“Sen. Pat Roberts has been a great friend to Kansas State University and an advocate of higher education during his many years of service to Kansas as a senator and congressman. He has been a major supporter of agriculture, helping craft legislation to benefit farmers in Kansas and the nation.

Pat was integral in bringing the National Bio and Agro-defense Facility to Manhattan. He championed the construction of K-State’s Biosecurity Research Institute, which conducts research to protect the country’s food supply and fight bioterrorism. This was key to NBAF being located adjacent to K-State, which has become known as the Silicon Valley of biodefense.

We thank Pat for his many years of service and for being such a distinguished alumnus of Kansas State University.”