List of Wichita State University people
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The following is a list of notable people associated with Wichita State University, located in the American city of Wichita, Kansas.
Academia
- Dale Allison – biblical scholar, professor at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary[1]
- 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 L. Wallace – former CEO and chairman of Cessna Aircraft Company[2][3]
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, U.S. 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 U.S. Representative from Kansas
- Justin Smith - sheriff of Larimer County, Colorado, since 2011[4]
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
- Ray Wills - Theatre, Broadway actor, film (Nixon)and television (Law and Order, Ugly Betty and One Life to Live)
- Tom Frye - Theatre director, actor, playwright (Samuel French, Inc.)
- Harold 'Hal' Davis - Theatre actor and director. Broadway (Titanic) Nat'l Tours
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
Sports
Baseball
- Casey Blake – retired Major League Baseball player[5]
- Joe Carter – retired Major League Baseball player[6]
- Andy Dirks – Major League Baseball player[7]
- Darren Dreifort – retired Major League Baseball player with the Los Angeles Dodgers[8]
- Conor Gillaspie – Major League Baseball player for the Chicago White Sox
- Koyie Hill – Major League Baseball player
- Mike Lansing – retired Major League Baseball player[9]
- Don Lock – retired Major League Baseball player with the Washington Senators[citation needed]
- 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 - American Basketball player
- 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[10]
- John Cooper – head coach at Tennessee State University, assistant coach at Auburn University, University of Oregon, and University of South Carolina
- Cleanthony Early - current NBA player for New York Knicks
- Warren Jabali – retired American Basketball Association player
- Cliff Levingston – retired NBA player
- Xavier McDaniel – retired NBA player
- Gal Mekel – Israeli NBA player
- Toure' Murry - NBA player for Utah Jazz
- Dave Stallworth - retired NBA player
- Fred VanVleet - American Basketball Player
- 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[11]
- 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[12][13]
- Dennis Rader - BTK serial killer[14]
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 - the only poet to win the National Book Critics Circle award two times (1991) & (2001)
- Bienvenido Santos - Filipino-American fiction, poetry and nonfiction writer
Presidents of WSU
- Wichita State University
- John W. Bardo, 2012–present
- Donald L. Beggs, 1999–2012
- Eugene M. Hughes, 1993–1998
- Warren B. Armstrong, 1983–1993
- Clark D. Ahlberg, 1968–1983
- Emory K. Lindquist 1963–1968, Rhodes Scholar
- Municipal University of Wichita
- Harry F. Corbin, 1949–1963
- William M. Jardine, 1934–1949
- Harold Foght, 1927–1934
- Fairmount College
- John D. Finlayson, 1922–1927
- Walter Rollins, 1914–1922
- Henry Thayer, 1907–1914
- Nathan Morrison, 1895–1907
See also
References
- ^ "Dale C. Allison, Jr". Contemporary Authors Online. Detroit: Gale. 2011. Retrieved June 10, 2013.
- ^ "Dwane L. Wallace is Dead at 78, Pioneer Leader at Cessna Aircraft".
- ^ "Dwane Wallace is Honored".
- ^ Juley Harvey (April 6, 2011). "Meet the sheriff-- Justin Smith addresses the Kiwanis". eptrail.com. Retrieved February 7, 2015.
- ^ "Casey Blake Stats". Baseball Almanac. Retrieved October 30, 2012.
- ^ "Joe Carter Stats". Baseball Almanac. Retrieved October 30, 2012.
- ^ "Andy Dirks Stats". Baseball Almanac. Retrieved October 30, 2012.
- ^ "Darren Dreifort Stats". Baseball Almanac. Retrieved October 30, 2012.
- ^ "Mike Lansing". Baseball Almanac. Retrieved October 30, 2012.
- ^ "Antoine Carr". Basketball-Reference.Com. Retrieved October 30, 2012.
- ^ "Sam Adkins". database Football. Retrieved October 30, 2012.
- ^ "2004 Press Releases:Dr.Omar Khalidi Visited Ufa and Chelyabinsk and Discussed Muslim Life in America". yekaterinburg.usconsulate.gov. April 18, 2004. Retrieved August 27, 2011.
- ^ Power, Carla (April 2, 2009). "Updating the Mosque for the 21st Century, Time Magazine". Retrieved August 27, 2011.
- ^ http://www.biography.com/people/dennis-rader-241487#desire-for-fame
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