Fred Ellsworth Medallion

Bond, a joint life member of the Alumni Association with his wife, Suzanne Sedgwick Bond, c’58, and a member of the Jayhawk Society, currently serves as a board member for both Midwest Trust Co. of Missouri and Valley View Trust Co., as well as a consultant for Midwest Trust Co. of Kansas.

Bond began his legal career as the first city attorney for Overland Park. For 25 years, he served as chief of staff for members of the Kansas Congressional delegation, including Robert Ellsworth, e’45; Larry Winn Jr., c’41; and Jan Meyers. In 1986 he began his own career in public office when he was appointed to the Kansas Senate. He continued to serve the 8th district, winning re-election three times. He led the Senate as president from 1996 to 2000 and retired in 2001. His career also included five years as a partner in the Prairie Village law firm of Bennett Lytle.

In 2002, Gov. Bill Graves appointed Bond to the Kansas Board of Regents. He led the Regents as chair from 2004 to 2005.

While at the School of Law, Bond was inducted in Phi Delta Phi and served as president of the Student Bar Association. As an alumnus he led the KU Law Society as president.

For his community service, Bond has received numerous awards, including the Distinguished Service Citation, KU’s highest honor for service to humanity, in 2001. For his dedication to KU, he also received the School of Law’s Distinguished Alumni Award in 1998 and the school’s James Wood Green Medallion in 2004.

For the Alumni Association, Bond has volunteered for Jayhawks for Higher Education. In addition he serves on boards for the KU Edwards Campus, Cancer Center and Medical Center.

Martin, a life member of the Alumni Association and president of the KU Endowment Association from 1991 to 2002, is a trustee for the KU Center for Research and trustee emeritus for KU Endowment.

Martin has dedicated most of his career to the University and higher education. After working as a professor and administrator at Valley City State College in North Dakota, he returned to his alma mater in 1974 as director of program development for KU Endowment. He continued to take on additional duties, becoming executive vice president in 1987.

From 1985 to 1992, he led Campaign Kansas, which far surpassed its initial goal of $177 million to raise $265.3 million for KU. In 1991, he became president of KU Endowment and led the organization for more than a decade, including the 2001 launch of KU First, another record-setting campaign that raised $653.8 million through 2005.

In addition to his work nationwide with hundreds of alumni and corporate donors, Martin became a leader in the fund-raising profession. For years, he volunteered to oversee regional and national programs for the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE), the professional organization for those who work in the advancement of higher education. He became known nationwide for his papers and presentations on fund-raising.

Martin received the CASE District VI Distinguished Service Award in 1984. He also received Wichita State University’s Distinguished Alumnus Award in 1996. He earned a bachelor’s degree in English from WSU in 1965 before beginning his graduate studies in English at KU.

Warren, past national chair of the Association’s Board of Directors, is a joint life and Jayhawk Society member with her husband and fellow physician, Roger, c’54, m’57. The Warrens are longtime volunteers for the Association’s Kansas Honors Program, which recognizes the top 10 percent of high school seniors in Kansas each year.

She began her national Board service in 1997 and chaired the Association from 2003 to 2004, providing historic leadership through a pivotal year of staff transition. She continued her guidance until 2006 as a member of the Executive Committee, overseeing reorganizations of staff and governance.

For more than 30 years, Warren has cared for Kansas residents as a family practitioner in the communities of Waterville, Washington and Hanover, where she currently practices. She has also led two hospitals as chief of medical staff, and she has helped train young physicians in the daily demands of rural family practice as a preceptor for the KU School of Medicine. She also has served on the medical school’s admissions committee and KU Medical Center’s advancement board.

In 1995, she became the first woman to lead the Kansas Medical Society as president since the society’s founding in 1859. She also is a fellow of the American Academy of Family Physicians and a diplomate of the American Board of Family Medicine.

In her profession, Warren received the 2001 American Medical Association Pride in the Profession Award and the 2004 Changing the Face of Medicine award, also known as the “Local Legends” honor, given to one woman in each of the 50 states. For her career accomplishments and her service to KU, she was inducted into the KU Women’s Hall of Fame in 2005.