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The following is a list of notable people associated with Kansas State University, whose main campus is located in the American city of Manhattan, Kansas.
University presidents
[edit]The following men have served as President of Kansas State University:[1]
- Joseph Denison, 1863–1873
- John Anderson, 1873–1879
- George Fairchild, 1879–1897
- Thomas Elmer Will, 1897–1899
- Ernest Reuben Nichols, 1899–1909
- Henry J. Waters, 1909–1917
- William Jardine, 1918–1925
- Francis D. Farrell, 1925–1943
- Milton Eisenhower, 1943–1950+
- James A. McCain, 1950–1975
- Duane C. Acker, 1975–1986
- Jon Wefald, 1986–2009
- Kirk Schulz, 2009–2016
- Richard Myers, 2016–2022+
- Richard Linton, 2022–present [2]
+Kansas State alumnus
Alumni
[edit]Academia
[edit]- Anna Estelle Arnold (1879–1942) – school teacher, administrator, textbook publisher
- Erle Bartley – professor (1949–1983); developed widely used preventative for ruminal tympany (ruminant bloat)[3]
- May Louise Cowles – researcher and nationwide advocate of home economics study[4]
- Kenneth S. Davis – historian, professor, nominated for National Book Award[5]
- Milton S. Eisenhower – former president of Kansas State, Penn State, and Johns Hopkins universities; brother of Dwight D. Eisenhower[6]
- Louis Edwin Fry Sr. (1903–2000) (B.S. 1927, M.S. 1929) – architect, professor; former chair of the department of architecture at Howard University[7][8][9]
- Leon Quincy Jackson (1926/1927–1995) (M.S. 1954) – architect, professor at Tennessee State University, and an early African American architect in Oklahoma and Tennessee[10][11]
- Charlotte P. Morris (PhD) – interim president of Tuskegee University (2010; 2017–2018)[12]
- Ernest Fox Nichols – physicist, president of Dartmouth College (1909–16) and MIT (1921–23)[13]
- Michael O'Donnell – professor, researcher on adolescent wellness
- George P. "Bud" Peterson – President of the Georgia Institute of Technology (2009–present); chancellor of the University of Colorado-Boulder (2006–09)[14]
- Imam Prasodjo – professor at the University of Indonesia[15]
- John Brooks Slaughter – Chancellor of University System of Maryland (1982–88), president of Occidental College (1988–99), director of the National Science Foundation[16]
- Helen B. Thompson (1875–1969) – home economist, professor emeritus at University of California, Los Angeles; Thompson Hall on the Kansas State Agricultural College campus is named in her honor[17]
- Jackie Vietti – President of Butler Community College for 17 years; interim president of Emporia State University in 2015
Arts and media
[edit]- Kirstie Alley – actress (Cheers, Veronica's Closet, Fat Actress); winner of two Emmy Awards[18]
- Craig Bolerjack – announcer on NFL on CBS; Utah Jazz television announcer[19]
- Charles L. Brainard – architect; active in preserving the papers of Dwight D. Eisenhower and establishing the Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library, Museum and Boyhood Home
- Jane Butel – cookbook author;[20] founder of the Jane Butel Cooking School[21]
- Bill Buzenberg – journalist; executive director of Center for Public Integrity; former vice-president of news at NPR[22]
- Del Close – actor, improviser, writer; co-founder of I.O. theatre in Chicago and one of premier influences on modern improvisational theater
- Lucinda Dickey – actress (Breakin', Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo), former Solid Gold dancer
- Roy M. Fisher – journalist; former editor-in-chief of Chicago Daily News[23]
- Gail Gregg – artist[24]
- Eddie Griffin – comedian[25]
- Mitch Holthus – radio voice of Kansas City Chiefs[26]
- Nathan Johnson – modernist architect in Detroit[27]
- Gordon Jump – actor (WKRP in Cincinnati, "Maytag Man")[28]
- Charles Melton – actor
- Virgil Miller – film special effects pioneer; Academy Award nominee[29]
- Clementine Paddleford – journalist and food writer; declared by Time magazine in 1953 as the "best known food editor in the United States"[30]
- Darcy Pattison – writer of children's literature, blogger, writing teacher and indie publisher
- Steve Pepoon – TV writer/producer; Emmy winner, The Simpsons
- Steve Physioc – broadcaster for the Kansas City Royals[31]
- Keylee Sue Sanders – television fashion consultant; former Miss Teen USA; pageant organizer[32]
- Lawrence M. Schoen – science fiction author
- Mark Schultz – musician[33]
- Kevin Warren Sloan – student athlete; landscape architect, urban planner and writer
- Crystal Smith – model, actress, and Playboy centerfold[33]
- Pete Souza – photojournalist and official White House photographer (1983–1989); chief White House photographer (2009–present)
- Eric Stonestreet – actor (Modern Family), Emmy Award winner
- Theresa Vail – Miss Kansas 2013
- Jerry Wexler – record producer; enshrined in Rock and Roll Hall of Fame[34]
English/creative writing
[edit]- Derick Burleson – poet[35]
- Frank Marshall Davis – poet; journalist; editor of several African-American newspapers[36]
- Darren DeFrain – fiction writer
- Taylor Mali – slam poet
- Claude McKay – poet influential during Harlem Renaissance[37]
- Debra Monroe – fiction writer
- Bryan Penberthy – poet
- Kevin Rabas – poet
- Ed Skoog – poet
Business
[edit]- Leanne Caret – president and CEO of Boeing Defense, Space & Security[38]
- Gregory C. Case – CEO of Aon
- James Harbord – major general during World War I; president and chairman of the board for RCA[39]
- Damon T. Hininger – chief executive officer of the Corrections Corporation of America[40]
- Carl Ice – president (2010–14) and President and CEO (2014–20) of BNSF Railway
- Jim Isch – officer at NCAA; interim executive director of NCAA (2009–2010)
- William A. Porter – founder of E-Trade[41]
- Warren Staley – president and CEO, Cargill, Inc.[42]
Politics, government and military
[edit]- Emory S. Adams – United States Army general
- Lewis Bloom (grad. 1972) – member of the Kansas House of Representatives[43]
- Joseph Boakai – Vice President of Liberia (2006–2018)[44]
- Sam Brinton – nuclear engineer, LGBT activist, policy analyst for Bipartisan Policy Center, and deputy assistant secretary for the Office of Nuclear Energy[45][46][47]
- Sam Brownback – U.S. Senator, Kansas (1996–2011),[48] 46th governor of Kansas (2011–2018)
- Donald M. Campbell Jr. – Commanding general of U.S. Army Recruiting Command in Fort Knox
- John W. Carlin – 40th governor of Kansas; Archivist of the United States (1995–2005)[49]
- Glen E. Edgerton – major general, U.S. Army[33]
- Marlin Fitzwater – Press Secretary under Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush[50]
- Kenji Fujimori – Peruvian businessman and Congressman
- Jim Geringer – 30th governor of Wyoming[51]
- Mike Hayden – 41st governor of Kansas[52]
- Lori Healey – Commissioner of the Chicago Department of Planning and Development
- Lynn Jenkins – Kansas State Treasurer (2002–08), U.S. House of Representatives (2009–2019)
- Ronald E. Keys – General, U.S. Air Force[33]
- Richard A. Knobloch – brigadier general, U.S. Air Force
- Henry D. Linscott – lieutenant general, U.S. Marine Corps
- Roger Marshall – junior United States senator from Kansas
- Michael A. McAuliffe – brigadier general, U.S. Air Force
- Frank B. Morrison – 31st governor of Nebraska (1961–67)
- Richard Myers – Chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff (2001–2005)[53]
- Richard Bordeaux Parker – diplomat[54]
- John Jacob Rhodes – Minority Leader of the U.S. House of Representatives (1973–1981)[55]
- Pat Roberts – U.S. Senator, Kansas (1996–2020)[56]
- Bernard W. Rogers – NATO Supreme Allied Commander
- Glenn Rogers – Member of the Texas House of Representatives (2021–present)
- Susanna M. Salter – Mayor of Argonia, Kansas (1887); first female mayor in the United States[57]
- Fred Andrew Seaton – U.S. Senator, Nebraska (1951–1952); U.S. Secretary of the Interior (1956–1961)[58]
- K. Gary Sebelius – magistrate judge of the United States District Court for the District of Kansas
- Harold Sebring – Chief Justice of the Florida Supreme Court, American judge at the Nuremberg Trials, Dean of the Stetson University College of Law, and head coach of the Florida Gators football team[59]
- Richard J. Seitz – lieutenant general, U.S. Army
- Theresa Sparks – president of the San Francisco Police Commission
- John Strick – Member of the Kansas State Senate (1985–1992)
- Virginia Trotter – U.S. Assistant Secretary of Education (1974–1977)
- Harriet Waddy – major in the Women's Army Corps
- Allen West – U.S. House of Representatives from Florida's 22nd district (2011–2013)
Science and technology
[edit]- Mark Alfred Carleton – botanist[60]
- David Fairchild – botanist and explorer[61]
- Paul C. Fisher – inventor[33]
- Philip Fox – astronomer[62]
- Alwyn Howard Gentry – botanist
- Luis Montaner – HIV/AIDS researcher[63]
- Nellie M. Payne – entomologist and agricultural chemist
- Elieser Posner — grain scientist[64]
- Geraldine L. Richmond – physical chemist; National Medal of Science laureate
- Lloyd Carlton Stearman – aircraft designer
- Charles Hazelius Sternberg – paleontologist
- Walter Tennyson Swingle – botanist
- Peter Tsai – inventor of N95 mask[65][66]
- Samuel Wendell Williston – paleontologist[67]
Athletics
[edit]Baseball
[edit]- Elden Auker – All-American (1932); All-Big Six Conference in football, basketball, and baseball; played for Detroit Tigers[68]
- Josh Billings – 11-year Major League Baseball veteran[citation needed]
- Ted Power – 12-year Major League Baseball veteran[69]
- Bobby Randall – played for Minnesota Twins (1976–80),[70] former head baseball coach at Iowa State University (1985–1995), former head baseball coach at University of Kansas (1996–2002)
- Andy Replogle – pitcher for Milwaukee Brewers[71]
- Kite Thomas – outfielder for Philadelphia Athletics, Washington Senators;[72] namesake of Kite's Bar in Manhattan, Kansas[73]
- Carlos Torres – pitcher for Chicago White Sox[74]
- Craig Wilson – All-American (1992); member of the 1992 Olympic baseball team in Barcelona; played for Chicago White Sox[75]
- Earl Woods – father of Tiger Woods; broke color barrier in baseball in the Big Seven Conference at Kansas State[76]
Basketball
[edit]- Ernie Barrett – first-round pick in 1951 NBA draft (Boston Celtics), former athletic director at Kansas State, number retired by KSU[77]
- Michael Beasley – active NBA player, All-American and Big 12 Conference Player of the Year (2008), second overall selection in the 2008 NBA draft[78]
- Rolando Blackman – College Basketball Hall of Famer, All-American (1981), first-round pick in 1981 NBA draft (Dallas Mavericks), four-time NBA All-Star[79]
- Bob Boozer – College Basketball Hall of Famer, two-time All-American (1958, 1959), first overall draft pick in 1959 NBA draft (Cincinnati Royals), NBA All-Star[80]
- Bob Chipman – former basketball coach at Washburn University; team won 1986–1987 NAIA national championship
- Norris Coleman (born 1961) – NBA forward for the Los Angeles Clippers, 1994 Israeli Basketball Premier League MVP
- Mike Evans – two-time Big Eight Conference Player of the Year (1977, 1978), first-round pick in 1978 NBA draft (Denver Nuggets), NBA executive and coach[81]
- Marcus Foster (born 1995) - basketball player for Hapoel Tel Aviv of the Israeli Basketball Premier League
- Bill Guthridge – former basketball coach at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, National Coach of the Year (1998)[82]
- D.J. Johnson
- Gene Keady – former basketball coach at Purdue, four-time National Coach of the Year (1984, 1994, 1996, 2000)[83]
- Lon Kruger – basketball coach at Oklahoma, former coach of Atlanta Hawks, two-time Big Eight Conference Player of the Year (1973, 1974)[84]
- Rodney McGruder – active NBA player (Los Angeles Clippers)[85]
- Mike McGuirl (born 1998) – player for Hapoel Haifa in the Israeli Basketball Premier League
- Willie Murrell – led KSU to Final Four in 1964, former ABA basketball player, number retired by KSU[86]
- Nicole Ohlde – three-time All-American (2002, 2003, 2004), first-round pick in 2004 WNBA draft, number retired by KSU[87]
- Jacob Pullen – all-time scoring leader for KSU (2,132 career points), winner of Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award
- Mitch Richmond – Naismith Hall of Fame, All-American (1988), first-round pick in 1988 NBA draft, six-time NBA All-Star, NBA All-Star Game MVP[88]
- Howie Shannon – All-American (1948), first overall draft pick in 1949 BAA Draft (Providence Steamrollers)[89]
- Xavier Sneed (born 1997) - basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League
- Juan "Pachín" Vicens – named "Best Basketball Player in the World" in 1959[90][91]
- Kendra Wecker – All-American and Big 12 Conference Player of the Year (2005), first-round pick in 2005 WNBA draft (San Antonio Silver Stars), number retired by KSU[92]
- Tex Winter – former KSU basketball coach, innovator of the Triangle Offense
Football
[edit]- Elijah Alexander – NFL linebacker; founder of the Tackle Cancer Foundation[93]
- David Allen – All-American (1998); NFL kick returner[94]
- Michael Bishop – Davey O'Brien Award winner; second in voting for 1998 Heisman Trophy; All-American (1998)[95]
- Larry Brown – 1972 NFL MVP; four-time NFL Pro Bowler[96]
- Russ Campbell – former NFL tight end for the Pittsburgh Steelers[97]
- Chris Canty – two-time All-American (1995, 1996); first-round pick in 1997 NFL draft[98]
- Henry Childs – NFL Pro Bowler[99]
- Paul Coffman – three-time NFL Pro Bowler; member of Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame[100]
- Tyrone Crews – CFL linebacker, Grey Cup champion, BC Lions Wall of Fame[101]
- Ron Dickerson – head football coach for Temple University
- Darrell Dickey – head football coach for University of North Texas[102]
- Lynn Dickey – NFL quarterback; named all-time All-Big Eight QB in 1996; member of Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame[103]
- Josh Freeman – NFL quarterback; first-round draft pick in 2009 NFL draft[104]
- Ralph Graham – starter in 1934 East-West Shrine Game; head football coach for Kansas State[citation needed]
- Martín Gramática – Lou Groza Award winner; All-American (1997); NFL Pro Bowler[105]
- Dean Griffing – Canadian Football Hall of Famer; first general manager of Denver Broncos
- Steve Grogan – NFL quarterback; member of New England Patriots Hall of Fame[106]
- Kirby Hocutt – athletic director at Texas Tech University, Chairman of College Football Playoff Committee (2016– )[107]
- Jason Johnson – former Indianapolis Colts player[108]
- Tony Jordan – NFL running back of Phoenix Cardinals[109]
- Jeff Kelly – All-American (1998); former NFL linebacker[110]
- Collin Klein – Big XII Offensive Player of the Year 2012; Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award 2012; third in voting for 2012 Heisman Trophy
- Tyler Lockett – NFL wide receiver for the Seattle Seahawks selected for the 2016 Pro Bowl
- Jeron Mastrud – NFL tight end (Miami Dolphins)[111]
- Ralph McFillen – player 1960–1963; NCAA conference commissioner
- Jaime Mendez – All-American (1993); holds KSU record for most interceptions in a season (15)[112]
- Jordy Nelson – All-American (2007); NFL wide receiver (Green Bay Packers)[113]
- Quentin Neujahr – NFL center[114]
- Terence Newman – Jim Thorpe Award winner; unanimous All-American (2002); first-round pick in 2003 NFL draft[115]
- Gary Patterson – head football coach at TCU[116]
- Ellis Rainsberger – head football coach for Kansas State University and Pittsburgh Maulers[117]
- Doug Russell – led NFL in rushing in 1935
- Clarence Scott – All-American (1970); NFL Pro Bowler[118]
- Harold L. "Tom" Sebring – head football coach for the University of Florida (1925–1927)[119]
- Mark Simoneau – All-American (1999); Big 12 Player of the Year; former NFL linebacker[120]
- Sean Snyder – All-American (1992); son of coach Bill Snyder[121]
- Gary Spani – All-American (1977); Member of College Football Hall of Fame and Kansas City Chiefs Hall of Fame[122]
- Darren Sproles – All-American (2003); NFL running back; selected as one of "Fifty Greatest San Diego Chargers"[123]
- Bob Stull – athletic director at UTEP[124]
- Veryl Switzer – NFL running back; highest NFL draft pick in KSU history (#4 in 1954)[125]
- Daniel Thomas – NFL running back[126]
- Brent Venables (class of 1992) – current head football coach at Oklahoma
- James J. Yeager – head football coach for Iowa State University and the University of Colorado
Golf
[edit]- Jim Colbert – finished second at NCAA Championships; registered 8 victories on PGA Tour and 20 victories on Champions Tour; golf television analyst[127]
- Robert Streb – PGA golfer
- Aaron Watkins – PGA golfer
Track and field
[edit]- Thane Baker – winner of four Olympic medals, including gold, at 1952 Summer Olympics and 1956 Summer Olympics
- Tom Brosius – All-American in shot put and discus
- DeLoss Dodds – Big Seven champion; Kansas State track coach (1963–1976); U.S. Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association Hall of Fame
- Steve Fritz – Big Eight champion; finished fourth in decathlon at 1996 Summer Olympics; assistant coach at Kansas State
- Kenny Harrison – won gold medal in triple jump at 1996 Summer Olympics
- Thomas Randolph – two-sport All-American (1992)
- Ivan Riley – won bronze medal in 400 meter hurdles at 1924 Summer Olympics
- Austra Skujytė – won silver medal in heptathlon (for Lithuania) at 2004 Summer Olympics; assistant coach at Kansas State
Others
[edit]- Erin Brockovich – activist[128]
- Sean Lowe – reality star (The Bachelorette, The Bachelor, Dancing with the Stars)
- Jim Rayburn – founder of Young Life
- Kevin Saunders – wheelchair Olympian
Faculty and staff
[edit]- Stephen Ambrose – professor of history (1970–71)
- M. Katherine Banks – professor of engineering (1989–1997)
- Helen Brockman – fashion designer (1968–74)
- Helen Stuart Campbell – professor of domestic science (1896–97)[129]
- Elizabeth Williams Champney – secretary of college, drawing instructor (1870–73)[129]
- John Ciardi – professor of English (poetry)[130]
- John Wynn Davidson – first professor of military science (1868–71)
- Kenneth S. Davis – professor of history
- Michael Finnegan – professor of anthropology
- Angelo Garzio – emeritus professor of ceramics
- Charles Christian Georgeson – professor of agriculture (1890–98)
- Nehemiah Green – professor of military tactics
- Roy M. Green – professor; later president of Colorado State University[131]
- T. Marshall Hahn – Dean of College of Arts and Sciences (1959–62); later president of Virginia Tech
- A. S. Hitchcock – professor of botany (1892–1901)
- Pascal Hitzler – professor of computer science (2019–present)
- Jonathan Holden – professor of English (poetry) (1978–present)
- John S. Hougham – chairman of philosophy and agriculture (1868–72)
- Lloyd Hulbert – professor of biology (1955–86)
- William Ashbrook Kellerman – professor of botany (1883–91)
- Naomi B. Lynn – professor of political science; later first Hispanic female president of an American public university
- George A. Milliken – professor of statistics
- W. R. Moses – poet; professor of English
- Benjamin Franklin Mudge – Chair of Geology Department (1866–74)
- Philip Nel – professor of English (2000–present)
- Mitsugi Ohno – glassblower of first successful Klein bottle (1961–96)
- Andrew Summers Rowan – professor of military tactics (1902–03)
- Fred Albert Shannon – professor of history; awarded Pulitzer Prize for History in 1929 while teaching at Kansas State
- James Shanteau – professor of psychology
- Maurice Cole Tanquary – professor of entomology (1913–1919)
- Albert M. Ten Eyck – professor of agriculture (1902–06), agronomy (1906–10) and farm management (1910–12)
- Helen B. Thompson (1875–1969) – home economist, professor emeritus at University of California, Los Angeles; Thompson Hall on the Kansas State Agricultural College campus is named in her honor[17]
- Michael Wesch – assistant professor of cultural anthropology, recipient of 2008 U.S. Professor of the Year award from CASE[132]
- Kimberly A. With – professor of biology
Fictional characters
[edit]- Joseph, anti-hero of Bruce Jay Friedman's novel A Mother's Kisses, attends "Kansas Land Grant Agricultural College."
- Mary Ashley, main character in Sidney Sheldon's novel Windmills of the Gods, starts the book as a professor at Kansas State University.
- Brantley Foster, protagonist in the movie The Secret of My Success, portrayed by Michael J. Fox, is a recent graduate of Kansas State University who moves to New York City where he has landed a job as a financier.
- Oliver Lang, terrorist in the movie Arlington Road, portrayed by Tim Robbins, is a former Kansas State student.
- Lamar Quin, senior associate in the John Grisham novel The Firm, is noted to have graduated from Kansas State.
See also
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