 Their deep commitment to Kansas education caused Dick and Suzanne, both KU graduates, to donate $250,000 to establish a professorship at KU.Prior to his senate service, Bond spent 25 years as top aide to three members of Congress from eastern Kansas and rejected opportunities for a congressional run himself, he returned home, becoming a banker instead.When his district's Senate seat opened, he finally decided to seek office, won, and rapidly emerged as a legislative power.