In April of this year, Richard Myers began serving as the interim President at Kansas State University, and the Kansas Board of Regents named him the school’s permanent president on November 15.
On Saturday November 26, Myers will preside over his first Sunflower Showdown,
Born and raised in Merriam, Kansas, retired Gen. Myers graduated from Shawnee Mission North High School in 1960 and enrolled at K-State. During the time Myers was on campus to earn a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering (1965), the Wildcats lost a lot of football games.
From 1961-65 the Wildcats’ rivals in Lawrence beat Kansas State by a combined total 147-0 while under the direction of coach Doug Weaver.