The Works family will be recognized today as the Family of the Year at Family Day at Kansas State University in Manhattan.
Six generations of the Works family have attended KSU, beginning in 1867 with Olive Pickett Dodge, the grandmother of the late Jane Dodge Works of Humboldt, according to the familys application for the honor.
The Chimes Junior Honorary selects the Family of the Year and sponsors the annual competition.
The Works family has been dedicated to K-State for more than 152 years, and we are so excited to honor them as the 2019 Family of the Year, said Janie Failor, a co-chair of the Chimes selection committee, in a press release.