Leadership Spokane honors WSU's Brown, Floyd

Monday, December 12, 2016

Leadership Spokane has announced the recipients of its 2017 King Cole Luminary Award: the late Elson S. Floyd and Washington State University Spokane Chancellor, Lisa Brown. The award recognizes servant leadership within the Spokane community. Floyd was the president of WSU and conceptualized a medical school, thus addressing the growing rural physician shortages. Brown heled established the Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine by rallying what Leadership Spokane calls "a world class team of leaders" to build it.