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Smelser-Bisel earned her bachelor of businessadministration degree from Washburn. While atWashburn, she was a member of Alpha Phi sorority andheld various offices. She has since served on the Schoolof Business advisory board.Through an estate gift, Smelser-Bisel will endow aRonald and Deanna Bisel Memorial Scholarship thatwill benefit students wishing to pursue a degree inentrepreneurship and innovation.Smelser-Bisel and her late husband, Ron, made theirhome in Lawrence, where she still resides. They have twomarried children and four grandchildren.Michael W. Falk, bba ’84A native Topekan, Falkgraduated from Washburn in1984 with a bachelor of businessadministration in accounting.He earned a master ofaccountancy degree from KansasState University, where he was a graduate teachingassistant and instructor.After receiving his master’s degree, Falk joinedDeloitte in Kansas City in the tax practice division.Shortly after becoming a manager at Deloitte, he joinedPricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PwC). Now a partner atPwC, Falk leads the firm’s tax services for a number ofclients in a diverse group of industries. In addition, hehas overall firm relationship responsibilities for severalof the firm’s clients.Falk is active in the Kansas City community. Hehas served as a board member for several not-for-profitorganizations, including Hope House, Camps for Kids,the Kansas City Zoo and the Kansas State UniversityAccounting Advisory Board.In 2006, Falk and his wife, Linda, established theFalk Accounting Scholarship Fund to provide financialsupport for future School of Business students. In 2013,Falk was honored as an Alumni Fellow.Falk and his wife reside in Overland Park, Kansas,and have two children.Steven W. Weeks, Esq., bs ’72Weeks is a partner in theCincinnati office of the law firmof Taft Stettinius & HollisterLLP. In his 38th year at the firm,he focuses his legal practice onthe construction and real estate,computer/technology, and health care industries.He worked for the Kansas Department of Healthand Environment in the water quality section foralmost two years, and managed a Kansas River waterquality study for the National Sanitation Foundation,before leaving for Harvard Law School. He graduatedcum laude in 1977.Weeks has received national recognition for hisworks including Woodward-White’s Best Lawyers inAmerica for 20 years. Marquis, publisher of Who’sWho in American Law, Who’s Who in Americaand Who’s Who in the World, has listed him in itsdirectories for more than 15 years. He is also designatedas a Leading Lawyer by Cincy Magazine, and has beenawarded an AV Peer Review Rating (Preeminent) byLexisNexis/Martindale-Hubbell for many years.Weeks is a native of Topeka and came to Washburnafter finishing first in the Garvey Scholarshipcompetition. While on campus, he was involvedin many campus activities including Sagamoreand Interfraternity Council. He graduated summacum laude and Phi Kappa Phi in 1972 majoringin chemistry, with non-major concentration inmathematics and computer science courses as well.In 2012, he established the Steven W. WeeksScholarship Fund for future chemistry students.Weeks is proud of his daughter and twogranddaughters living in the San Francisco Bay area,and has several other family members in Topekaand Kansas City. He enjoys golf and working withcomputers.Alumni News 34