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KU's five most popular majors, based on number of students enrolled, are biological sciences, business, psychology, engineering, and journalism.
TOPONYMS
In December 1923, after nearly 15 years of construction delays, the third and final wing of teh Administration Building opend on Jayhawk Boulevard. Early occupants included art and music faculty as well as he chancellor and the registar. The building was named in 1938 for Frank Strong, the sixth chancellor (1902-20) and the driving force behind its construction
KU HISTORY
The present-day official university flag made its debut atop old Fraser Hall on Dec. 6, 1939. Undergraduate student Eleanor Grider, who graduated in 1943, designed the flag. For more, visit
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NOTABLE ALUMS
1982 graduate Cynthia Carroll, an executive at aluminum producer Alcan, is the first woman and non-South African to become chief executive at Anglo American, one of the world's largest independent mining companies. It also owns 45 percent of De Beers Group, the South African diamond mining and trading corporation.
TOPONYMS
On Nov. 20, 1967, an architects' plan for a 25-story humanities building on the site of old Haworth Hall and Robinson Gymnasium was released. Although that was quickly amended to a 15-story tower, funding was still unobtainable. When the building was dedicated in April 1974 and named for Chancellor W. Clarke Wescoe (1960-69), it had four stories.
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