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<html> <head> <title>University of Kansas</title> <meta name="googlebot" content="noodp"> <meta name="robots" content="noodp"> <link rel="apple-touch-icon-precomposed" href="/silly-nndb-icon.png" /><style type="text/css">  </style><script type="text/javascript" src="/sortable.js"></script> <link rel="stylesheet" href="/style.css" /> </head> <body bgcolor=#ffffff> <center> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr><td valign=top><table width=550 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0> <tr><td bgcolor=white><table width="100%" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" background="/nndb.gif"> <tr> <td rowspan="2" align="left" valign="top"><a href="http://www.nndb.com/"><img src="/title.gif" width="260" height="50" border=0 alt="NNDB"></a></td> <td><table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="6"> <tr align="center"> <td width="25%" nowrap>This is a beta version of NNDB</td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right" valign="middle"> <form action="http://search.nndb.com/search/nndb.cgi" method="get"> <input type="hidden" name="nndb" value="1"></input> Search: <select name="omenu"> <option value="unspecified" selected>All Names</option> <option value="living">Living people</option> <option value="dead">Dead people</option> <option value="bands">Band Names</option> <option value="books">Book Titles</option> <option value="movies">Movie Titles</option> <option value="fulltext">Full Text</option> </select> for <input name="query" value="" size=24 maxlength=96> <input type=submit value="Search"> </form></td> </tr> </table>        </td></tr> <tr><td bgcolor=red height=2></td></tr> <tr bgcolor=F0F0F0><td bgcolor=F0F0F0 style="padding: 15px 15px 15px 15px;"><table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 width=100%><tr><td bgcolor=F0F0F0> University of Kansas EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION Location: <a href="/geo/569/000069362/" class=proflink>Lawrence, KS</a> Founding Date: 1865Motto: Videbo visionem hanc magnam quare non comburatur rubusTeam: <a href="http://www.kuathletics.com/" target=_blank>Jayhawks</a>Enrollment: 30,000Official Website: <a href="http://www.ku.edu/">http://www.ku.edu/</a>STUDENTS <table border=1 class="sortable bordered" id="sort_student"> <tr><th>Name</th><th>Occupation</th><th>Birth</th><th>Death</th><th>Known for</th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/276/000205658/">Harold Adamson</a></td> <td><center>Songwriter</center></td> <td align=right><tt>10-Dec-1906</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Aug-1980</tt></td> <td>Time on My Hands</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/963/000166465/">Phog Allen</a></td> <td><center>Basketball</center></td> <td align=right><tt>18-Nov-1885</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>16-Sep-1974</tt></td> <td>KU Head Coach, 1919-56</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/542/000023473/">Kirstie Alley</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>12-Jan-1951</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Rebecca from Cheers</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/325/000168818/">Robert J. Allison, Jr.</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>29-Jan-1939</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>CEO of Anadarko Petroleum, 1979-2002</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/257/000119897/">John Anderson, Jr.</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>8-May-1917</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>15-Sep-2014</tt></td> <td>Governor of Kansas, 1961-65</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/498/000094216/">Philip Anschutz</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>28-Dec-1939</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Qwest billionaire</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/912/000366811/">Edward F. Arn</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>19-May-1906</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>22-Jan-1998</tt></td> <td>Governor of Kansas, 1951-55</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/253/000119893/">William H. Avery</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>11-Aug-1911</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>4-Nov-2009</tt></td> <td>Governor of Kansas, 1965-67</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/277/000165779/">Sheila C. Bair</a></td> <td><center>Government</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1953</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>FDIC Chairman</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/675/000023606/">Scott Bakula</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>9-Oct-1954</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Quantum Leap</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/247/000119887/">Robert F. Bennett</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>23-May-1927</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>9-Oct-2000</tt></td> <td>Governor of Kansas, 1975-79</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/064/000132665/">Scott Bloch</a></td> <td><center>Government</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1958</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Office of Special Counsel, 2004-08</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/860/000171347/">William E. Borah</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>29-Jun-1865</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>19-Jan-1940</tt></td> <td>US Senator from Idaho, 1907-40</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/516/000171003/">Charles G. Boyd</a></td> <td><center>Military</center></td> <td align=right><tt>15-Apr-1938</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Retired General, US Air Force</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/736/000207115/">Mary Beck Briscoe</a></td> <td><center>Judge</center></td> <td align=right><tt>4-Apr-1947</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>10th Circuit Court of Appeals</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/930/000172414/">Peter C. Brown</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1959</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>CEO of AMC Entertainment</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/194/000032098/">Sam Brownback</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>12-Sep-1956</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Governor of Kansas</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/656/000061473/">Robert F. Callahan</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1954</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>CEO of Ziff-Davis Media</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/652/000170142/">J. Kermit Campbell</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1939</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>CEO of Herman Miller, 1992-95</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/785/000168281/">Cynthia Carroll</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1956</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>CEO of Anglo American</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/384/000023315/">Wilt Chamberlain</a></td> <td><center>Basketball</center></td> <td align=right><tt>21-Aug-1936</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>12-Oct-1999</tt></td> <td>Wilt the Stilt</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/857/000400654/">Evan S. Connell</a></td> <td><center>Novelist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Aug-1924</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>10-Jan-2013</tt></td> <td>Mrs. Bridge</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/286/000170773/">Michael P. Connors</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1955</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Information Services Group, Inc.</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/563/000128179/">Linda Z. Cook</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>4-Jun-1958</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Shell Oil executive</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/451/000177917/">Timothy A. Crown</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1964</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Chairman of Insight Enterprises</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/673/000119316/">Kenneth W. Dam</a></td> <td><center>Government</center></td> <td align=right><tt>10-Aug-1932</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Deputy Treasury Secretary, 2001-03</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/032/000366928/">Jonathan M. Davis</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>27-Apr-1871</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>27-Jun-1943</tt></td> <td>Governor of Kansas, 1923-25</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/297/000164802/">Jack Del Rio</a></td> <td><center>Football</center></td> <td align=right><tt>3-Apr-1963</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Coach, Oakland Raiders</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/683/000125308/">David B. Dillon</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1951</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>CEO of Kroger</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/263/000119903/">George Docking</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>23-Feb-1904</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>20-Jan-1964</tt></td> <td>Governor of Kansas, 1957-61</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/250/000119890/">Robert Docking</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>9-Oct-1925</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>8-Oct-1983</tt></td> <td>Governor of Kansas, 1967-75</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/957/000022891/">Bob Dole</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>22-Jul-1923</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>US Senator from Kansas, 1969-96</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/883/000124511/">Steve Doocy</a></td> <td><center>Journalist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>19-Oct-1956</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Fox & Friends</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/814/000128430/">Robert J. Eaton</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>13-Feb-1940</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>CEO of Chrysler, 1993-98</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/257/000059080/">Paul R. Ehrlich</a></td> <td><center>Scientist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>29-May-1932</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>The Population Bomb</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/438/000048294/">Loren Eiseley</a></td> <td><center>Anthropologist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>3-Sep-1907</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>9-Jul-1977</tt></td> <td>The Firmament of Time</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/219/000059042/">Robert F. Ellsworth</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>11-Jun-1926</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>9-May-2011</tt></td> <td>Congressman from Kansas, 1961-67</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/118/000206497/">Troy Findley</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>11-Jul-1964</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Lt. Governor of Kansas</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/061/000397864/">Tenney Frank</a></td> <td><center>Economist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>19-May-1876</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>3-Apr-1939</tt></td> <td>An Economic Survey of Ancient Rome</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/783/000047642/">Thomas Frank</a></td> <td><center>Author</center></td> <td align=right><tt>21-Mar-1965</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Founding editor, The Baffler</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/453/000168946/">Hugh M. Grant</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1936</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Former Partner, Ernst & Young</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/229/000119869/">Bill Graves</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>9-Jan-1953</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Governor of Kansas, 1995-2003</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/962/000366861/">Frank L. Hagaman</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1-Jun-1984</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>23-Jun-1966</tt></td> <td>Governor of Kansas, 1950-51</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/500/000116152/">Frank Harris</a></td> <td><center>Author</center></td> <td align=right><tt>14-Feb-1856</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>26-Aug-1931</tt></td> <td>My Life and Loves</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/803/000130413/">Julius C. Holmes</a></td> <td><center>Diplomat</center></td> <td align=right><tt>24-Apr-1899</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>15-Jul-1968</tt></td> <td>US Ambassador to Iran, 1961-65</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/257/000057086/">Jane Dee Hull</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>8-Aug-1935</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Governor of Arizona, 1997-2003</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/519/000103210/">David Hunke</a></td> <td><center>Publisher</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1952</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Newspaper publisher</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/021/000366917/">Walter A. Huxman</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>16-Feb-1887</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>25-Jun-1972</tt></td> <td>Governor of Kansas, 1937-39</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/753/000397559/">Don Ihde</a></td> <td><center>Philosopher</center></td> <td align=right><tt>14-Jan-1934</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Technics and Praxis</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/114/000113772/">William Inge</a></td> <td><center>Playwright</center></td> <td align=right><tt>3-May-1913</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>10-Jun-1973</tt></td> <td>Come Back, Little Sheba</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/370/000165872/">Don James</a></td> <td><center>Football</center></td> <td align=right><tt>31-Dec-1932</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>20-Oct-2013</tt></td> <td>Huskies Head Coach, 1975-92</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/021/000024946/">Don Johnson</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>15-Dec-1949</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Miami Vice, Nash Bridges</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/140/000168633/">Edward A. Kangas</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>22-May-1944</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>CEO of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, 1989-2000</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/599/000171086/">Robert S. Kaplan</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1957</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Vice Chairman, Goldman Sachs, 2002-06</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/792/000161309/">Jay Karnes</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>27-Jun-1963</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Det. Wagenbach on The Shield</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/223/000032127/">Nancy Kassebaum</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>29-Jul-1932</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>US Senator from Kansas, 1979-97</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/128/000119768/">Kenton Keith</a></td> <td><center>Diplomat</center></td> <td align=right><tt>12-Nov-1939</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>US Ambassador to Qatar, 1992-95</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/841/000161358/">Clarence M. Kelley</a></td> <td><center>Government</center></td> <td align=right><tt>24-Oct-1911</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>5-Aug-1997</tt></td> <td>FBI Director, 1973-78</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/524/000204909/">George Kelly</a></td> <td><center>Psychologist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>28-Apr-1905</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>6-Mar-1967</tt></td> <td>Personal Construct Theory of personality</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/737/000161254/">Terry Kiser</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1-Aug-1939</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Weekend at Bernie's</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/831/000115486/">Phill Kline</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>31-Dec-1959</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Kansas State Attorney General, 2003-07</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/658/000024586/">Bill Kurtis</a></td> <td><center>Journalist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>21-Sep-1940</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Shoulder-shrugging host of American Justice</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/257/000024185/">Neil LaBute</a></td> <td><center>Film Director</center></td> <td align=right><tt>19-Mar-1963</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>In the Company of Men</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/108/000128721/">David F. Lambertson</a></td> <td><center>Diplomat</center></td> <td align=right><tt>30-Jun-1940</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>US Ambassador to Thailand, 1991-95</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/055/000122686/">Doug Lamborn</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>24-May-1954</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Congressman, Colorado 5th</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/261/000032165/">Alf Landon</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>9-Sep-1887</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>12-Oct-1987</tt></td> <td>Republican Presidential candidate 1936</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/217/000399017/">Lester D. Langley</a></td> <td><center>Historian</center></td> <td align=right><tt>7-Aug-1940</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>The Banana Wars</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/347/000164852/">Dale R. Laurance</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1945</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>President of Occidental Petroleum, 1996-2004</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/331/000396140/">Stanford E. Lehmberg</a></td> <td><center>Historian</center></td> <td align=right><tt>23-Sep-1931</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>14-Jun-2012</tt></td> <td>Sir Thomas Elyot: Tudor Humanist</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/884/000127503/">Delano E. Lewis</a></td> <td><center>Diplomat</center></td> <td align=right><tt>12-Nov-1938</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>US Ambassador to South Africa, 2000-01</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/091/000208464/">James K. Logan</a></td> <td><center>Judge</center></td> <td align=right><tt>21-Aug-1929</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>10th Circuit Court of Appeals, 1977-94</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/683/000039566/">Karen McCarthy</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>18-Mar-1947</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>5-Oct-2010</tt></td> <td>Congresswoman from Missouri, 1995-2005</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/486/000173964/">James A. McClung</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1938</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Former VP at FMC</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/306/000166805/">Mike McCormack</a></td> <td><center>Football</center></td> <td align=right><tt>21-Jun-1930</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>15-Nov-2013</tt></td> <td>NFL Hall of Famer, coach</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/382/000127998/">Cynthia H. Milligan</a></td> <td><center>Educator</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1947</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Dean, UNL College of Business Administration</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/977/000030887/">Lou Montulli</a></td> <td><center>Computer Programmer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1971</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Invented BLINK tag, wrote Lynx browser</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/063/000039943/">Dennis Moore</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>8-Nov-1945</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Congressman from Kansas, 1999-2011</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/064/000039944/">Jerry Moran</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>29-May-1954</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>US Senator from Kansas</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/076/000118719/">Alan Mulally</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>4-Aug-1945</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>CEO of Ford Motor Company, 2006-14</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/514/000163025/">Al Oerter</a></td> <td><center>Track and Field</center></td> <td align=right><tt>19-Sep-1936</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>1-Oct-2007</tt></td> <td>Four-time Olympic discus gold medalist</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/678/000173159/">Duane A. Parde</a></td> <td><center>Activist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>13-Jun-1963</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>National Taxpayers Union</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/584/000115239/">Sara Paretsky</a></td> <td><center>Novelist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>8-Jun-1947</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>V. I. Warshawski detective novels</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/079/000161593/">Mark Parkinson</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>24-Jun-1957</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Governor of Kansas, 2009-11</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/951/000127570/">B. Lynn Pascoe</a></td> <td><center>Diplomat</center></td> <td align=right><tt>7-Jul-1943</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>UN Under Secy. Gen. for Political Affairs</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/264/000025189/">Mandy Patinkin</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>30-Nov-1952</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Dead Like Me</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/027/000366923/">Benjamin S. Paulen</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>14-Jul-1869</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>11-Jul-1961</tt></td> <td>Governor of Kansas, 1925-29</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/299/000111963/">Paul Pierce</a></td> <td><center>Basketball</center></td> <td align=right><tt>13-Oct-1977</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Brooklyn Nets guard/forward</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/873/000160393/">Betsy Randle</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>24-Jun-1955</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Amy Matthews on Boy Meets World</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/780/000126402/">John Riggins</a></td> <td><center>Football</center></td> <td align=right><tt>4-Aug-1949</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>NFL running back, The Diesel</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/491/000160011/">Rob Riggle</a></td> <td><center>Comic</center></td> <td align=right><tt>21-Apr-1970</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>The Daily Show</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/549/000066351/">Buddy Rogers</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>13-Aug-1904</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>21-Apr-1999</tt></td> <td>With Mary Pickford in My Best Girl</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/656/000044524/">Paul Rudd</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>6-Apr-1969</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>The Shape of Things</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/819/000166321/">Adolph Rupp</a></td> <td><center>Basketball</center></td> <td align=right><tt>2-Sep-1901</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>10-Dec-1977</tt></td> <td>Kentucky Head Coach, 1930-72</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/300/000040180/">Jim Ryun</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>29-Apr-1947</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Congressman from Kansas, 1997-2007</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/910/000246172/">Juan Manuel Santos</a></td> <td><center>Head of State</center></td> <td align=right><tt>10-Aug-1951</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>President of Colombia</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/025/000159545/">Gale Sayers</a></td> <td><center>Football</center></td> <td align=right><tt>30-May-1943</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Chicago Bears HB, 1965-71</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/975/000366874/">Andrew F. Schoeppel</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>23-Nov-1894</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>21-Jan-1962</tt></td> <td>Governor of Kansas, 1943-47</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/369/000044237/">Kathleen Sebelius</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>15-May-1948</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>US Secretary of Health and Human Services</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/205/000127821/">Christopher A. Sinclair</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>5-Sep-1950</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Former Pepsi executive</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/808/000173289/">Harry Sinclair</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>6-Jul-1876</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>10-Nov-1956</tt></td> <td>Founder of Sinclair Oil</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/912/000170402/">Bruce A. Smith</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>12-Oct-1943</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>CEO of Tesoro</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/769/000165274/">Dean Smith</a></td> <td><center>Basketball</center></td> <td align=right><tt>28-Feb-1931</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>7-Feb-2015</tt></td> <td>UNC Basketball Head Coach, 1961-97</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/332/000140909/">Vernon L. Smith</a></td> <td><center>Economist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1-Jan-1927</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Experimental economics</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/708/000099411/">William Stafford</a></td> <td><center>Poet</center></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Jan-1914</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>28-Aug-1993</tt></td> <td>Traveling Through the Dark</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/210/000078973/">Craig Stevens</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>8-Jul-1918</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>10-May-2000</tt></td> <td>Peter Gunn</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/276/000112937/">Rex Stout</a></td> <td><center>Novelist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1-Dec-1886</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>27-Oct-1975</tt></td> <td>Nero Wolf novels</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/742/000207121/">Deanell Reece Tacha</a></td> <td><center>Judge</center></td> <td align=right><tt>26-Jan-1946</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>10th Circuit Court of Appeals</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/709/000174187/">Clyde W. Tombaugh</a></td> <td><center>Astronomer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>4-Feb-1906</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Jan-1997</tt></td> <td>Discovered Pluto</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/293/000068089/">Dee Wallace-Stone</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>14-Dec-1948</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>E.T.: The Extraterrestrial</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/167/000366066/">John Fenton Wheeler</a></td> <td><center>Journalist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>10-Apr-1924</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>21-Apr-2013</tt></td> <td>Last Man Out</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/335/000166834/">Jo Jo White</a></td> <td><center>Basketball</center></td> <td align=right><tt>16-Nov-1946</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Boston Celtics, 1969-79</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/984/000114642/">William Allen White</a></td> <td><center>Journalist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>10-Feb-1868</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>29-Jan-1944</tt></td> <td>The Emporia Gazette</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/781/000134379/">Eric F. Wieschaus</a></td> <td><center>Scientist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>8-Jun-1947</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Embryonic development of fruit flies</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/395/000266594/">Kevin Yoder</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>8-Jan-1976</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Congressman, Kansas 3rd</td> </tr> </table> TEACHERS AND PROFESSORS <table border=1 class="sortable bordered" id="sort_teacher"> <tr><th>Name</th><th>Occupation</th><th>Birth</th><th>Death</th><th>Known for</th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/714/000031621/">Bill Bass</a></td> <td><center>Scientist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>30-Aug-1928</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Human decomposition</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/461/000099164/">Carl Becker</a></td> <td><center>Historian</center></td> <td align=right><tt>7-Sep-1873</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>10-Apr-1945</tt></td> <td>Everyman His Own Historian</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/064/000132665/">Scott Bloch</a></td> <td><center>Government</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1958</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Office of Special Counsel, 2004-08</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/332/000112993/">Ernest Burgess</a></td> <td><center>Sociologist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>16-May-1886</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>27-Dec-1966</tt></td> <td>Introduction to the Science of Sociology</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/596/000128212/">Ronald K. Calgaard</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1937</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>President of Trinity University, 1979-99</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/783/000396592/">J. C. D. Clark</a></td> <td><center>Historian</center></td> <td align=right><tt>28-Feb-1951</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>English Society, 1688-1832</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/438/000048294/">Loren Eiseley</a></td> <td><center>Anthropologist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>3-Sep-1907</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>9-Jul-1977</tt></td> <td>The Firmament of Time</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/593/000203981/">Alexander Grothendieck</a></td> <td><center>Mathematician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>28-May-1928</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>13-Nov-2014</tt></td> <td>Grothendieck topologies</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/611/000099314/">David Ignatow</a></td> <td><center>Poet</center></td> <td align=right><tt>7-Feb-1914</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Nov-1997</tt></td> <td>Rescue the Dead</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/105/000398905/">Robert W. Johannsen</a></td> <td><center>Historian</center></td> <td align=right><tt>22-Aug-1925</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>16-Aug-2011</tt></td> <td>Stephen A. Douglas</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/091/000208464/">James K. Logan</a></td> <td><center>Judge</center></td> <td align=right><tt>21-Aug-1929</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>10th Circuit Court of Appeals, 1977-94</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/933/000165438/">Sally Mason</a></td> <td><center>Educator</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1950</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>President, University of Iowa</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/009/000165511/">James Moeser</a></td> <td><center>Educator</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1939</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Chancellor, UNC Chapel Hill</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/849/000159372/">James Naismith</a></td> <td><center>Basketball</center></td> <td align=right><tt>6-Nov-1861</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>28-Nov-1939</tt></td> <td>Inventor of Basketball</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/075/000126694/">Joseph A. Pichler</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>2-Oct-1939</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>CEO of Kroger, 1990-2003</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/680/000091407/">Jef Raskin</a></td> <td><center>Computer Programmer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>9-Mar-1943</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>26-Feb-2005</tt></td> <td>Designed Macintosh human interface</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/795/000100495/">F. Sherwood Rowland</a></td> <td><center>Chemist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>28-Jun-1927</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>10-Mar-2012</tt></td> <td>Ozone depletion</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/608/000398411/">Norman E. Saul</a></td> <td><center>Historian</center></td> <td align=right><tt>26-Nov-1932</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Distant Friends: The United States and Russia</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/742/000207121/">Deanell Reece Tacha</a></td> <td><center>Judge</center></td> <td align=right><tt>26-Jan-1946</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>10th Circuit Court of Appeals</td> </tr> </table> ADMINISTRATORS AND TRUSTEES <table border=1 class="sortable bordered" id="sort_administrator"> <tr><th>Name</th><th>Occupation</th><th>Birth</th><th>Death</th><th>Known for</th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/277/000165779/">Sheila C. Bair</a></td> <td><center>Government</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1953</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>FDIC Chairman</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/596/000128212/">Ronald K. Calgaard</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1937</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>President of Trinity University, 1979-99</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/236/000127852/">Archie R. Dykes</a></td> <td><center>Educator</center></td> <td align=right><tt>20-Jan-1931</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Former Chancellor, University of Kansas</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/007/000165509/">Robert E. Hemenway</a></td> <td><center>Educator</center></td> <td align=right><tt>10-Aug-1941</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>31-Jul-2015</tt></td> <td>Chancellor, University of Kansas, 1995-2009</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/719/000167218/">Lawrence A. Kimpton</a></td> <td><center>Educator</center></td> <td align=right><tt>7-Oct-1910</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>1-Nov-1977</tt></td> <td>Chancellor, University of Chicago, 1951-60</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/108/000128721/">David F. Lambertson</a></td> <td><center>Diplomat</center></td> <td align=right><tt>30-Jun-1940</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>US Ambassador to Thailand, 1991-95</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/091/000208464/">James K. Logan</a></td> <td><center>Judge</center></td> <td align=right><tt>21-Aug-1929</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>10th Circuit Court of Appeals, 1977-94</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/933/000165438/">Sally Mason</a></td> <td><center>Educator</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1950</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>President, University of Iowa</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/683/000039566/">Karen McCarthy</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>18-Mar-1947</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>5-Oct-2010</tt></td> <td>Congresswoman from Missouri, 1995-2005</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/009/000165511/">James Moeser</a></td> <td><center>Educator</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1939</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Chancellor, UNC Chapel Hill</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/076/000118719/">Alan Mulally</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>4-Aug-1945</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>CEO of Ford Motor Company, 2006-14</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/246/000127862/">Deborah E. Powell</a></td> <td><center>Doctor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1939</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Dean of UMN Medical School</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/650/000170140/">James M. Rosser</a></td> <td><center>Educator</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1940</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>President, Cal State Los Angeles</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/608/000398411/">Norman E. Saul</a></td> <td><center>Historian</center></td> <td align=right><tt>26-Nov-1932</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Distant Friends: The United States and Russia</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/742/000207121/">Deanell Reece Tacha</a></td> <td><center>Judge</center></td> <td align=right><tt>26-Jan-1946</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>10th Circuit Court of Appeals</td> </tr> </table> COACHES <table border=1 class="sortable bordered" id="sort_coach"> <tr><th>Name</th><th>Occupation</th><th>Birth</th><th>Death</th><th>Known for</th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/963/000166465/">Phog Allen</a></td> <td><center>Basketball</center></td> <td align=right><tt>18-Nov-1885</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>16-Sep-1974</tt></td> <td>KU Head Coach, 1919-56</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/812/000166314/">John Calipari</a></td> <td><center>Basketball</center></td> <td align=right><tt>10-Feb-1959</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Head Coach, University of Kentucky</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/563/000166065/">John Cooper</a></td> <td><center>Football</center></td> <td align=right><tt>2-Jul-1937</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>OSU Head Coach, 1988-2000</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/938/000166440/">Mark Dantonio</a></td> <td><center>Football</center></td> <td align=right><tt>9-Mar-1956</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Head Coach, Michigan State</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/545/000170035/">Terry Donahue</a></td> <td><center>Football</center></td> <td align=right><tt>24-Jun-1944</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>UCLA Head Coach, 1976-95</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/321/000164826/">John Fox</a></td> <td><center>Football</center></td> <td align=right><tt>8-Feb-1955</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Coach, Chicago Bears</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/287/000165789/">Mark Mangino</a></td> <td><center>Football</center></td> <td align=right><tt>26-Aug-1956</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Kansas Jayhawks Head Coach</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/295/000164800/">Wade Phillips</a></td> <td><center>Football</center></td> <td align=right><tt>21-Jun-1947</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Defensive coordinator, Houston Texans</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/604/000166106/">Bill Self</a></td> <td><center>Basketball</center></td> <td align=right><tt>27-Dec-1962</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Head Coach, University of Kansas</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/769/000165274/">Dean Smith</a></td> <td><center>Basketball</center></td> <td align=right><tt>28-Feb-1931</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>7-Feb-2015</tt></td> <td>UNC Basketball Head Coach, 1961-97</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/800/000166302/">Kevin Stallings</a></td> <td><center>Basketball</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1-Oct-1960</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Vanderbilt Head Coach</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/487/000165989/">Charlie Weis</a></td> <td><center>Football</center></td> <td align=right><tt>30-Mar-1956</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Former Head Coach, University of Kansas</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/777/000166279/">Roy Williams</a></td> <td><center>Basketball</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1-Aug-1950</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Head Coach, UNC-Chapel Hill</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/528/000166030/">Fielding H. 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