Regents name building after Hemenway

Thursday, November 19, 2009

Former Chancellor Robert Hemenway has a permanent home at the University of Kansas Medical Center. The Life Sciences Innovation Center will now be known as the Robert E. Hemenway Life Sciences Innovation Center after a unanimous vote by the Kansas Board of Regents this morning.

Arna Hemenway, son of the former chancellor, said his parents were excited and grateful when he spoke with them this morning.

“They are really, really excited,” Hemenway said. “My dad always has been very committed to KU Med and its research. He’s very humble, but I can tell he is very happy.”

The Life Sciences Innovation Center is a three-year-old, $57.2 million research facility that houses 300 people and 129 research projects. The center’s work focuses on liver disease, reproductive sciences, neurology, proteomics and diabetes research. According to a press release, the center’s projects are worth more than $109 million in total funding.

Vanessa Lamoreaux, associate director of communications for the Kansas Board of Regents, said the building would be a monument for the former chancellor’s contributions to academics and research.

“During his 14 years of service, his leadership positioned KU as a national academic and research leader among public higher education institutions,” Lamoreaux said.

Although he said his father was too humble to throw a big celebration, Arna Hemenway planned to commemorate the achievement with his mom and brothers.

“We’re definitely celebrating,” Hemenway said. “It feels very nice as his family to see an appreciation for how much he’s done echoed in the University.”

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