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KU Mortar Board honors business professor

Friday, December 22, 2006

Parker Lessig, Frank S. Pinet Distinguished Teaching Professor in the School of Business, has been named one of five Outstanding Educators at The University of Kansas. The award was presented by KU's Torch chapter of the Mortar Board National Senior Honor Society. Lessig and the other four Outstanding Educators were recognized during the KU-Emporia State men's basketball game on Nov. 7. Mortar Board members nominate educators for their devotion to academia, teaching style, accessibility, knowledge of their subject, and other special qualities identified by the KU chapter. The Mortar Board's 39 members selected the winners.

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