List of Emporia State University people

The following is a list of notable people associated with Emporia State University, located in the American city of Emporia, Kansas.

Notable alumni

Politics and government

• Jim Barnett – Physician and former Kansas Senator. Republican nominee for governor in 2006.
• James L. Cathey, Jr. – Mayor of Bossier City, Louisiana, 1973 to 1977^[1]
• Stephanie Clayton – Kansas House of Representatives House District 19.
• William J. Durham – African-American attorney and leader in the civil rights movement.
• Stan Frownfelter – Kansas House of Representatives House District 37.
• L. M. Gensman – former U.S. Representative from Oklahoma.
• Dan Hawkins – Kansas House of Representatives House District 100.
• Jim Kelly – Kansas House of Representatives House District 11.
• Jeff Longbine – Kansas Senate District 17.
• John Conover Nichols – former U.S. Rep. from Oklahoma. Vice president of Transcontinental and Western Airlines.
• Roy Wilford Riegle – Probate Judge, Schoolteacher, Kansas Senate Member, Knights Templar Grand Master
• Dale Emerson Saffels – Kansas House of Representatives. In 1979, nominated by President Jimmy Carter to the United States District Court for the District of Kansas.
• Harold See – Associate Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court.
• Jack Sinagra– mayor, state senator, chair of Port Authority in New Jersey.

Grant F. Timmerman

• Sam V. Stewart – Montana Supreme Court Justice.
• Vern Swanson – Kansas House of Representatives House District 64.
• Annie Tietze – Kansas House of Representatives House District 53.
• Grant F. Timmerman – Awarded Medal of Honor posthumously for heroism during Battle of Saipan.
• Mark Treaster, former member Kansas House of Representatives
• Ed Trimmer – Kansas House of Representatives House District 79.
• Bob Whittaker – United States House of Representatives.

Media and arts

• Kay Alden, – Five-time Emmy award-winning television writer.
• Louis F. Burns – Osage Nation/Osage Indian historian and author.
• Evan Lindquist – artist given Lifetime Achievement Award by the Society of American Graphic Artists (SAGA) in 2010.^[2]
• Deborah Raney – women's fiction writer.
• Randall J. Stephens – author and historian.

Science and technology

• Panos Zavos – regarded by many as a cloning and fertility expert, while others describe him as a “maverick.” Has appeared on numerous television shows, including NBC, MSNBC, and CNN.

Business

• William Coffin Coleman – founder of Coleman Company. Taught school at Ottawa University for a year before serving as principal of Blue Rapids schools for a year. Coleman also served as mayor of Wichita in 1923 and 1924.

Education

• H. Edward Flentje – Professor at Wichita State University; served as interim president of ESU in 2011
• Harry Levinson – Chairman emeritus and founder of The Levinson Institute. Clinical professor of psychology emeritus at Harvard Medical School.
• Barbara Kiefer Lewalski – A Guggenheim Fellow in 1967 and William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of History and Literature and of English, Emeritus at Harvard.
• W. Ann Reynolds – chancellor of the California State University and City University of New York.

Athletes and coaches

• Frank Anderson – former head baseball coach for the Oklahoma State Cowboys, now an assistant for the University of Houston.
• Dale Burnett – former NFL football player that played for the New York Giants and was on 1932 World Championship team.
• Jory Collins – current head women's basketball coach at Emporia State.^[3]
• Al Feuerbach – former Olympian and world record holder in the shot put.
• Don Dennis – pitched for St. Louis Cardinals in 1965 and 1966.
• Kelly Goodburn – NFL football player for Kansas City Chiefs and Washington Redskins. Played in XXIV Super Bowl when Washington won World Championship.

Homer Woodson Hargiss

• Homer Woodson Hargiss – head football coach for 12 years and compiled a 62-23-11 record. His 1926 squad produced a 7-0-0 record, the only perfect season in ESU history.
• Steve Henry – drafted by the NFL St. Louis Cardinals in 1979 and played one year for the Cardinals, one year for the New York Giants, and one year for the Baltimore Colts.
• Garin Higgins – current head football coach at Emporia State.^[4]
• Brad Hill – head baseball coach at Kansas State University.
• Gene Johnson – head basketball coach at Wichita State University and Kansas Wesleyan University, won two AAU national titles and was assistant coach for the 1936 gold medal Olympic basketball team. Credited with inventing the full-court zone press.
• Fred Kipp – played baseball for the New York Yankees, Brooklyn Dodgers, and Los Angeles Dodgers.
• John Kuck – gold medal winner in the shot put at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam.
• Bob Leahy – played in the NFL for the Pittsburgh Steelers.
• Leon Lett – helped Hornets to the NAIA National Championship game in 1989. Played for Dallas Cowboys in 3 Super Bowls.
• Archie San Romani – won the national collegiate mile in 1935 and the 1,500-meter run in 1936. Anchored distance medley relay that set world record in 1936 and was fourth in the 1,500-meter run at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin. San Romani also set a world record in the 2,000-meter run in 1937 that stood for 25 years.
• Brian Shay – running back for ESU, who won the 1998 Harlon Hill Trophy and broke 17 NCAA Division II records. Later played for the Berlin Thunder, Orlando Rage and was a member of the 1999 Kansas City Chiefs practice squad.
• Steve Shifflett – major league baseball player for Kansas City Royals.
• Fran Welch – Quarterbacked ESU football team to a 24-1-2 record in his career. In 24 years as a football coach, compiled a 116-81-15 mark. His track and cross country teams claimed 18 league crowns, four NAIA cross country championships, one NAIA track title, and one NCAA small college cross country title.

Presidents

These persons have served as presidents or interim presidents of Kansas State Normal School (1863–1923), Kansas State Teachers College (1923–1974), Emporia Kansas State College (1974–1977), and Emporia State University (1977–present).

Lyman Beecher Kellogg:
1st president of Kansas State Normal School

Thomas W. Butcher:
8th president of Kansas State Teachers College

See also

• Lists of people from Kansas
• Emporia State University School of Business
• Emporia State University Teachers College
• Emporia State Hornets and Lady Hornets
  • Emporia State Hornets football
    • List of Emporia State Hornets head football coaches
  • Emporia State Hornets basketball
  • Emporia State Lady Hornets basketball

References

Notes

Citations

External links

• Emporia State University Alumni Association

Emporia State University Academics School of Business Teachers College (National Teachers Hall of Fame) College of Liberal Arts and Sciences School of Library and Information Managements Athletics Teams Men's basketball Women's basketball Football (Seasons) Softball Facilities Francis G. Welch Stadium William L. White Auditorium Media Mix 104.9 KFFX (KVOE) People Presidents of ESU Alumni Football coaches Student life "Fight On, Emporia!" Corky the Hornet Memorial Union Established: 1863 – Endowment: $91.992 million – Students: 6,114 (Fall 2014)