Roger Sink, the long-time managing partner of accounting firm Sink, Gordon & Associates LLP died over the weekend following a brief illness. He was 87.
Sink spent 65 years with the firm, joining full time in 1958, after receiving his Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from Kansas State University. As managing partner, Sink worked with clients in general taxation, management services and planning, business management services, estate tax planning and financial planning. He was inducted into the Accounting Hall of Fame in 2001.
Among his leadership roles, Sink chaired the Manhattan Area Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors in 1986. President and CEO Jason Smith, issued a statement Monday:
“The leadership and staff at the Manhattan Area Chamber of Commerce would like to extend our deepest sympathies to the family of Roger Sink and the staff of Sink, Gordon & Associates.
Roger was a legend in the Manhattan business community after a 65-year career with the accounting firm that today bears his name. During that career, he was active with the Manhattan Area Chamber of Commerce including a stint as the “President” (which today we call Chair) of the Board of Directors in 1986.
Mr. Sink was always very accessible and open to conversations with me when I started at the Chamber in 2019. I appreciated his knowledge and candor. The Chamber is a better organization for his involvement and our community is a better place because of his commitment to Manhattan.”
At K-State, Sink served on the Mike Ahearn Scholarship Fund Board, the K-State Intercollegiate Council, and he and his wife Connie were members of the KSU Foundation Board of Trustees. He was also a member of the K-State President’s Club and the Land Grant Legacy Society.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday, at the First United Methodist Church, 612 Poyntz Avenue, followed by a private burial with family at Sunset Cemetery. .
Yorgensen-Meloan-Londeen Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
