|
University of Kansas
EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION
Location:
Lawrence, KS
Founding Date:
1866 Team:
Jayhawks Enrollment:
29,272 Official Website:
http://www.ku.edu/ STUDENTS
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Phog Allen |
Basketball |
18-Nov-1885 |
16-Sep-1974 |
KU Head Coach, 1919-56 |
| Kirstie Alley |
Actor |
12-Jan-1951 |
|
Rebecca from Cheers |
| Robert J. Allison, Jr. |
Business |
29-Jan-1939 |
|
CEO of Anadarko Petroleum, 1979-2002 |
| John Anderson, Jr. |
Politician |
8-May-1917 |
|
Governor of Kansas, 1961-65 |
| Philip Anschutz |
Business |
28-Dec-1939 |
|
Qwest billionaire |
| William H. Avery |
Politician |
11-Aug-1911 |
|
Governor of Kansas, 1965-67 |
| Sheila C. Bair |
Government |
c. 1953 |
|
FDIC Chairman |
| Scott Bakula |
Actor |
9-Oct-1954 |
|
Quantum Leap |
| Scott Bloch |
Government |
c. 1958 |
|
Office of Special Counsel |
| William E. Borah |
Politician |
29-Jun-1865 |
19-Jan-1940 |
US Senator from Idaho, 1907-40 |
| Charles G. Boyd |
Military |
15-Apr-1938 |
|
Retired General, US Air Force |
| Peter C. Brown |
Business |
c. 1959 |
|
CEO of AMC Entertainment |
| Sam Brownback |
Politician |
12-Sep-1956 |
|
US Senator from Kansas |
| Robert F. Callahan |
Business |
c. 1954 |
|
CEO of Ziff-Davis Media |
| J. Kermit Campbell |
Business |
c. 1939 |
|
CEO of Herman Miller, 1992-95 |
| Cynthia Carroll |
Business |
c. 1956 |
|
CEO of Anglo American |
| Wilt Chamberlain |
Basketball |
21-Aug-1936 |
12-Oct-1999 |
Wilt the Stilt |
| Michael P. Connors |
Business |
c. 1955 |
|
Information Services Group, Inc. |
| Linda Z. Cook |
Business |
4-Jun-1958 |
|
Shell Oil executive |
| Kenneth W. Dam |
Government |
10-Aug-1932 |
|
Deputy Treasury Secretary, 2001-03 |
| Jack Del Rio |
Football |
3-Apr-1963 |
|
Head Coach, Jacksonville Jaguars |
| David B. Dillon |
Business |
1951 |
|
CEO of Kroger |
| George Docking |
Politician |
23-Feb-1904 |
20-Jan-1964 |
Governor of Kansas, 1957-61 |
| Robert Docking |
Politician |
9-Oct-1925 |
8-Oct-1983 |
Governor of Kansas, 1967-75 |
| Bob Dole |
Politician |
22-Jul-1923 |
|
US Senator from Kansas, 1969-96 |
| Steve Doocy |
Journalist |
19-Oct-1956 |
|
Fox & Friends |
| Robert J. Eaton |
Business |
13-Feb-1940 |
|
CEO of Chrysler, 1993-98 |
| Paul R. Ehrlich |
Scientist |
29-May-1932 |
|
The Population Bomb |
| Loren Eiseley |
Anthropologist |
3-Sep-1907 |
9-Jul-1977 |
The Firmament of Time |
| Robert F. Ellsworth |
Politician |
11-Jun-1926 |
|
Congressman from Kansas, 1961-67 |
| Thomas Frank |
Author |
1965 |
|
Founding editor, The Baffler |
| Hugh M. Grant |
Business |
c. 1936 |
|
Former Partner, Ernst & Young |
| Bill Graves |
Politician |
9-Jan-1953 |
|
Governor of Kansas, 1995-2003 |
| Frank Harris |
Author |
14-Feb-1856 |
26-Aug-1931 |
My Life and Loves |
| Julius C. Holmes |
Diplomat |
24-Apr-1899 |
15-Jul-1968 |
US Ambassador to Iran, 1961-65 |
| Jane Dee Hull |
Politician |
8-Aug-1935 |
|
Governor of Arizona, 1997-2003 |
| David Hunke |
Publisher |
c. 1952 |
|
Newspaper publisher |
| William Inge |
Playwright |
3-May-1913 |
10-Jun-1973 |
Come Back, Little Sheba |
| Don James |
Football |
31-Dec-1932 |
|
Huskies Head Coach, 1975-92 |
| Don Johnson |
Actor |
15-Dec-1949 |
|
Miami Vice, Nash Bridges |
| Edward A. Kangas |
Business |
22-May-1944 |
|
CEO of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, 1989-2000 |
| Robert S. Kaplan |
Business |
c. 1957 |
|
Vice Chairman, Goldman Sachs, 2002-06 |
| Jay Karnes |
Actor |
27-Jun-1963 |
|
Det. Wagenbach on The Shield |
| Nancy Kassebaum |
Politician |
29-Jul-1932 |
|
US Senator from Kansas, 1979-97 |
| Kenton Keith |
Diplomat |
12-Nov-1939 |
|
US Ambassador to Qatar, 1992-95 |
| Clarence M. Kelley |
Government |
24-Oct-1911 |
5-Aug-1997 |
FBI Director, 1973-78 |
| Terry Kiser |
Actor |
1-Aug-1939 |
|
Weekend at Bernie's |
| Phill Kline |
Politician |
31-Dec-1959 |
|
Kansas State Attorney General |
| Bill Kurtis |
Journalist |
21-Sep-1940 |
|
Shoulder-shrugging host of American Justice |
| Neil LaBute |
Film Director |
19-Mar-1963 |
|
In the Company of Men |
| David F. Lambertson |
Diplomat |
30-Jun-1940 |
|
US Ambassador to Thailand, 1991-95 |
| Doug Lamborn |
Politician |
24-May-1954 |
|
Congressman, Colorado 5th |
| Alf Landon |
Politician |
9-Sep-1887 |
12-Oct-1987 |
Republican Presidential candidate 1936 |
| Dale R. Laurance |
Business |
c. 1945 |
|
President of Occidental Petroleum, 1996-2004 |
| Delano E. Lewis |
Diplomat |
12-Nov-1938 |
|
US Ambassador to South Africa, 2000-01 |
| Karen McCarthy |
Politician |
18-Mar-1947 |
|
Congresswoman from Missouri, 1995-2005 |
| James A. McClung |
Business |
c. 1938 |
|
Former VP at FMC |
| Mike McCormack |
Football |
21-Jun-1930 |
|
NFL Hall of Famer, coach |
| Cynthia H. Milligan |
Educator |
c. 1947 |
|
Dean, UNL College of Business Administration |
| Lou Montulli |
Computer Programmer |
c. 1971 |
|
Invented BLINK tag, wrote Lynx browser |
| Dennis Moore |
Politician |
8-Nov-1945 |
|
Congressman, Kansas 3rd |
| Jerry Moran |
Politician |
29-May-1954 |
|
Congressman, Kansas 1st |
| Alan Mulally |
Business |
4-Aug-1945 |
|
CEO of Ford Motor Company |
| Al Oerter |
Track and Field |
19-Sep-1936 |
1-Oct-2007 |
Four-time Olympic discus gold medalist |
| Duane A. Parde |
Activist |
13-Jun-1963 |
|
National Taxpayers Union |
| Sara Paretsky |
Novelist |
8-Jun-1947 |
|
V. I. Warshawski detective novels |
| Mark Parkinson |
Politician |
24-Jun-1957 |
|
Lt. Governor of Kansas |
| B. Lynn Pascoe |
Diplomat |
7-Jul-1943 |
|
UN Under Secy. Gen. for Political Affairs |
| Mandy Patinkin |
Actor |
30-Nov-1952 |
|
Dead Like Me |
| Paul Pierce |
Basketball |
13-Oct-1977 |
|
Boston Celtics guard/forward |
| Betsy Randle |
Actor |
24-Jun-1955 |
|
Amy Matthews on Boy Meets World |
| John Riggins |
Football |
4-Aug-1949 |
|
NFL running back, The Diesel |
| Rob Riggle |
Comic |
21-Apr-1970 |
|
The Daily Show |
| Buddy Rogers |
Actor |
13-Aug-1904 |
21-Apr-1999 |
With Mary Pickford in My Best Girl |
| Paul Rudd |
Actor |
6-Apr-1969 |
|
The Shape of Things |
| Adolph Rupp |
Basketball |
2-Sep-1901 |
10-Dec-1977 |
Kentucky Head Coach, 1930-72 |
| Jim Ryun |
Politician |
29-Apr-1947 |
|
Congressman, Kansas 2nd |
| Gale Sayers |
Football |
30-May-1943 |
|
Chicago Bears HB, 1965-71 |
| Kathleen Sebelius |
Politician |
15-May-1948 |
|
Governor of Kansas |
| Christopher A. Sinclair |
Business |
5-Sep-1950 |
|
Former Pepsi executive |
| Harry Sinclair |
Business |
6-Jul-1876 |
10-Nov-1956 |
Founder of Sinclair Oil |
| Bruce A. Smith |
Business |
12-Oct-1943 |
|
CEO of Tesoro |
| Dean Smith |
Basketball |
28-Feb-1931 |
|
UNC Basketball Head Coach, 1961-97 |
| Vernon L. Smith |
Economist |
1-Jan-1927 |
|
Experimental economics |
| William Stafford |
Poet |
17-Jan-1914 |
28-Aug-1993 |
Travelling Through the Dark |
| Craig Stevens |
Actor |
8-Jul-1918 |
10-May-2000 |
Peter Gunn |
| Rex Stout |
Novelist |
1-Dec-1886 |
27-Oct-1975 |
Nero Wolf novels |
| Clyde W. Tombaugh |
Astronomer |
4-Feb-1906 |
17-Jan-1997 |
Discovered Pluto |
| Dee Wallace-Stone |
Actor |
14-Dec-1948 |
|
E.T.: The Extraterrestrial |
| Jo Jo White |
Basketball |
16-Nov-1946 |
|
Boston Celtics, 1969-79 |
| William Allen White |
Journalist |
10-Feb-1868 |
29-Jan-1944 |
The Emporia Gazette |
| Eric F. Wieschaus |
Scientist |
8-Jun-1947 |
|
Embryonic development of fruit flies |
TEACHERS AND PROFESSORS
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Bill Bass |
Scientist |
30-Aug-1928 |
|
Mayor of the Body Farm |
| Carl Becker |
Historian |
7-Sep-1873 |
10-Apr-1945 |
Everyman His Own Historian |
| Scott Bloch |
Government |
c. 1958 |
|
Office of Special Counsel |
| Ernest Burgess |
Sociologist |
16-May-1886 |
27-Dec-1966 |
Introduction to the Science of Sociology |
| Ronald K. Calgaard |
Business |
1937 |
|
President of Trinity University, 1979-99 |
| Loren Eiseley |
Anthropologist |
3-Sep-1907 |
9-Jul-1977 |
The Firmament of Time |
| David Ignatow |
Poet |
7-Feb-1914 |
17-Nov-1997 |
Rescue the Dead |
| Sally Mason |
Educator |
c. 1950 |
|
President, University of Iowa |
| James Moeser |
Educator |
1939 |
|
Chancellor, UNC Chapel Hill |
| James Naismith |
Basketball |
6-Nov-1861 |
28-Nov-1939 |
Inventor of Basketball |
| Joseph A. Pichler |
Business |
2-Oct-1939 |
|
CEO of Kroger, 1990-2003 |
| Jef Raskin |
Computer Programmer |
9-Mar-1943 |
26-Feb-2005 |
Designed Macintosh human interface |
| F. Sherwood Rowland |
Chemist |
28-Jun-1927 |
|
Ozone depletion |
ADMINISTRATORS AND TRUSTEES
COACHES
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Phog Allen |
Basketball |
18-Nov-1885 |
16-Sep-1974 |
KU Head Coach, 1919-56 |
| John Calipari |
Basketball |
10-Feb-1959 |
|
Head Coach, University of Memphis |
| John Cooper |
Football |
2-Jul-1937 |
|
OSU Head Coach, 1988-2000 |
| Mark Dantonio |
Football |
9-Mar-1956 |
|
Head Coach, Michigan State |
| Terry Donahue |
Football |
24-Jun-1944 |
|
UCLA Head Coach, 1976-95 |
| John Fox |
Football |
8-Feb-1955 |
|
Head Coach, Carolina Panthers |
| Mark Mangino |
Football |
26-Aug-1956 |
|
Kansas Jayhawks Head Coach |
| Wade Phillips |
Football |
21-Jun-1947 |
|
Head Coach, Dallas Cowboys |
| Bill Self |
Basketball |
27-Dec-1962 |
|
Head Coach, University of Kansas |
| Dean Smith |
Basketball |
28-Feb-1931 |
|
UNC Basketball Head Coach, 1961-97 |
| Kevin Stallings |
Basketball |
1-Oct-1960 |
|
Vanderbilt Head Coach |
| Roy Williams |
Basketball |
1-Aug-1950 |
|
Head Coach, UNC-Chapel Hill |
| Fielding H. Yost |
Football |
30-Apr-1871 |
20-Apr-1946 |
Legendary UMich Head Coach |
| Ron Zook |
Football |
28-Apr-1954 |
|
Head Coach, Fighting Illini |
Do you know something we don't?
Submit a correction or make a comment about this profile
Copyright ©2008 Soylent Communications
|
