When Dr. Hugh L. Thompson announced he would retired as president of Washburn University in 1997, Ellis encouraged Farley to apply for the post. I knew the system there exceptionally well. I knew the politics well. I knew the Legislature well. But I'd been doing that for 25 years at that point and started thinking about doing something different.
Some faces are the same.
Others have changed. See whether you agree with the results. On a cold November Sunday, Farley and his wife, Susan, flew to Topeka and walked around the Washburn University campus. What Farley saw impressed him. For a person coming in from the outside, it is a very nice community.