Kansas State University will name the building that houses its new Biosecurity Research Institute for Sen. Pat Roberts, R-Kan., the university announced Thursday.

The university also plans to rename its military science building in honor of Gen. Richard Myers, former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and currently a professor at the university’s Institute of Military History and 20th Century Studies.

Both are K-State graduates.

K-State President Jon Wefald hailed Roberts for recognizing early on the risk that terrorists pose to the nation’s food supply. After Roberts asked the university to study the potential threat in 1999, K-State launched its food safety and security program.

The building to be renamed for Myers is home to K-State’s Army and Air Force ROTC programs.