HISTORY
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1936
The CPA firm of Swindoll, Janzen, Hawk & Loyd, LLC began in McPherson, Kansas when P. H. Willems opened an accounting practice located in the Grand Building on the northwest corner of Kansas and Main Street.
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1937
Robert Benson joined Mr. Willems and the firm name became Willems and Benson, Accountants and Auditors.
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1943
Robert Benson left the firm to take a position as chief of the special audits branch of the U.S. Army Air Force in Dayton, OH.
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1944
Kenneth K. Haury joined the firm in 1940 and became a partner in 1944. The firm name was changed to Willems & Haury.
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1949
Robert Haury of Newton, KS was admitted as a partner.
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1952
Willems left the firm to open his own law practice and the firm became Haury & Haury, Certified Public Accountants.
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1955
Richard Emery was admitted as a partner.
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1960
The firm moved to 901 N. Main Street.
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1962
Dwight Hill and James Scherer were admitted as partners and the name changed to Haury, Emery, Hill & Scherer, C.P.A.'s.
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1966
Dwight Hill left the firm and Rusell Pearman and Phillip Stuart were admitted as partners.
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1968
The firm continued to grow and expanded their building.
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1972
The firm name was changed to Haury, Emery, Pearman & Stuart, C.P.A.'s.
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1974
Robert R. Coe was admitted as a partner.
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1978
B. Carver Swindoll was admitted as a partner.
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1983
The firm name was shortened to Emery, Pearman & Stuart, C.P.A.'s.
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1987
Keith S. Janzen was admitted as a partner.
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1990
The firm moved to its present location at 123 S. Main, after renovating the historic downtown building.
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1990
Kyle J. Hawk and D. Scot Loyd were admitted as partners.
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1993
The name of the partnership was changed to Swindoll, Janzen, Hawk & Loyd, CPAs.
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1996
The partnership changed the entity to a limited liability corporation; therefore, changing the name to Swindoll, Janzen, Hawk & Loyd, LLC.
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2008
Voted "Best Firms To Work For" by Accounting Today.
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2009
Voted "Best Firms To Work For" by Accounting Today.
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2010
Voted "Best Firms To Work For" by Accounting Today.
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2011
Chet Buchman was admitted as a partner.
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2012
Opened a second office location in Hutchinson, Kansas by merging with BSE, LLC. Both firms began operating under the Swindoll, Janzen, Hawk & Loyd, LLC name.
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2014
Chet Buchman became managing partner.
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2016
Opened a third office location in Wichita, Kansas by merging with the Wichita office location of CBIZ MHM, LLC. With the transition, Anne Downing and Debbie Coan were admitted as partners. All firms operate under the Swindoll, Janzen, Hawk & Loyd, LLC name.
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2019
Jesse Glazier, Justin Kaufman, Jaymie Rothrock, and Stacie Wilson were admitted as partners.
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2019
Opened a fourth office location in Newton, Kansas.
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2020
Darren Anderson and Adam Grilliot were admitted as partners.
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2022
Opened a fifth office location in Manhattan, Kansas.
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2023
John Albrecht and Candice Johnson were admitted as partners.
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