University of Kansas School of Law honors Alexandria graduate Ganesh Nair

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LAWRENCE, KS (05/25/2012)(readMedia)-- LAWRENCE - The University of Kansas School of Law honored more than 140 graduates at a hooding ceremony May 12. During the ceremony, seven students received awards for distinguishing themselves in scholarship, leadership and service to the law school and the community, including Ganesh Nair, Alexandria, Va.

Nair received the Justice Lloyd Kagey Leadership Award, given to the graduate who has most distinguished him or herself through leadership in the law school. Nair represented the interests of all of the students in Green Hall as the lone student member of the law school's dean search committee, which ultimately landed Dean Stephen Mazza. He helped convince numerous prospective law students to attend KU in his role as Student Ambassador. He also served as a Dean's Fellow and as a member of the Dean's Student Advisory Board, led the Asian Law Students Association as its president, and played an active role with the Student Bar Association as vice president. Nair is the son of Sarala Nair and Bala Nair and a graduate of Thomas Edison High School and Temple University.

Funds for the awards and scholarships are managed by KU Endowment, the independent, nonprofit foundation serving as the official fundraising and fund-management organization for KU. Founded in 1891, KU Endowment was the first foundation of its kind at a U.S. public university.