EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION

Location:
Wichita, KS

Founding Date:
1886

Team:
Shocker

Mascot:
WuShock

Radio Station:
KMUW-FM 89

Enrollment:
14,000

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

STUDENTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Robert D. Blackwill	Diplomat	1939		US Ambassador to India, 2001-03
Joe Carter	Baseball	7-Mar-1960		Toronto Blue Jays
James L. Mann	Business	c. 1934		CEO of SunGard, 1986-2002
Bill Parcells	Football	22-Aug-1941		The Big Tuna
Mark Parkinson	Politician	24-Jun-1957		Governor of Kansas, 2009-11
Dennis Rader	Criminal	9-Mar-1945		BTK serial killer
Big Show	Wrestling	8-Feb-1972		WCW and WWE wrestler
J. Ernest Talley	Business	3-Apr-1935	21-Jun-2003	Rent-A-Center
Eric Wedge	Baseball	27-Jan-1968		Seattle Mariners manager
Allen F. Wise	Business	c. 1942		CEO of Coventry Health Care, 1996-2004

TEACHERS AND PROFESSORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
John W. Carlin	Politician	5-Mar-1940		Governor of Kansas, 1979-87
Ralph Estes	Scholar	c. 1936		Tyranny of the Bottom Line
Albert Goldbarth	Poet	31-Jan-1948		The most prolific modern poet
Rushworth M. Kidder	Author	8-May-1944	5-Mar-2012	Founder, Institute for Global Ethics
George Tiller	Doctor	8-Aug-1941	31-May-2009	Late-term abortionist

ADMINISTRATORS AND TRUSTEES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
J. V. Lentell	Business	c. 1939		Vice Chairman of Intrust Bank NA

COACHES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Phillip Fulmer	Football	1-Sep-1950		Head Coach, University of Tennessee
Bill Parcells	Football	22-Aug-1941		The Big Tuna

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