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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 .
University presidents
John Bardo, 13th president of WSU
William Jardine, 6th president of WSU
Fairmount College
Nathan J. Morrison, 1895–1907
[1]
Henry Thayer, 1907–1914
Walter Rollins, 1914–1922
John D. Finlayson, 1922–1927
Municipal University of Wichita (WU)
Wichita State University (WSU)
Emory K. Lindquist , 1963–1968,
Rhodes Scholar , historian, President of
Bethany College
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 , 2012–2019, Chancellor of
Western Carolina University , responsible for major building expansion at WSU
Jay S. Golden , 2020–2020,
[2]
[3] Vice Chancellor of Research,
East Carolina University
Richard Muma , 2021–present, served as interim president from September 2020 until he became president on May 6, 2021
Faculty and staff
Academia
Business
Government
Garner Shriver
Valerie Baldwin –
Assistant Secretary of the Army (Financial Management and Comptroller) , 2004–06
Robert Blackwill – diplomat, senior fellow at the
Council of Foreign Relations , lobbyist, author
Stanley Thomas Counts –
United States Navy rear admiral
[7]
Rebecca Ediger –
US Secret Service agent
Jeff Longwell - 102nd
Mayor of Wichita, Kansas
Walter Orebaugh –
Foreign Service Officer
Femi Pedro –
Deputy Governor of
Lagos State ,
Nigeria
Riley Pitts –
US Army soldier, 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
Matt Schlapp — political activist, lobbyist, and chairman of
American Conservative Union
Garner Shriver – eight-term US Representative from Kansas
Sandiaga Uno – Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy of
Indonesia , previously Deputy Governor of Jakarta, businessman
Brandon Whipple - 103rd
Mayor of Wichita, Kansas
Lily Wu - 104th
Mayor of Wichita, Kansas
Literature
Media
Music
Science and technology
Sports
Sportscasting
Baseball
Braden Looper
Basketball
Gal Mekel
Bowling
Margene Adkins –
NFL player for
Dallas Cowboys ,
New Orleans Saints and
New York Jets
Sam Adkins – NFL player for
Seattle Seahawks , 1977–81; television personality for Seahawks broadcasts
[16]
Jumpy Geathers – defensive tackle, played for the
New Orleans Saints ,
Washington Redskins ,
Atlanta Falcons , and
Denver Broncos , won two
Super Bowls
Randy Jackson – NFL player, 1972–74; survivor of the 1970 WSU football team plane crash; coached at Robinson Middle School in
Wichita
Bob Long – receiver for
Green Bay Packers ,
Atlanta Falcons ,
Washington Redskins and
Los Angeles Rams ; three-time NFL champion (
1965 ,
1966 ,
1967 )
Scot McCloughan – General Manager of the
Washington Redskins
Bill Parcells –
Pro Football Hall of Fame coach, played linebacker at WSU
Henry Schichtle – NFL and CFL player
Nelson Toburen – linebacker for the
Green Bay Packers ; two-time NFL champion (
1961 ,
1962 )
Wrestling
Paul Wight – professional wrestler known as "The Big Show", played basketball at WSU
Crime
See also
References
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Men and Women of Kansas ; Topeka Capital; 1905. Photo of Nathan Jackson Morrison.
^ Swaim, Chance (September 30, 2020).
"Golden apparently will be paid at least $225K to leave Wichita State in his first year" .
The Wichita Eagle . Retrieved March 17, 2021 .
^ Communications, WSU Strategic.
"WSU Past Presidents" . wichita.edu .
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"Dale C. Allison, Jr" . Contemporary Authors Online . Detroit: Gale. 2011. Retrieved June 10, 2013 .
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"Dwane L. Wallace is Dead at 78, Pioneer Leader at Cessna Aircraft" .
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"Dwane Wallace is Honored" .
^ "Obituaries: RADM Stanley Thomas Counts, USN (Ret) '49". The USNA Alumni Association San Diego Chapter Newsletter (May). The USNA Alumni Association: 2&3. 2015.
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"2004 Press Releases: Dr.Omar Khalidi Visited Ufa and Chelyabinsk and Discussed Muslim Life in America" . yekaterinburg.usconsulate.gov. April 18, 2004. Archived from
the original on October 5, 2011. Retrieved August 27, 2011 .
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"Casey Blake Stats" . Baseball Almanac. Retrieved October 30, 2012 .
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"Joe Carter Stats" . Baseball Almanac. Retrieved October 30, 2012 .
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"Andy Dirks Stats" . Baseball Almanac. Retrieved October 30, 2012 .
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"Darren Dreifort Stats" . Baseball Almanac. Retrieved October 30, 2012 .
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"Mike Lansing" . Baseball Almanac. Retrieved October 30, 2012 .
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Don Lock at Society for American Baseball Research
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"Antoine Carr" . Basketball-Reference.Com. Retrieved October 30, 2012 .
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"Sam Adkins" . database Football. Archived from
the original on October 24, 2012. Retrieved October 30, 2012 .
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"Dennis Rader" . Biography .
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