Editing Jon Wefald (section)

===Post-retirement===
Wefald announced on May 12, 2008, that he would retire at the end of the 2008–2009 academic year.<ref name=autogenerated1 /> Subsequently, a routine audit performed by the [[Kansas Board of Regents]] determined that during Wefald's tenure a total of 13 undocumented payments had been made to former head football Coach Bill Snyder, former athletic director Tim Weiser and [[Bob Krause (athletic director)|Bob Krause]], a former vice president and athletic director at the university.  Combined, these payments amounted to $845,000.  Additionally, a plan was uncovered during the audit to "funnel more than $3 million in deferred compensation to former football coach [[Ron Prince]]." On May 20, 2009, Kansas State University and its athletic corporation filed suit to have a secret agreement between Prince and Krause declared invalid. Prince filed a lawsuit against the university which included the claim that Wefald and other high-ranking university officials had "actual or constructive knowledge" of the transaction.<ref>{{cite news|last=Meek|first=Austin|title=Prince seeking $3 million|url=http://cjonline.com/sports/football/2009-08-10/prince_seeking_3_million|accessdate=30 July 2010|newspaper=The Topeka Capital-Journal|date=10 August 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303231329/http://cjonline.com/sports/football/2009-08-10/prince_seeking_3_million|archive-date=March 3, 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> In May 2011, the lawsuit was settled and Prince received $1.65 million.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.kansas.com/2011/05/06/1838922/prince-lawyer-kansas-state-to.html |title=The Wichita Eagle |access-date=May 5, 2012 |archive-date=September 7, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110907152026/http://www.kansas.com/2011/05/06/1838922/prince-lawyer-kansas-state-to.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Wefald denied any knowledge of this secret transaction, attributed the discrepancies to Krause, and immediately called for Krause to resign as director of economic development for the K-State Olathe Innovation Campus, which he did effective on May 20, 2009.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.kstatecollegian.com/2009/06/24/retracing-their-steps/|title=Retracing their steps|first=The|last=Collegian|date=June 24, 2009}}</ref>

In June 2014, the Kansas Board of Regents approved Kansas State University's request <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.k-state.edu/media/newsreleases/jun14/wefaldhall61914.html|title = University names new residence hall for former president Jon Wefald &#124; Kansas State University &#124; News and Communications Services}}</ref> to name its new residence hall in Wefald's honor. Construction of Wefald Hall started in the fall of 2014 and was completed in the fall of 2016. In approving the university's request, Regents Chair Fred Logan said, "I think if you look at higher education in Kansas, he (Wefald) was, it's fair to say, a historic figure. He was a historic president."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://themercury.com/articles/regents-approve-naming-planned-residence-hall-for-former-president |title=Regents approve naming planned residence hall for former president {{!}} TheMercury.com |website=themercury.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160602143925/http://themercury.com/articles/regents-approve-naming-planned-residence-hall-for-former-president |archive-date=2016-06-02}}</ref>