List of University of Kansas people

The list of University of Kansas people includes notable alumni and faculty of the University of Kansas, whose main campus is located in the American city of Lawrence, Kansas.

Alumni

Nobel laureates

Politics, government and education

Media and the arts

Science and technology

Business

Honorary alumni

Faculty

  • Ronald Barnes, player of the university carillon, harpsichord instructor, and caretaker of the university instrument collection[40]
  • Raj Bhala, distinguished Professor of Law and the Associate Dean for International and Comparative Law
  • Monica Biernat, distinguished Professor of Psychology, social psychology, prejudice, discrimination, social judgment
  • Robert Branner, Assistant Professor of Art History (1954–1957)
  • Jan Chiapusso, Dutch-born pianist and pedagogue
  • J C D Clark, Ph.D., Cambridge University; Professor of History, History of Political Thought, 17th and 18th-century Britain, History of Religion
  • Anthony Corbeill, classics professor and writer specializing in political humor, Roman gesture, and grammatical gender
  • Simon Carrington, Director of Choral Activities, Professor, and Artist in Residence 1994 to 2001
  • Lynn Davidman, distinguished Professor of Modern Jewish Studies and Professor of Sociology
  • Loren Eiseley, anthropology professor from 1937 to 1944
  • Charles C. Eldredge, Hall Distinguished Professor of American Art and Culture from 1988 to 2018
  • Michael S. Engel, distinguished Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology; Curator of Entomology; expert on fossil insects
  • Bryant C. Freeman, founded the Institute of Haitian studies at KU, has published dictionaries in the language; was given the protocol rank of major general with the U.N. peacekeeping force[41]
  • James Gunn, Hugo Award-winning science fiction author and creative writing professor[42]
  • Steve Hawley, Professor of Physics and Astronomy, former astronaut and director of flight crew operations of Johnson Space Center
  • Fritz Heider (1896–1988), Professor of Psychology known for his work in developing attribution theory and balance theory
  • Kij Johnson, creative writing professor, Nebula Award-winning fantasy author
  • Kermit E Krantz MD, LittD (deceased 2007), University distinguished Professor; Professor and Chairman Emeritus, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology; developed the Marshall–Marchetti–Krantz (MMK) surgical procedure; invented the expandable tampon
  • Solomon Lefschetz (1884–1972), known for his topological fixed-point theorem
  • Stanley Lombardo, classics professor and translator of classical works into English, including the Iliad, Odyssey, and Aeneid[43]
  • Don Marquis, Professor of philosophy who is known for his essay arguing for the immorality of abortion
  • Adrian Melott, Professor of Physics and Astronomy; astrophysicist and astrobiologist, researched the large-scale structure of the Universe and mass extinctions
  • Charles D. Michener; former chairman of KU Entomology Department, ex-director of the Snow Entomological Museum; distinguished Professor Emeritus
  • Richard Moore, distinguished Professor emeritus
  • James Naismith, professor of physical education, campus chaplain, invented basketball, was the first men's basketball coach for the school
  • Jan Roskam, emeritus professor of aerospace engineering, author of eleven books on airplane design and flight dynamics
  • Susan Scholz, Harper Faculty Fellow
  • Marilyn Stokstad, Judith Harris Murphy Distinguished Professor of Art History from 1980 to 2002
  • Katharine Mulky Warne, music professor and composer
  • Kevin Willmott, associate professor of theater and film;[44] writer and director of the film C.S.A.: The Confederate States of America,[45] won Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay (along with Spike Lee, David Rabinowitz, and Charlie Wachtel) for BlacKkKlansman
  • Donald Worster, distinguished Professor Emeritus of History, considered one of the founders of the field of environmental history

Athletes and coaches

Baseball

Basketball

Football

Golf

  • Matt Gogel, professional golfer on the PGA Tour; winner of the 2002 AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am on the PGA Tour
  • Gary Woodland, professional golfer on the PGA Tour; winner of the 2011 Transitions Championship at Innisbrook, the 2013 Reno Tahoe Open, the 2018 Waste Management Phoenix Open on the PGA Tour, and the 2019 U.S. Open

Soccer

Track and field

  • Bill Alley, javelin, Olympian and US record holder
  • Glenn Cunningham, former world record holder in 1500m and the mile, silver medal in 1936 Olympics in 1500m
  • Bill Dotson, former distance runner; broke four minute mile on both indoor and outdoor tracks
  • Maurice Green, won two Olympic gold medals and four medals overall in the 100m dash and 4x100m relay
  • Billy Mills, the only US Olympic 10,000m gold medal winner; former world record holder
  • Bill Nieder, shot put; won silver at the 1956 Summer Olympics and gold in 1960 Summer Olympics; set three shot put world records
  • Al Oerter, All-American, four consecutive gold medals in olympic discus throw; two-time world record holder
  • Jim Ryun, former U.S. congressman; three-time Olympic runner and silver medalist; held world records in the 880, 1,500m, and indoor and outdoor miles
  • Wes Santee, middle distance runner, Olympian

Athletic directors

See also

  • Biography portal
  • flagKansas portal
  • Lists portal

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