L. Brooks Dong W. Cho Raymond M. Clay Brenda B. Conley Anthony P. Gythiel Donald W. Hackett William C. Hays Ronald G. Iacovetta Bela Kiralyfalvi Emily R. McReynolds Jane A. Rhoads Willie M. Rhone Francis M. Rokosz Jerry Shaw Larry D. Smith Nancy B. Stubbs Phillip G. Wahlbeck
1997	John D. Boyd James Eller Carroll R. Gunter James W. Herrman Max A. Hunt Frederic B. Kraft David C. McCullough Rosalind R. Scudder Betty J. Twitty Shirley B. Vaughan
1996	David R. Alexander John A. Belt Charles A. Burdsal Kenneth W. Burk Brenda K. Darlington Jay C. Decker Harold Edwards Joanne Goodman John C. Gries James C. Ho Everett L. Johnson Linda L. Morrison Dieter Saalmann Jasper G. Schad Lavona I. Spencer Albert J. Vargo W. Dean Vickery Donald R. Wineke
1995	Marcus T. Ballenger Joseph C. Combs John E. Dreifort Linda K. Farmer Elaine M. Fooshee James N. Gundersen Helen L. Halstead Randall B. Haydon Maureen Hoag Melvin A. Kahn Ronald R. Matson Walter A. Mays H. Craig Miner Gary L. Ott Arthur H. Rohn Donna M. Tharp Melinda Sue Ware L. Wayne Wayman Paul Wiebe
1994	Carl L. Adamson Ginette Adamson John H. Davis James E. Fisher Leon L. Flickinger Mahesh S. Greywall W. James Jones Frank Sullivan Kastor Carol Wolfe Konek Viona R. Lambert William E. Mathis George M. Platt Arthur C. Porter Douglas Sharp Richard W. St. John Erach R. Talaty
1993	Paul D. Ackerman Emma K. Alder Prem N. Bajaj Dorothy K. Billings Kenneth N. Ciboski Patricia A. Conine Diana Sue Cook James C. Duram Larry D. Dutton Armin Gerhard George H. Gibson Alvin L. Gregg John J. Hartman Dorothy A. McConnell Glendon R. Miller Don W. Nance Carl Nielsen James A. Pernice Annie T. Slay E. Darrell Smith Larry R. Spalton John E. Stanga Joseph L. Strecker Arthur B. Sweney John H. Wilson Iee Nee Yoon
1992	Robert D. Alley Lloyd M. Benningfield Stephen W. Brady William R. Carper Dharam V. Chopra Glen R. Dey Dennis C. Duell Orpha K. Duell Alan R. Elcrat Gerald H. Graham Gerald Hoag Mark Jong Thomas R. Kneil John H. Koppenhaver Dwight D. Murphey John B. O'Loughlin Gerald H. Paske Larry G. Rector Philip H. Schneider Nancy L. Scriven F. Yvonne Slingerland William T. Terrell N. Dee Thompson Betty T. Welsbacher
1991	Sue F. Bair Morita M. Bateman Barbara E. Bowman Ronald D. Brooks Kernice Brown Gary Crown Donald Leroy Foster Mary Sue Foster Gary Greenberg Elmer A. Hoyer Betty J. Lewis James W. McKenney Mira P. Merriman Dorothy C. Miller William M. Perel Maurice Pfannestiel Celinda Ann Piper Paul E. Reed Ben F. Rogers Bert L. Smith George H. Sweet Phillip D. Thomas Samuel C. Webb Vernon L. Yenne Melvin E. Zandler
1990	Floyd Ballard John D. Born C Robert Borresen Joyce P. Cavarozzi Donald M. Douglas Wesley L. Faires A. Richard Graham James L. Hardy Bryan S. Hay Francis Kelly Richard Edd Laptad J. William Mallory John D. McBride Audrey Needles Martin Perline Sonya Porter James J. Rhatigan Gisela F. Ritchie Twyla G. Sherman Robert L. Town William E. Unrau Gwendolyn Sue Werle Raymond F. Wiebe Arthur L. Youngman