2008 – Stan Weber has provided color analysis for Kansas State football games on radio for 19 seasons, second only to Dev Nelson’s tenure of 25 years. Since 1997, he has provided commentary on Kansas State basketball games on both radio and television. The television games are currently shown on FSN-Midwest. In 2006, Stan began providing color analysis on radio for the newly created Kansas City Brigade Arena Football League team.  Since 2000, Stan has co-hosted a two-hour weekly radio show on Sports Radio 810 WHB called “College Football Game Day.” He is also a regular on Sports Radio 810 WHB including providing the color analysis for the Arena Football League game between Grand Rapids and New Jersey played in 2001 at Kemper Arena, guest hosting for daily shows such as “Between the Lines’ and providing color for NAIA tournament basketball games, high school playoff and all-star games.  Stan appears twice weekly on Sports Radio KGS 1410 in Wichita, KS for a program called “Stan’s Sports Spectrum.”  Stan is a regular analyst on Metro Sports television programs, including Chiefs’ post games, MIAA Thursday night football games, Kansas City Metro Classic High School All-Star games, Metro Sports Sunday Night, press conferences and the nightly show “Metro Sports Talk” where he won a Mid-America Emmy Award.  This is Stan’ second year as the basketball analyst on KCTV-5 (CBS) coverage of the Big 12 basketball season and tournament and the NCAA tournament.  Other television experience includes the annual Kansas Shrine Bowl Football games, Big 12 Conference Basketball on ESPN Regional, Missouri Valley Conference Basketball Tournament, Mid-con Conference Basketball on Fox Sport Network, NAIA National Championship Football games, and the NAIA National Tournament Basketball games.  In August of 2005, a book authored by Stan with David Smale called “Stan Weber’s Tales from the Kansas State Sideline” was published by Sports Publishing LLC.
Stan originally hails from Goddard, KS and was named Male Athlete of the Year by the Wichita Eagle in 1980 after finishing as an all-state football and basketball player. He was also the 1980 MVP of the Kansas Shrine Bowl All-Star Football game.  At Kansas State, Stan served as captain of the 1984 football team and led the Wildcats in rushing while earning academic All-America honors from the College of Sports Information Directors of America. Stan also held many of the Kansas State quarterback rushing records until the Michael Bishop and Ell Roberson eras and was once name Big Eight Player of the Week after rushing for 113 yards vs. Nebraska.
Stan, who graduated magna cum laude, received his bachelor’s degree and Master’s degree in accountancy from K-State and in 1986 passed the CPA exam. Stan worked as a CPA from 1985-1989 for KPMG—Peat Marwick. From 1989 to 2003, Stan worked at National Farms for 14 years—twelve years as Vice President/CFO and two years as President/CEO. Since 2003, he has served as Vice President/CFO of Tower Properties in addition to his broadcast duties.
Stan and his wife Nancy, have four children—Brittani, a freshman in Interior Design at K-State, Stanton, a sophomore at Bishop Miege High School, McKenzi, a 6th grader and Landry, who is in the 4th grade.
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2007-- Randy G. Fletchall is the vice chair of Assurance and Advisory Business Services (AABS) Professional Practice and Risk Management with responsibility for National office accounting, auditing, SEC reporting, quality control and risk management functions. He is a ,ember of E&Y’s Americas Executive Board.Fletchall transferred into National AABS Professional Practice group in 1996. He served as National Director of Audit Standards and Methodology (Cleveland) and National Director of Area Professional Practice (New York) before being named vice chair of AABS Professional Practice in September 2001 and current position in June 2003. He spent first 20 years at E&Y (1976-1996) located in Houston and Phoenix serving commercial banking and other financial services clients and in key leadership positions in E&Y’s financial services industry practice, including regional director of FSI for the southern/western half of the US. He was vice chair (October 2006-2007) and Chair-Elect of the Board of Directors of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) and Board member since December 2003. In addition, he is a member of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board’s Standing Advisory Group and the Center for Audit Quality’s Executive Committee and its Professional Practice Executive Committee. He was formerly vice chair and member of the AICPA’s SEC Practice Section Executive Committee and Center for Public Company Audit Firms Executive Committee. He is also a member of the International Federation of Accountants Forum of Firms Transnational Auditors Committee Fletchall received a bachelor’s degree in finance in 1974 and a master’s in business administration in 1976 from Kansas State University. He was born in Sabetha, Kan., and is a 1970 graduate of Hutchinson High School in Hutchinson, Kan. While at Kansas State University, he received the Putnam Memorial scholarship, a partial athletic scholarship, lettered in varsity tennis in 1971 and 1972, received the Wall Street Journal Student achievement award and graduated with 4.0 GPA in both undergraduate and graduate programs. He also served as graduate teaching assistant for Dr. Verlyn Richards and received Price Waterhouse Foundation Award as the top masters degree accounting graduate.Fletchall resides in Fairfield, Conn., with his wife, Vickie, and two children, Justin and Kelly.
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2006 -- Joleen D. Moden is senior vice president of Internal Auditing for Verizon. She is responsible for risk assessment and internal audits throughout the company and its subsidiaries. She works closely with the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors in developing Committee agendas, charters and practices, including compliance with recent Sarbanes-Oxley and NYSE requirements. She is a member of the Verizon Management Audit Committee, Compliance Council and Executive Security Council. Prior to the creation of Verizon (Bell Atlantic/GTE merger), she had responsibility for GTE’s worldwide internal audit function.
Prior to joining GTE, Moden was director of Corporate Audit at PepsiCo Inc. and was responsible for auditing the company's North and South American Operations. Also, she was the finance project leader for PepsiCo's restaurant spin-off in 1997. Previously, she was vice president, chief financial officer and treasurer of Signature Home Care Group. Earlier she was a partner with the certified public accounting firm, Coopers & Lybrand, where she began her career. A certified public accountant, Moden is a graduate of K-State with a bachelor's degree in business administration and accounting.
She currently is a member of K-State’s College of Business Administration’s Business Advisory Council and Accounting Advisory Council. She serves as Chairman of the General Auditors’ Council of Manufacturer’s Alliance and is a member of the Professional Conferences Committee of the Institute of Internal Auditors where she is also a frequent presenter at national conferences. She previously chaired various local and state committees of the Texas Society of Certified Public Accountants.
Moden has been active in the community, serving as a Board Member and Finance Committee member of the Dallas Women’s Foundation; Treasurer, Executive Committee Member and Board Member of The Family Place; Secretary, Executive Committee Member and Board Member of the American Heart Association-Dallas Division; Leadership Dallas; and the Dallas-Fort Worth Chapter of Kansas State University Alumni Association.
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2005 -- Maurice “Buzz” Stark received a bachelor’s degree in accounting from Kansas State in 1959. He received his Master’s degree in Administration in 1966 from K-State and his Ph.D. in accountancy in 1972 from the University of Missouri. He became a CPA in Kansas in 1961 and was also certified in Michigan in 1968. He was appointed accounting department head in 1979 at K-State and served in that capacity, except for a year’s sabbatical in Italy, until 1994. He was promoted to full professor in 1980. He was the Arthur Andersen Professor of Accounting and the CBA Re-accreditation Coordinator in 1997. He was a member of the Board of Trustees for the Educational Foundation of the Kansas Society of CPAs 1985-1989 and was its chairman 1987/1988. He was president and board member of the Teachers and Employees Association of Kansas State University. Dr. Stark has served on important committees for the American Accounting Association—including Midwest Regional Chairman of Administrators of Accounting Programs and Chairman of American Accounting Associate Recent Relevant Experience for Accounting Faculty Committee. He served as an accounting advisor on two accreditation visitation teams. He has been an accounting program consultant to several universities. Dr. Stark retired in 1999. He is married to Carolee and they have 6 grown children.
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2005 -- Gene Laughlin received his Bachelors of Science degree in Business Administration from Rockhurst College, now Rockhurst University, in 1951. He received his M.S. in accounting and finance from Kansas State University in 1959 and his Ph.D. in economics and finance from the University of Illinois in 1964. He has been a CPA since 1959 and is certified -in the state of Kansas. He worked for Arthur Andersen from 1953-1955 and then came to K-State until his retirement in 1990. He was associate dean in the College of Business from 1965-1975. He taught finance and accounting. He was promoted to full professor in 1977. Dr. Laughlin wrote two books, The Basis of Accounting in 1977 and Financial Accounting in 1984. He was selected three times as the outstanding undergraduate teacher in the College of Business and once as the All-University Outstanding Undergraduate Teacher. He recently completed a 6-year membership on the Board of Directors for Friends of McCain and was their treasurer for 4 years. He is completing an 8-year membership on the Board of Directors of Manhattan Library Association, 5 years as treasurer. He is an avid cyclist and has just returned from his 10 th 2-week bicycling trip in Europe. He has participated in the annual Bike Across Kansas five times since 2000.
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2005 -- Ken Fox received his bachelor’s degree in religion in 1953 and master’s degree in 1960 in economics with an emphasis in accounting from Baylor University. He received his PhD in 1966 in accounting and finance from the University of Illinois. He is a CPA certified in Texas and Kansas. Before returning to school for his doctorate, Ken was an office manager at Byrnes Beverages in Waco, Texas and a staff auditor for Wilcox, Patillo & Co. and W.O. Ligon & Co. Although Ken did not graduate from K-State he is considered an honorary graduate after 20 years of service to our department (1969-1989). During his career, Ken published papers in the Accounting Review and Journal of Accountancy. He was promoted to full professor in 1973 and is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, Texas Society of Certified Public Accountants, and the Kansas Society of Certified Public Accountants. Ken retired in 1989 and currently lives in Robinson, Texas. Ken is married to Beth and they have 3 grown children. ________________________________________
2004 -- Randolph A. Buseman is an audit partner in the Kansas City office of Ernst & Young and a 1977 graduate from Kansas State University with a BS in Business Administration and Accounting. That same year, he joined the Kansas City office of the firm then named Ernst & Ernst, became a partner in 1990, and has served in various leadership capacities within Ernst & Young ever since. Over his 27 years with the firm, he has developed considerable experience serving public and private companies in the Midwest and he serves as the Kansas City office Director of Emerging Growth Markets services, a practice that specializes in working with high growth companies. Randy has extensive experience working with companies in the manufacturing, technology, distribution and consumer products industries, among others, and has assisted many of his clients with complex acquisition and financing transactions as well as numerous initial public offerings and other securities transactions. In his capacity as Director of Emerging Growth Markets services, Randy coordinates the firm’s highly visible Entrepreneur of the Year program, which culminates with regional, national and global awards programs in Kansas City, Palm Springs and Monte Carlo, respectively. Randy is heavily involved in a wide variety of Kansas City activities focused on helping growth companies succeed, including serving on several Boards, and sponsoring various venture capital, economic development and legislative activities, among many others. He has also worked with numerous charitable and community service organizations over the years, in addition to his extensive involvement here at Kansas State.Randy was born in Manhattan, Kansas, the only child of Marvin and Mariam Buseman, and lived here through his graduation from Kansas State. While at Kansas State, he worked with a member of the Accounting department faculty to found the Accounting Club and serve as its first President en route to applying for status as a chapter of Beta Alpha Psi. Although he graduated just before the chapter was installed, he is an honorary member of Beta Alpha Psi and has been an active contributor to the chapter since 1977. Randy has led Ernst & Young’s recruiting efforts here at Kansas State from his early years with the firm and serves on the Kansas State Accounting Advisory Council and the Kansas State Business Advisory Council. He has been instrumental in establishing the Ernst & Young Accounting Instructor and Beta Alpha Psi Faculty Advisor Fellowships as well as the Ernst & Young scholarships to be awarded here this evening.Randy has been married 26 years to his wife, Cheryl, who is also a graduate of Kansas State with a BS and MS in Accounting. They live in Overland Park with their 11-year old daughter, Becky. Their two older daughters, Christy and Jenny, are both currently attending Kansas State.
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2003 -- Rand C. Berney is the vice president and controller for ConocoPhillips and began his career with Phillips Petroleum in 1981 as senior staff accountant in controllers for exploration and production. From 1982 to 1985, he was a supervisor in the controllers division of exploration and production. He then became a senior supervisor in gas and gas liquids for one year. From 1986 to 1988, he was a staff director in corporate tax, followed by a position as a director of corporate tax from 1989 to 1992. He was named associate tax officer and manager of federal and international tax compliance in 1992. In 1993, he served as assistant treasurer responsible for risk management and investments in the treasury group, then as assistant controller in 1995 responsible for Phillips' operating budgets, accounting systems, executive reporting and external reporting. Rand is a certified public accountant, a certified management accountant, and a certified internal auditor. He is a member of the Oklahoma Society of CPAs, the Financial Executives Institute, the Tax Executives Institute, the Conference Board Controllers Council, the American Petroleum Institute Accounting Committee, the Institute of Internal Auditors and the Institute of Management Accountants. He is past treasurer and federal tax chairman of the Oklahoma Chapter of Tax Executives and has served on various committees and subcommittees of the American Petroleum Institute. Rand is currently on the growth committee of Bartlesville Wesleyan College, and also serves on our Business Advisory Council. Rand was born on June 2, 1955 in Phillipsburg, Kansas. He graduated from Kansas State in 1977 with a Bachelor of Science degree in accounting. In 1985, he received a master of business administration degree from Oklahoma State University.
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2002 -- Candace Duncan partner in charge of KPMG LLP's Virginia Business Unit assurance practice, was inducted into the Department of Accounting's Hall of Fame on September 20, 2002. Candace graduated magna cum laude from K-State in 1975 with a bachelor's degree in accounting. The Accounting Hall of Fame recognizes K-State accounting alumni who have achieved positions of leadership in the business world and in their communities, and whose accomplishments and character reflect well on the university, the College of Business Administration and the Department of Accounting. As an assurance partner with KPMG's Virginia Business Unit, Candace oversees its offices in Norfolk, Richmond, and Roanoke, Va. A certified public accountant, she spends the majority of her time serving clients within the consumer markets and the information, communication and entertainment areas. She has helped clients resolve all types of accounting and operational issues and routinely provides audit-based advisory services to assist her clients in taking advantage of timely opportunities, including mergers, acquisitions, spinoffs, and consolidations. She has assisted several companies with their initial public offerings and other stock offerings, including Dollar Tree Stores, Farm Fresh, Giant Open Markets Inc., Hampton University, International Family Entertainment, Jason Hewitt, Metro Information Services and nView Corporation. Her clients also include Canon, Virginia; City of Newport News, Va; Satellite Communications; and Infineon Technologies. Candace is a member of several professional organizations, including the AICPA, Virginia Society of CPAs, and the Institute of Management Accountants. She was named an Outstanding Professional Woman in 1990. Candace has been active with the Department of Accounting, serving on our Accounting Advisory Council. In addition, she is a member of Old Dominion University's Business School Advisory Board, and the College of William and Mary's Accounting Advisory Board. She is a past board member of the national Beta Alpha Psi Advisory forum.
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2001 -- Gary Boomer a certified public accountant, is chief executive officer of Boomer Consulting Inc. in Manhattan. The firm created The Technology Leadership Process, a trademarked system to help companies improve profitability and achieve their objectives through reviews, blueprints, team building and coaching. For the last seven years he has been named one of the 100 most influential people in accounting by the journal, Accounting Today. Boomer consults and speaks internationally on management and technology related topics. He is active in the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, where he is currently a member of the institute’s council and is past chairman of the council’s Information Technology Executive Committee. He also is active with several local service organizations, including serving as president of the Manhattan Solar Kiwanis; treasurer of the Manhattan Country Club; a member of Leadership Kansas; joint founder of the Future Manhattan Program; chairman of the Manhattan Chamber of Commerce; member of the KSU President’s Club; and a fund-raiser for the United Way. Boomer earned his bachelor’s degree in accounting 1967 and his master’s in accounting in 1969, both from K-State.
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2001 -- Roger Sink received his bachelor’s degree in business administration from K-State in 1958. He is a partner with the accounting firm of Sink, Gillmore & Gordon LLP in Manhattan, Kansas. He also is a franchisee with Pizza Hut and Red, Hot & Blue and has farming and ranching operations in both Kansas and Nebraska. Roger is the past president of the Public Accountants Association of Kansas and is past chairman of the board of Manhattan Chamber of Commerce and Saint Mary’s Hospital board of directors. He also served as director of the board of National Society of Public Accountants. Presently, he serves as chairman of the board of Kansas State Bank and is a member of Meadowlark Hills Retirement Community. He also serves on the board of trustees of The Master Teacher Institute for the Arts, Kansas State University Endowment Association, the Mike Ahearn Scholarship Fund, the Intercollegiate Athletic Council at K-State and the Manhattan Airport Advisory Board.
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2000 -- F. Lynn Markel is a retired Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer for Koch Industries, Inc. based in Wichita, Kansas. Koch Industries is one of the largest privately-held corporations in the United States with more than 13,000 employees worldwide. The firm is involved in virtually all phases of the oil and gas industry, as well as in chemicals, chemical technology products, venture capital investments and financial trading. He earned a bachelor of science degree in business administration with an accounting major from Kansas State University in 1962, and a master’s degree in accounting from Wichita State University in 1969.Markel was an officer in the US Air Force from 1962 to 1966. He joined Cessna Aircraft Company in 1966 as an internal auditor. From 1970 to 1976, he was an officer in three locally-owned companies in Wichita. He joined Koch Industries, Inc. in 1976 as an Assistant Controller. He became Controller of the firm in 1978, and was elected as a vice president in 1980. He became the chief financial officer, and was elected as an Executive Vice President and member of the board of directors in 1988.Markel is a member of the Financial Executives Institute, and a member of the Wichita State University Board of Trustees. At Kansas State, Markel is a trustee of the KSU Foundation and has been a member of the College of Business Administration Advisory Council for over 20 years. He has been instrumental in obtaining grants from Koch Industries to buy the first computers for the College in the early 1980’s, to furnish classrooms with equipment, and to provide the Koch Student Lounge on the top floor of Calvin Hall. Also at K-State, Markel was the 1996 Alumni Fellow for the College of Business Administration. He received the distinguished Service Award from the College of Business in 1984 and the Advancement Award for leadership of the Holton Hall building renovation campaign in 1983. He was named Outstanding Chief Financial Officer by the Kansas State Financial Management National Honor Society in 1992, and is an honorary member of Beta Alpha Psi Fraternity and the Golden Key Honor Society at K-State.
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2000 -- Julie L. Davis is currently a partner with KPMG and in charge of their Intellectual Property Consulting practice. She graduated from Kansas State University with a BSBA in accounting in 1978. Not only was she first in her class with a 4.0 grade point average, but she was also senior class president and an officer of Mortar Board. Shortly after graduating, she earned the Gold Key in the State of Kansas for finishing first on the CPA exam. After graduating, Julie moved to Kansas City and joined the firm that was known at the time as Touche Ross, which later merged to become Deloitte and Touche. After nine years in the audit practice there, she married Roger, moved to Chicago and joined the financial consulting practice of Arthur Andersen in 1987. Since then she’s been promoted to partner (1991) and developed a national reputation in the intellectual property area. As such, nearly all of her work has to do with patents, trademarks, copyrights, and trade secrets. Over the last ten years she has been asked to testify in several of the largest infringement lawsuits in America. She also consults with the firm’s clients on how to use their patent and trademark portfolios to increase shareholder value. Julie has authored numerous articles and speaks frequently on the topic of intellectual property. She is co-author of a book titled “Edison in the Boardroom: How Leading Companies Realize Value from their Intellectual Assets.” The book has already been praised highly by several Fortune 500 companies, like IBM, Hewlett-Packard, Ford, Rockwell, Dow Chemical, and Procter & Gamble.Though Julie lives in Chicago, she has been a strong supporter of K-State throughout her career. She has served on the Alumni Association’s Board of Directors and the Foundation’s Board of Trustees. Further, she has been an enthusiastic backer of the Arthur Andersen Faculty Fellowship in Accounting. She joined KPMG as a partner in 2002.
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1999 -- Bill Sinderson who lettered in baseball three years at K-State, received his bachelor's degree in business administration in 1958. He recently retired from the Kansas City, MO office of the public accounting firm, Baird Kurtz & Dobson. During his career, Bill was a tax practitioner dealing with closely held businesses and their owners. Many of his clients utilized his service for over 35 years. Bill has been involved with Kiwanis, Jaycees, YMCA and various other civic organizations in the Kansas City metropolitan area. He has been a tremendous supporter of the department of accounting over the span of his career, and he has served on the Accounting Advisory Council for the past five years.
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1999 -- Allen Webber graduated from K-State with a bachelor's degree in business administration in 1960. He recently retired from Kennedy and Coe Certified Public Accountants and Consultants in Salina. Allen serviced clients in the areas of auditing, taxation, and financial management in numerous industries and fields. He has held all offices in the Salina Noon Optimist Club and was one of the originators of the Salina Silver Sabres, Inc. He has held several offices and spent several years on its board of directors and as field coordinator of the drum and bugle corps. He is a long-standing member of the College of Business Administration's Advisory Council and a long-standing supporter of the department of accounting.

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