Regnier Family Creates Visiting Faculty Chair

Reprinted Courtesy of KSU Foundation

Victor A. Regnier, Robert D. Regnier and Catherine M. Regnier, through the Victor and Helen Regnier Family Foundation, Leawood, Kansas, have made a commitment of $270,000 to the Kansas State University Foundation Changing Lives Campaign to establish the Victor L. Regnier Traveling Chair in K-State’s College of Architecture, Planning and Design.

The recipient of this award will be a distinguished visiting professional in the field of architecture. Preference will be given to an internationally renowned, practicing professional from outside of the United States. The intent of the chair is to enrich the educational experience of architecture students at K-State.

Victor A. Regnier FAIA, Los Angeles, is a 1971 KSU graduate with bachelor’s degrees in architecture and architectural engineering. He has served on the Department of Architecture’s Professional Advisory Board since 1995, was an alumni fellow in the spring of 2001 and was the keynote speaker for the college commencement in May 2002. Robert D. Regnier, Leawood, Kansas, received a bachelor’s degree in economics from K-State in 1970. He is the president of the Bank of Blue Valley, Overland Park, Kansas. Catherine M. Regnier, Mission, Kansas, graduated from the University of Kansas, Lawrence, in 1972 with a bachelor’s degree in French.

“KSU has a first-rate architecture program with an outstanding faculty and a dedicated group of hard working students — a good investment for a gift of this nature,” Victor A Regnier said. “Bob, Cathy and I have been very impressed with the list of extraordinary architects the college has attracted as guest lecturers during the last decade. We wanted to do something that allowed the faculty and students to spend more time with these internationally renowned design professionals — a visiting professorship program of this sort seemed like the perfect solution.”

“The Regnier Traveling Chair program significantly enriches the Kansas State University architecture program,” said David Sachs, architecture department head. “It helps to expand the horizons of both students and faculty members by allowing them the opportunity to work closely with an eminent architect who practices in a less familiar context.”

The KSU Foundation’s Changing Lives Campaign for Kansas State University is a comprehensive $500 million campaign that will infuse new funds into virtually every dimension of the university. The KSU Foundation coordinates fundraising efforts with alumni, friends, corporations and foundations to secure private support for Kansas State University.

For more information, contact:

Joe Montgomery, 785.532.7548