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Network Kansas Announces Its 2021 Board Of Directors
17 Feb 2021
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NetWork Kansas announced its 2021 board of directors. Joining the board, Dr. Robert Weems, Jr., the Willard W. Garvey Distinguished Professor of Business History at Wichita State University since Fall 2011. Before coming to WSU, he taught at the University of Missouri-Columbia and the University of Iowa. A native of Chicago, he received his Ph.D. in History from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. During his career, Professor Weems has published and spoken widely in the areas of African American business and economic history.
Weems joins a notable roster of state and local leaders.
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