Jul 26, 2013 — By ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ News Services — Assistant professor Kirk Ring has become director of the Kansas Family Business Forum, succeeding Barton School lecturer Ron Christy, who died in April. The Forum, a program of the Center for Entrepreneurship in the W. Frank Barton School of Business at ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ, brings owners, families and managers together to address critical issues in family businesses, including succession, str