Entrepreneurship director receives Kansas service award

Wally Meyer

The man tasked with growing the Kansas economy through KU School of Business innovation has been honored with a service award. Wally Meyer, director of entrepreneurship programs, is a recipient of the 2014 Steeples Service to Kansans Award.

According to an announcement by Danny Anderson, dean of the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences, this annual award was endowed in 1998 by Drs. Don and Tammy Steeples to honor Don’s parents, Wally and Marie Steeples.

The accolade recognizes faculty who provide significant service to the people of Kansas as a purposeful extension of their teaching and research.

RedTire, a KU entrepreneurship program that pairs retiring small business owners with successors, of which he created, finalized its first official match in February, in Junction City, Kansas.

Read his faculty profile for more information on KU entrepreneurship programs.