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published in 2007. I plan to be the editor of the Ninth Edition. McGraw-Hill would like to make the time between editions less, so that project will start in about 2012. It is a major, time-consuming project. Q: Another thing I always ask is about outstanding former students who have gone on to greater things perhaps. A: Well, I was looking at that. Looking at the record, Paul was generally co-advisor of the students that we have had. But I think I have had something like 18 Ph.D. students graduate and something like 70 or so master’s students. I don’t have any of them who have gone on to be president of the company or anything. But two of our people ended up teaching. Roy Knapp was one of my early graduate students. He had a very successful career, first at Texas and then at O.U. in petroleum engineering. We have another Ph.D. student, Bert Todd, who is teaching in Montana. Then we have had several students who have been successful in industry and have risen to prominent positions. By and large when I look at the group, again, I don’t have any other people who necessarily stand out that I would mention in this. But we have had several people who have had successful careers in petroleum and in the chemical industry. Q: I know that you have been very interested in sports in addition to baseball. A: My sons and I have been enthusiastic about KU sports, especially KU basketball. Over the years I have worked with the Athletic Department, serving two terms on the Athletic Board. In 1996 the Chancellor invited me to serve as the Faculty Athletic Representative to the Big XII Conference and the NCAA. So for 11 years I was the faculty athletic 20
Q: Yes. representative for KU. In fact, when I began Bob Frederick was the AD. You saw about his untimely death. A: So anyway I started then and did that until 2007. In 2007 I went half time for two years. Anyway, I was the faculty athletic representative and I enjoyed that. Q: What did you do as representative? A: The governance of the conferences in the NCAA generally consist of groups, the presidents, of course, they control. Then there is a group, athletic directors from each of the conference schools, and then a group of faculty athletic representatives. These consist of one representative from each university. There is a council of senior women administrators. What did we do? Well, the NCAA is a very bureaucratic organization, lots of rules. So much of our time—we would meet three or four times a year—and much of our time was spent looking at the rules, sometimes making new rules for our specific conference that are consistent with the NCAA rules, interpreting rules, issues that relate to waivers and requests. For example, someone is declared ineligible and maybe they are about to lose a year of eligibility under the current rules, but they have a valid reason for getting an extension, a so-called waiver. So we would spend time in deciding whether the waiver was justified or not. We spent a lot of time on academic issues. I think the faculty reps sort of viewed themselves as keepers of the faith, if you will, in trying to maintain the academics. So there are rules that would pertain to what is called satisfactory progress in order for a student athlete to remain eligible. Those kinds of issues we would address. Q: And there were certain perks to the position. 21
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