He attended Washburn University in Topeka and continued his education at Wichita State. Ruffin eventually quit because he wanted to earn a wage.
Phil Ruffin is the recipient of the 2016 WSU Center for Real Estate and Kansas CCIM Chapter Lifetime Achievement Award.īorn in Texas and raised in Wichita, Kansas, Ruffin accepted his first job during his high school years as an unpaid employee working for his father at Spur Market, a Wichita grocery store. The award honors local professionals who have made outstanding contributions to the commercial real estate profession and is a great honor and a tribute to individuals who represent the finest examples of Wichita’s rich history of entrepreneurship in the real estate industry.
Each year the WSU Center for Real Estate and the Kansas Chapter of Certified Commercial Investment Members (CCIM) present their annual Lifetime Achievement Award.
