May 2011, the lawsuit was settled and Prince received $1.65 million. 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. In June 2014, the Kansas Board of Regents approved Kansas State University's request 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." Honors In 2002, Jon Wefald was honored by inclusion in the Scandinavian-American Hall of Fame at the Norsk Høstfest. In 2002, Jon Wefald was honored as Distinguished Kansan by the Native Sons and Daughters of Kansas. In 2009, Jon Wefald was named Kansan of the Year by the Kansas Society of Washington, D.C. In 2009, officials at Fort Leavenworth honored Jon Wefald with the Department of the Army's Outstanding Civilian Service Medal. On April 17, 2015, Jon Wefald was initiated into the Alpha Tau Omega fraternity by an Initiation Team of the National Board of Directors and undergraduates from Delta Theta chapter at Kansas State University at the National Board Meeting in Kansas City, Missouri. Footnotes 1937 births 2022 deaths People from Minneapolis People from Minot, North Dakota Presidents of Kansas State University Pacific Lutheran University alumni American people of Norwegian descent University of Michigan alumni Academics from Minnesota Academics from North Dakota