WICHITA STATE UNIVERSITY ALUMNI MAGAZINE
Spring 2009

Inspiring Presence

BY CONNIE KACHEL WHITE

James L. Hardy, WSU professor emeritus of music, was a longtime chairman of the university’s music education department. Before making the leap to higher education, he taught vocal music at Wichita’s Robinson Junior High, where his choral groups excelled.

In a 1993 letter in support of Hardy’s nomination for the Kansas Music Educator’s Hall of Fame, Mark Wait ’71 notes that his former teacher had a “gift for enabling others to lift their vision, and to help themselves and others realize truly artistic aspirations.”

Jim Hardy died Oct. 8, 2008, in Wichita.

 


IN MEMORIAM

Inspiring Presence

James L. Hardy, WSU professor emeritus of music, was a longtime chairman of the university's music education department.

Community Builder

In 2005, Ivonne (Kamen) Goldstein '04 was honored by the Wichita Area Chamber of Commerce with its Uncommon Citizen Award for the extraordinary effect her volunteerism has had in the Wichita community.

Mr. Gesatkunstwerk

Eugene C. Spangler '39, WSU associate professor emeritus and director of theater services, perhaps saw the broadest range of university opera theater productions ever.

No Doctor Stanga

John E. Stanga Jr. taught political science at Wichita State for nearly 40 years.

Diplomatic Globetrotter

Few people have logged as many miles on the job as D. Wayne Conner '52/56.

Career Diplomat

J. Daniel Phillips' professional journeys led him to just about every corner of the globe during his 33-year diplomatic career.

Home Sweet Home

Wichita State was the academic home of Jeneva “Jenna” J. Brewer '46/49, WSU associate professor emeritus of mathematics and statistics, for some 46 years.

In Memoriam

These WSU alumni and university friends leave lasting legacies.