Bill Livingston

Changing Lives by: dedicating time and effort through board memberships, scholarship donations and facility improvements to better K-State.

K-State connection: A native of Wichita, Kan., Bill Livingston received his bachelor’s degree in architecture from K-State in 1965. In 1972, he partnered with Tom Gossen, a 1967 K-State architecture graduate, to form Gossen Livingston Associates, Inc. Bill now leads the company as president and CEO.

K-State involvement: Gossen Livingston Associates established a scholarship in the College of Architecture, Planning and Design in 1991. Bill is currently a senior member of the dean’s advisory council for the College of Architecture, Planning and Design and a member of the KSU Foundation Board of Trustees.

K-State building projects: Gossen Livingston Associates first K-State project was Bramlage Coliseum in 1988. More than a dozen projects later, the firm completed a master plan for Jardine Apartments, a 10-year, $100 million student housing redevelopment project. The firm also finished a $4.3 million enhancement project to the Vanier Football Complex at Bill Snyder Family Stadium.

A new alumni center: “When we heard about the alumni project, we put together a strong team consisting primarily of K-State graduates and were thrilled to be awarded the project,” Bill said. “From design through construction, the project was a very exciting and positive experience. We wanted people to say, ‘Wow!’ when they walked through the doors, and we wanted it to feel like their home away from home at K-State. Without people, however, it is just a building. It is the K-State alumni who bring the new alumni center to life.”

What people are saying: “We cannot adequately express the depth of appreciation and satisfaction our board, project committee, alumni association members and our staff feel for the vital role that Bill and his firm played in providing such a beautiful, comfortable and inviting home for all K-State alumni and friends,” said Amy Renz, president and CEO of the K-State Alumni Association.

Why: “K-State has always been very good to me. My education is the foundation of everything I am and have become, professionally and personally,” Bill said. “Some of my fondest K-State memories are the many hours we spent together in our design classes and the all-night sessions we’d do to get a project completed. Although we complained about them, those experiences are more real world than students tend to acknowledge. Deadlines are real, schedules are real. They were great preparation.”