List of Kansas State University people
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
George T. Fairchild The following men have served as President of Kansas State University:[ 1]
Joseph Denison , 1863–1873John Anderson , 1873–1879George Fairchild , 1879–1897Thomas Elmer Will, 1897–1899
Ernest Reuben Nichols, 1899–1909
Henry J. Waters, 1909–1917
William Jardine , 1918–1925Francis D. Farrell, 1925–1943
Milton Eisenhower , 1943–1950+ James A. McCain, 1950–1975
Duane C. Acker, 1975–1986
Jon Wefald , 1986–2009Kirk Schulz , 2009–2016Richard Myers , 2016–2022+ Richard Linton , 2022–present [ 2] + Kansas State alumnus
Alumni
Academia
Ernest Fox Nichols Anna Estelle Arnold (1879–1942) – school teacher, administrator, textbook publisherErle 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 wellnessGeorge 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
Kirstie Alley – actress (Cheers Veronica's Closet Fat Actress 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] [ 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 Solid Gold 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 – actorVirgil Miller – film special effects pioneer; Academy Award nominee[ 29] Clementine Paddleford – journalist and food writer; declared by Time magazine [ 30] Darcy Pattison – writer of children's literature, blogger, writing teacher and indie publisherSteve 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 authorMark Schultz – musician[ 33] Kevin Warren Sloan – student athlete; landscape architect, urban planner and writerCrystal Smith – model, actress, and Playboy [ 33] Pete Souza – photojournalist and official White House photographer (1983–1989); chief White House photographer (2009–present)Eric Stonestreet – actor (Modern Family Emmy Award winnerTheresa Vail – Miss Kansas 2013Jerry Wexler – record producer; enshrined in Rock and Roll Hall of Fame [ 34]
James Harbord
Business
U.S. Sen. Pat Roberts Richard A. Knobloch – brigadier general, U.S. Air ForceHenry D. Linscott – lieutenant general, U.S. Marine CorpsRoger Marshall – junior United States senator from Kansas Michael A. McAuliffe – brigadier general, U.S. Air ForceFrank 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 CommanderGlenn 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. ArmyTheresa Sparks – president of the San Francisco Police CommissionJohn 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 CorpsAllen West – U.S. House of Representatives from Florida's 22nd district (2011–2013)David Fairchild
Science and technology
Athletics
Baseball
Basketball
Michael Beasley 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
Larry Brown
Golf
Track and field
Erin Brockovich
Others
Faculty and staff
Fictional characters
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
Brantley Foster, protagonist in the movie The Secret of My Success 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 Tim Robbins , is a former Kansas State student.
Lamar Quin, senior associate in the John Grisham novel The Firm
See also
References
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