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Rediscovering Francis Huntington Snow at the University of Kansas

By John Richard Schrock
Published October 20, 2017 at 3:07 PM CDT
Snow Hall, on Jayhawk Blvd. (Photo by J. Schafer)
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Snow Hall, on the KU campus in Lawrence (Photo by J. Schafer)
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Named after former KU Chancellor Francis Snow, Snow Hall is an impressive example of modified Collegiate Gothic style architecture. (Photo by J. Schafer)
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Snow Hall (Photo from KU online directory)
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Almost every building on every college campus is named after someone.  Here at the University of Kansas, several buildings are named after former chancellors.  Such is the case with Snow Hall.  But as Commentator John Richard Schrock tells us, Snow wasn't just another administrator.

Commentator John Richard Schrock is a professor emeritus at Emporia State University, where he trained generations of biology teachers. He lives in Emporia.

Learn more about KU Chancellor Francis Huntington Snow.


 
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John Richard Schrock
Schrock attended Indiana State University in Terre Haute, where tuition was $8 a semester hour in 1964, completing a bachelor's degree in biology teaching and a master's in science education. He began teaching in Kentucky before he graduated from I.S.U., and completed his degrees during summers. Schrock taught five years in Alexandria, Kentucky middle and high schools and two years at the I.S.U. Laboratory School before going overseas to teach at Hong Kong International School for three years. Schrock completed his Ph.D. in entomology working on insect ecology and systematics at the University of Kansas and, upon graduation, worked for the Association of Systematics Collections for three years. When the A.S.C. moved to Washington, DC, Schrock took the position at Emporia State University, directing biology teacher training. He was on the state biology committee and closely involved in the Kansas evolution debates of 1999. He writes a weekly Kansas newspaper column on education, produces public radio commentaries, and appears monthly on Kansas television.
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