Join us to celebrate Pete Souza, inaugural Alumni Excellence Award recipient
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Renowned photographer and Kansas State University alumnus Pete Souza will be awarded
the K-State Alumni Association’s Alumni Excellence Award at a banquet on Friday, Oct.
13. Tickets are now available for this public event.
Souza served as an official White House photographer for former President Ronald Reagan,
and was Chief White House photographer for former President Barack Obama.
The Alumni Excellence Award, in its inaugural year, is an annual award recognizing
an alumna or alumnus of K-State whose career, service and achievements exemplify the
spirit, values and excellence of the university.
The banquet, at the K-State Alumni Center, 100 Alumni Center, 1720 Anderson Ave.,
will begin at 6 p.m. with a cocktail reception followed by dinner and the award presentation
at 7 p.m. The suggested attire for the evening is business. The deadline to purchase
tickets is Oct. 4. Tickets can be purchased online for $75.
The Alumni Excellence Award is made possible by the generosity of the Curt and Sherry
Frasier family of Beloit, Kansas. Both are 1973 graduates of K-State. Learn more about the Alumni Excellence Award.