EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION

Location:
Lawrence, KS

Founding Date:
1865

Motto:
Videbo visionem hanc magnam quare non comburatur rubus

Team:
Jayhawks

Enrollment:
30,000

Official Website:
http://www.ku.edu/

STUDENTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Harold Adamson	Songwriter	10-Dec-1906	17-Aug-1980	Time on My Hands
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	15-Sep-2014	Governor of Kansas, 1961-65
Philip Anschutz	Business	28-Dec-1939		Qwest billionaire
Edward F. Arn	Politician	19-May-1906	22-Jan-1998	Governor of Kansas, 1951-55
William H. Avery	Politician	11-Aug-1911	4-Nov-2009	Governor of Kansas, 1965-67
Sheila C. Bair	Government	c. 1953		FDIC Chairman
Scott Bakula	Actor	9-Oct-1954		Quantum Leap
Robert F. Bennett	Politician	23-May-1927	9-Oct-2000	Governor of Kansas, 1975-79
Scott Bloch	Government	c. 1958		Office of Special Counsel, 2004-08
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
Mary Beck Briscoe	Judge	4-Apr-1947		10th Circuit Court of Appeals
Peter C. Brown	Business	c. 1959		CEO of AMC Entertainment
Sam Brownback	Politician	12-Sep-1956		Governor of 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
Evan S. Connell	Novelist	17-Aug-1924	10-Jan-2013	Mrs. Bridge
Michael P. Connors	Business	c. 1955		Information Services Group, Inc.
Linda Z. Cook	Business	4-Jun-1958		Shell Oil executive
Timothy A. Crown	Business	c. 1964		Chairman of Insight Enterprises
Kenneth W. Dam	Government	10-Aug-1932		Deputy Treasury Secretary, 2001-03
Jonathan M. Davis	Politician	27-Apr-1871	27-Jun-1943	Governor of Kansas, 1923-25
Jack Del Rio	Football	3-Apr-1963		Coach, Oakland Raiders
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	9-May-2011	Congressman from Kansas, 1961-67
Troy Findley	Politician	11-Jul-1964		Lt. Governor of Kansas
Tenney Frank	Economist	19-May-1876	3-Apr-1939	An Economic Survey of Ancient Rome
Thomas Frank	Author	21-Mar-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 L. Hagaman	Politician	1-Jun-1984	23-Jun-1966	Governor of Kansas, 1950-51
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
Walter A. Huxman	Politician	16-Feb-1887	25-Jun-1972	Governor of Kansas, 1937-39
Don Ihde	Philosopher	14-Jan-1934		Technics and Praxis
William Inge	Playwright	3-May-1913	10-Jun-1973	Come Back, Little Sheba
Don James	Football	31-Dec-1932	20-Oct-2013	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
George Kelly	Psychologist	28-Apr-1905	6-Mar-1967	Personal Construct Theory of personality
Terry Kiser	Actor	1-Aug-1939		Weekend at Bernie's
Phill Kline	Politician	31-Dec-1959		Kansas State Attorney General, 2003-07
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
Lester D. Langley	Historian	7-Aug-1940		The Banana Wars
Dale R. Laurance	Business	c. 1945		President of Occidental Petroleum, 1996-2004
Stanford E. Lehmberg	Historian	23-Sep-1931	14-Jun-2012	Sir Thomas Elyot: Tudor Humanist
Delano E. Lewis	Diplomat	12-Nov-1938		US Ambassador to South Africa, 2000-01
James K. Logan	Judge	21-Aug-1929		10th Circuit Court of Appeals, 1977-94
Karen McCarthy	Politician	18-Mar-1947	5-Oct-2010	Congresswoman from Missouri, 1995-2005
James A. McClung	Business	c. 1938		Former VP at FMC
Mike McCormack	Football	21-Jun-1930	15-Nov-2013	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 from Kansas, 1999-2011
Jerry Moran	Politician	29-May-1954		US Senator from Kansas
Alan Mulally	Business	4-Aug-1945		CEO of Ford Motor Company, 2006-14
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		Governor of Kansas, 2009-11
B. Lynn Pascoe	Diplomat	7-Jul-1943		UN Under Secy. Gen. for Political Affairs
Mandy Patinkin	Actor	30-Nov-1952		Dead Like Me
Benjamin S. Paulen	Politician	14-Jul-1869	11-Jul-1961	Governor of Kansas, 1925-29
Paul Pierce	Basketball	13-Oct-1977		Brooklyn Nets 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 from Kansas, 1997-2007
Juan Manuel Santos	Head of State	10-Aug-1951		President of Colombia
Gale Sayers	Football	30-May-1943		Chicago Bears HB, 1965-71
Andrew F. Schoeppel	Politician	23-Nov-1894	21-Jan-1962	Governor of Kansas, 1943-47
Kathleen Sebelius	Politician	15-May-1948		US Secretary of Health and Human Services
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	7-Feb-2015	UNC Basketball Head Coach, 1961-97
Vernon L. Smith	Economist	1-Jan-1927		Experimental economics
William Stafford	Poet	17-Jan-1914	28-Aug-1993	Traveling 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
Deanell Reece Tacha	Judge	26-Jan-1946		10th Circuit Court of Appeals
Clyde W. Tombaugh	Astronomer	4-Feb-1906	17-Jan-1997	Discovered Pluto
Dee Wallace-Stone	Actor	14-Dec-1948		E.T.: The Extraterrestrial
John Fenton Wheeler	Journalist	10-Apr-1924	21-Apr-2013	Last Man Out
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
Kevin Yoder	Politician	8-Jan-1976		Congressman, Kansas 3rd

TEACHERS AND PROFESSORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Bill Bass	Scientist	30-Aug-1928		Human decomposition
Carl Becker	Historian	7-Sep-1873	10-Apr-1945	Everyman His Own Historian
Scott Bloch	Government	c. 1958		Office of Special Counsel, 2004-08
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
J. C. D. Clark	Historian	28-Feb-1951		English Society, 1688-1832
Loren Eiseley	Anthropologist	3-Sep-1907	9-Jul-1977	The Firmament of Time
Alexander Grothendieck	Mathematician	28-May-1928	13-Nov-2014	Grothendieck topologies
David Ignatow	Poet	7-Feb-1914	17-Nov-1997	Rescue the Dead
Robert W. Johannsen	Historian	22-Aug-1925	16-Aug-2011	Stephen A. Douglas
James K. Logan	Judge	21-Aug-1929		10th Circuit Court of Appeals, 1977-94
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	10-Mar-2012	Ozone depletion
Norman E. Saul	Historian	26-Nov-1932		Distant Friends: The United States and Russia
Deanell Reece Tacha	Judge	26-Jan-1946		10th Circuit Court of Appeals

ADMINISTRATORS AND TRUSTEES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Sheila C. Bair	Government	c. 1953		FDIC Chairman
Ronald K. Calgaard	Business	1937		President of Trinity University, 1979-99
Archie R. Dykes	Educator	20-Jan-1931		Former Chancellor, University of Kansas
Robert E. Hemenway	Educator	10-Aug-1941	31-Jul-2015	Chancellor, University of Kansas, 1995-2009
Lawrence A. Kimpton	Educator	7-Oct-1910	1-Nov-1977	Chancellor, University of Chicago, 1951-60
David F. Lambertson	Diplomat	30-Jun-1940		US Ambassador to Thailand, 1991-95
James K. Logan	Judge	21-Aug-1929		10th Circuit Court of Appeals, 1977-94
Sally Mason	Educator	c. 1950		President, University of Iowa
Karen McCarthy	Politician	18-Mar-1947	5-Oct-2010	Congresswoman from Missouri, 1995-2005
James Moeser	Educator	1939		Chancellor, UNC Chapel Hill
Alan Mulally	Business	4-Aug-1945		CEO of Ford Motor Company, 2006-14
Deborah E. Powell	Doctor	1939		Dean of UMN Medical School
James M. Rosser	Educator	c. 1940		President, Cal State Los Angeles
Norman E. Saul	Historian	26-Nov-1932		Distant Friends: The United States and Russia
Deanell Reece Tacha	Judge	26-Jan-1946		10th Circuit Court of Appeals

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 Kentucky
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		Coach, Chicago Bears
Mark Mangino	Football	26-Aug-1956		Kansas Jayhawks Head Coach
Wade Phillips	Football	21-Jun-1947		Defensive coordinator, Houston Texans
Bill Self	Basketball	27-Dec-1962		Head Coach, University of Kansas
Dean Smith	Basketball	28-Feb-1931	7-Feb-2015	UNC Basketball Head Coach, 1961-97
Kevin Stallings	Basketball	1-Oct-1960		Vanderbilt Head Coach
Charlie Weis	Football	30-Mar-1956		Former Head Coach, University of Kansas
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		Ex-Coach, Fighting Illini

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