Des Moines University president and CEO Angela L. Walker Franklin received the Carl F. Kohrt Distinguished Alumni Award from her undergraduate alma mater, Furman University in Greenville, S.C. The Kohrt Award is presented in recognition of significant professional or personal accomplishments and for continued loyalty to Furman University. Franklin, who became Des Moines University’s 15th president in 2011, was honored for nearly four decades of work in higher education and for accomplishments such as the university’s move to a new campus in West Des Moines and the Purple and Proud campaign, which has raised more than $51 million.