Pamela and Alex Ammar honored with Fairmount Founders’ Award their support of WSU
May 6, 2022
By Emily Mullins, WSU Foundation
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Pamela Clancy Ammar and Alex Ammar were named recipients of the 2022 Fairmount Founders’
Award at the annual Fairmount Society dinner held on May 5 at Mark Arts. The WSU Foundation
gives the award out annually to recognize those who provide outstanding service and
generosity to Wichita State University.
“I have a soft place in my heart for Wichita State,” said Pam. “It’s near and dear
to me and I want to see it thrive and continue to flourish.”
The Ammars have made significant gifts to support the athletic programs and scholarships
at Wichita State, including to the campaign to renovate and expand Charles Koch Arena.
But their commitment to WSU goes well beyond financial support. Pamela serves as the
Chair of the Dean’s Advisory Board for the College of Health Professions and as an
Executive Board Member of the WSU-KU joint Legal Education Accelerated Degree program
committee, along with roles on the WSU Foundation Board and the Foundation’s National
Advisory Council.
“Pamela and Alex unconditionally share their time, talent and resources to help our
students and the greater WSU community succeed,” said Elizabeth King, WSU Foundation
president and CEO. “Their dedication to Wichita State’s growth is instrumental to
helping attract top faculty, students and athletes to WSU.”
Pamela was a highly involved student at WSU, graduating in 1980 and then embarking
on a remarkable career as an attorney. Alex moved to Wichita in 1976 to begin his
surgery residency program. After completing his vascular surgery fellowship in 1982,
he joined Wichita Surgical Specialists, where he now serves as president and CEO.
He is also a professor and chairman of the Department of Surgery at KU School of Medicine
– Wichita, and regularly provides his insight and expertise to the College of Health
Professions Advisory Board.
“I feel pretty strongly about supporting higher education in the city that you live
in,” said Alex. “If you support Wichita State, you support Wichita.”
Pamela and Alex are lifetime members of the WSU Alumni Association and the Society
of 1895 at the WSU Foundation.