Editing Jon Wefald (section)

===Kansas State University===
In July 1986, Wefald began his service as president of Kansas State University.  Wefald held the second-longest term of any Kansas State president, trailing only the 25-year tenure of James McCain.  During his tenure at K-State, over {{convert|2000000|sqft|m2}} of new buildings were built, private giving increased from $6 million a year to nearly $100 million a year, research funding increased from $18 million to $110 million a year, enrollment increased from 17,000 to 23,000, and, finally, K-State students won 125 Rhodes, Marshall, Truman, Goldwater, and Udall Scholarships from 1986 to 2008<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.k-state.edu/media/achievements/scholarstop10of5pub.pdf|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080516053152/http://www.k-state.edu/media/achievements/scholarstop10of5pub.pdf|url-status=dead|title=''Kansas State University Media Relations''|archivedate=May 16, 2008}}</ref>—more than any other public university in America.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ksu.ksu.edu/media/k-statement/vol31/32609k-statement.pdf|title=''The Wefald Years'' (K-Statement. March 9, 2009)|accessdate=July 6, 2023}}</ref>