List of University of Kansas people

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The list of University of Kansas people includes notable alumni, faculty, and non-graduates of the University of Kansas.

This is an incomplete list, which may never be able to satisfy certain standards for completeness.
Revisions and sourced additions are welcome.

Contents

[edit] Alumni

[edit] Nobel laureates

[edit] Politics, government, and education

[edit] Media and the arts

[edit] Science and technology

[edit] Business

[edit] Athletes and coaches

For athletes and coaches, see the relevant section in Kansas Jayhawks

[edit] Faculty

  • John Bricke, Ph.D., Edinburgh University. Philosophy of the Mind, Hume and Davidson Scholar.[2]
  • J C D Clark, Ph.D., Cambridge University. Hall Center Chaired Professor of History. History of Political Thought, 17th and 18th Century Britain, History of Religion
  • George Coggins, Frank E. Tyler Distinguished Professor of Law. J.D. from the University of Michigan.
  • Michael S. Engel, Professor of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology and Curator of Entomology, one of the leading experts on fossil insects and author of "Evolution of the Insects" (Cambridge University Press, 2005). Ph.D. from Cornell University.
  • Steven A. Epstein, Distinguished Professor of Medieval History. Ph. D. from Harvard (1981). Multiple book publications to his name concerning late-medieval Genoa and Renaissance Italy.[3]
  • Bryant C. Freeman, an expert on Haiti, its language, culture, and history. He founded the Institute of Haitian studies at KU. He has been asked consulted various U.S. government and international organizations regarding Haiti, and was given the protocol rank of Major General with the U.N. peacekeeping force. He has published significant dictionaries in the language.[4]
  • Don W. Green, Distinguished Professor of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering[5] – co-editor of Perry's Chemical Engineers' Handbook, the world's most widely used reference by chemical and petroleum engineers.[6]
  • James Gunn – Hugo Award-winning science fiction author and creative writing professor.[7]
  • David S. Holmes – Professor of Psychology. Ph.D., 1965, Northwestern University. M.D., 1968, Harvard University. Served on the staff of Massachusetts General Hospital, Northwestern University, University of Texas, and Princeton University. Author of "Abnormal Psychology" textbook.
  • Kermit E Krantz MD, LittD (deceased 2007), University Distinguished Professor; Professor and Chairman Emeritus, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology; Professor of Anatomy Emeritus. Developed the Marshall-Marchetti-Krantz (MMK) and invented the expandable tampon.
  • Jeffrey Lang, professor of mathematics and Muslim author.
  • Stanley Lombardo – Classics professor and translator of numerous Classical works into English, including Homer's Iliad and Odyssey, Virgil's Aeneid.[8]
  • Charles D. Michener (retired) Ex-chairman of KU Entomology Department, Ex-director of the Snow Entomological Museum, Watkins Distinguished Professor of Entomology, member of the National Academy of Sciences. The Association of American Publishers gave its R.R. Hawkins Award for the Outstanding Professional Reference or Scholarly Work of 2000 to Michener's opus, The Bees of the World.
  • Dr. Jan Roskam -- emeritus Deane E. Ackers Distinguished Professor of Aerospace Engineering, author of eleven books on airplane design and flight dynamics and over 160 papers on the topics of aircraft aerodynamics, performance, design and flight controls.
  • Kevin Willmott, of Junction City, KS, associate professor of Theater & Film,[9] writer and director of the film C.S.A.: The Confederate States of America,[10] which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and in 2005 was nominated for Best Film at the Festival Internacional de Cinema do Porto in Porto, Portugal.
  • Paul E. Wilson (deceased), distinguished emeritus professor of law. Wilson argued Brown v. Board of Education on behalf of the State of Kansas.
  • Norman R. Yetman, (retired) Ph.D. University of Pennsylvania, Chancellors Club Teaching Professor of American Studies and Sociology. Distinguished author on race and politics.

[edit] Honorary alumni