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University of Kansas: Black-Cheslik Family Provides $1 Million Gift to Support Department of History Professorship
May 04, 2024
LAWRENCE, Kansas, May 4 -- The University of Kansas issued the following news:

Members of the Black-Cheslik family of Kansas City, Missouri, are avid University of Kansas basketball fans and equally passionate about the power of a liberal arts education.

Julie Cheslik and her husband, Paul M. Black, provided a $1 million gift through KU Endowment to establish the John P. Black Professorship in History. It was named for their son John Black, of Fairway, who graduated in . . .

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