EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION

Formerly University of Kansas City, merged into the University of Missouri system in 1963.

Location:
Kansas City, MO

Founding Date:
1929

Team:
Kangaroos

Enrollment:
14,200

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

STUDENTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Lance Banning	Historian	24-Jan-1942	31-Jan-2006	Sacred Fire of Liberty
Henry Bloch	Business	30-Jul-1922		Co-Founder of H&R Bloch
John Carmack	Computer Programmer	20-Aug-1970		Lead programmer of Doom, Quake
Karen L. Daniel	Business	c. 1959		CFO of Black & Veatch
William G. Hyland	Government	18-Jan-1929	25-Mar-2008	Editor of Foreign Affairs, 1984-93
Clarence M. Kelley	Government	24-Oct-1911	5-Aug-1997	FBI Director, 1973-78
Nicolette Larson	Singer	17-Jul-1952	16-Dec-1997	Lotta Love
Rick Scott	Politician	1-Dec-1952		Governor of Florida
James Steele	Journalist	3-Jan-1943		Barlett & Steele
Raymond Wagner, Jr.	Business	1959		Enterprise Rent-A-Car
Ruth Warrick	Actor	29-Jun-1915	15-Jan-2005	Phoebe Tyler on All My Children

TEACHERS AND PROFESSORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
George Caleb Bingham	Painter	20-Mar-1811	7-Jul-1879	Fur Traders Descending the Missouri
John Ciardi	Poet	24-Jun-1916	30-Mar-1986	How Does a Poem Mean?
Abba Lerner	Economist	28-Oct-1903	27-Oct-1982	The Economics of Control

ADMINISTRATORS AND TRUSTEES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Thomas M. Hoenig	Economist	6-Sep-1946		President and CEO, Kansas City Fed
Robert H. West	Business	c. 1939		CEO of Butler Manufacturing, 1986-99

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