Bradley President's Award recipients named

Peoria, Illinois ... November 3, 2003 ... George and Norma Kottemann and the Par-A-Dice Gaming Corporation/Boyd Gaming Corporation were named recipients of the Bradley University 2003 President's Award during the annual Appreciation Dinner on October 23. The award is given annually to an individual and a business, corporation or other entity whose philanthropy, service and leadership have made extraordinary contributions to Bradley's development.

The Kottemanns, awarded the 2003 President's Award for individuals, have endowed a scholarship for a senior or graduate student majoring in art with an emphasis in sculpture, provided a named gift for the sculpture studio in the Heuser Art Center, and funded the graduate art studio space for the department of art since 1991. They have encouraged others in the community to become patrons, volunteers, and collectors by serving as charter members of the University's Friends of Art program and through their involvement in the Bradley National Print and Drawing Exhibition. The Kottemanns are members of the Founder's Society. In addition, Mrs. Kottemann, a Bradley alumna, serves as chairperson of the Bradley Council, is an active member of CIBAC, and has served on the National Alumni Association Board for three years.

Par-A-Dice Gaming Corporation, the corporate recipient of the 2003 President's Award, made a pacesetting unrestricted gift from its officers, directors, and shareholders to the Campaign for Bradley in the 1990s and recently established an endowed scholarship for business students.