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List of Wichita State University people

The following is a list of notable people associated with Wichita State University, located in the American city of Wichita, Kansas.

Contents

University presidents

Fairmount College
  • Nathan Morrison, 1895–1907
  • Henry Thayer, 1907–1914
  • Walter Rollins, 1914–1922
  • John D. Finlayson, 1922–1927
    • Municipal University of Wichita
  • Harold Foght, 1927–1934
  • William Jardine, 1934–1949, President of Kansas State University, Secretary of Agriculture, United States Minister to Egypt
  • Harry F. Corbin, 1949–1963
    • Wichita State University
  • Emory Lindquist 1963–1968, Rhodes Scholar
  • Clark D. Ahlberg, 1968–1983
  • Warren B. Armstrong, 1983–1993
  • Eugene M. Hughes, 1993–1998
  • Donald L. Beggs, 1999–2012, President/Chancellor of Southern Illinois University
  • John W. Bardo, 2012–present, Chancellor of Western Carolina University

    • Faculty

  • H. Edward Flentje – professor and former director of Hugo Wall School of Public Affairs; interim president of Emporia State University in 2011
  • Albert Goldbarth – only poet to win the National Book Critics Circle award two times (1991 and 2001)
  • Bienvenido Santos – fiction, poetry, and nonfiction writer

    • Sports

  • Gregg Marshall – current basketball coach at WSU since 2007
  • Ralph Miller – former basketball coach at WSU from 1951 to 1964, see List of coaches in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame

    • Academia

  • Dale Allison – biblical scholar, professor at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary
  • M. Lee Pelton – current president of Emerson College
  • Earl G. Yarbrough – former president of Savannah State University

    • Business

  • Jim Bede – founder of Bede Aviation
  • Gary Burrell – founder and CEO of Garmin
  • Dan and Frank Carney – co-founders of Pizza Hut
  • Vivek Lall – CEO of Reliance industries
  • Dwane Wallace – former CEO and chairman of Cessna Aircraft Company
  • Tom Devlin and W. Frank Barton – co-founders of Rent-A-Center

    • Government

  • Valerie Baldwin – Assistant Secretary of the Army (Financial Management and Comptroller), 2004–06
  • Rebecca Ediger – retired member of US Secret Service
  • Femi Pedro – Deputy Governor of Lagos State, Nigeria
  • Riley Pitts, US Army – first African-American commissioned officer to be awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor
  • Tom Sawyer – member of the Kansas House of Representatives, former House Majority Leader, 1998 Kansas Democratic Party nominee for Governor
  • Garner Shriver – eight-term US Representative from Kansas
  • Justin Smith – sheriff of Larimer County, Colorado, since 2011

    • Literature

  • Craig Blais – poet
  • Paul Dickey – poet
  • Michael McClure – poet, playwright, songwriter, and novelist
  • Janet Peery – short story author and novelist
  • Charles Plymell – poet, novelist, and small press publisher

    • Media

  • Shirley Knight – Oscar-nominated actress
  • Lance LeGault – actor
  • Bob Peak – painter dubbed the "father of the modern movie poster"
  • Kate Snodgrass – theatre director and playwright

    • Music

  • Chris Arpad – solo steel pannist
  • James Billings – operatic baritone, opera librettist, and opera director
  • Karla Burns – Drama Desk Award and Laurence Olivier Award-winning actress and operatic mezzo-soprano
  • Joyce DiDonato – opera star
  • Kevin Kastning – modern classical composer and guitarist
  • Samuel Ramey – opera star
  • Michael Sylvester – opera star

    • Baseball

  • Casey Blake – retired Major League Baseball player
  • Joe Carter – retired Major League Baseball player
  • Andy Dirks – Major League Baseball player
  • Darren Dreifort – retired Major League Baseball player with the Los Angeles Dodgers
  • Conor Gillaspie – Major League Baseball player for the Chicago White Sox
  • Koyie Hill – Major League Baseball player
  • Mike Lansing – retired Major League Baseball player
  • Don Lock – retired Major League Baseball player with the Washington Senators
  • Braden Looper – Major League Baseball player for the Milwaukee Brewers and Saint Louis Cardinals
  • Pat Meares – retired Major League Baseball player
  • Doug Mirabelli – retired Major League Baseball player with the Boston Red Sox
  • Michael Pelfrey – Major League Baseball player for the New York Mets
  • Nate Robertson – Major League Baseball player for the Florida Marlins
  • Eric Wedge – managed Major League Baseball's Seattle Mariners

    • Basketball

  • Jamie Arnold – American-Israeli professional basketball player
  • Ron Baker – NBA player with the New York Knicks
  • Nate Bowman – known as "The Snake"; retired/deceased National Basketball Association player
  • Cal Bruton – retired American-Australian basketball player, NBL Hall of Famer
  • Antoine Carr – retired NBA player
  • John Cooper – head coach at Tennessee State University, assistant coach at Auburn University, University of Oregon, and University of South Carolina
  • Cleanthony Early – NBA player most recently with the New York Knicks
  • Warren Jabali – retired American Basketball Association player
  • Cliff Levingston – retired NBA player
  • Xavier McDaniel – retired NBA player
  • Gal Mekel – Israeli basketball player formerly in the NBA and now with Maccabi Tel Aviv
  • Toure' Murry – NBA player most recently with the Utah Jazz
  • Dave Stallworth – retired NBA player
  • Fred VanVleet – NBA player with the Toronto Raptors
  • Gene Wiley – retired NBA player

    • Bowling

  • Chris Barnes – PBA professional bowler (2007–08 PBA Player of the Year) and official USBC spokesperson
  • Clara Guerrero – Colombian bowler
  • Jacob Peters – professional bowler
  • Sean Rash – professional bowler

    • Football

  • Sam Adkins – National Football League player for Seattle Seahawks, 1977–81; television personality for Seahawks broadcasts
  • Randy Jackson – National Football League player, 1972–74; survivor of the 1970 WSU football team plane crash; coached at Robinson Middle School in Wichita
  • Scot McCloughan – General Manager of the Washington Redskins
  • Bill Parcells – former Head Coach in the National Football League, former Executive Vice President of Football Operations for the Miami Dolphins
  • Henry Schichtle – NFL and CFL player

    • Wrestling

  • Paul Wight – professional wrestler known as "The Big Show" (freshman year only)

    • Other

  • Jessica Hughbanks – cast member on Big Brother 8
  • Omar Khalidi – author, Muslim scholar and US State Department sponsored international relations builder
  • Dennis Rader – BTK serial killer

    • References

    List of Wichita State University people Wikipedia
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