- Bill Snyder
Bill Snyder (born October 7, 1939, in Saint Joseph, Missouri) is the former head football coach for Kansas State University, holding that position from 1989 to 2005. - Michael Beasley
Michael Beasley (born January 9, 1989 in Washington, D.C.) is an American basketball player. He considered among the elite high school basketball players of the 2007 class. Beasley stands 6'9", plays both forward positions and is left-handed. He has committed to play basketball for Kansas State University. - Jon Wefald
Jon Wefald (born November 24, 1937, in Minneapolis, Minnesota) is an American educator and the twelfth President of Kansas State University, holding that position since 1986. Wefald was born in Minneapolis and moved, at age six, with his family to Minot, North Dakota. After high school, he attended Pacific Lutheran University. There, in 1959, he earned a B.A. in History. Wefald earned his M.A. in Political Science from Washington State University in 1961, … - Pat Roberts
Charles Patrick "Pat" Roberts (born April 20, 1936) is the junior United States Senator from Kansas. A member of the Republican Party, he was formerly the Chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee. - Frank Martin
Frank Martin was announced as Kansas State University's 22nd Head coach on April 6th, 2007, following the resignation of Bob Huggins. Martin has a checkered past in terms of his recruiting practices. Earlier in his career, he was forced out of high school coaching in Miami for multiple incidents of unethical recruiting. He was, however, able to retain Scout.com's number one overall recruiting class for 2007. - Sam Brownback
Samuel Dale Brownback (born September 12 1956) is the senior United States senator from the U.S. state of Kansas. On January 20 2007, he announced his intention to seek the Republican Party's nomination for President in the 2008 Presidential election. - Bill Walker
William (Bill) H. Walker (b. October 9th, 1987) is a college basketball player for the Kansas State Wildcats. He made the decision to enroll in an accelerated at North College Hill in order to graduate early after discovering that he had used all of his high school athletics eligility the previous year. He enrolled at Kansas State as a part-time student so that he would be eligible to play December 16, 2006, which was the start of the second semester. - Bob Huggins
Bob Huggins (born September 21, 1953 in Morgantown, West Virginia) is the head coach of the West Virginia Mountaineers men's basketball team. Huggins previously held the head coaching positions at the University of Cincinnati (1989-2005) and Kansas State University (2006-2007). His 590-211 record (.737) during his 25 seasons as a head coach ranks him eighth in winning percentage and seventh in victories among active Division I coaches. - Ron Prince
Ron Prince (born September 18, 1969, in Omaha, Nebraska) is the head football coach at Kansas State University. In his first season he was the third-youngest NCAA Division I-Bowl Subdivision head coach in the country, and he is presently one of just six African-American head coaches in the Division I Bowl Subdivision. Prince succeeded Bill Snyder at Kansas State following the 2005 season. In his first season at Kansas State, in 2006, … - Mark Thomas Mangino
Mark Thomas Mangino popularly known as Mark Mangino is the head coach of the Kansas Jayhawks College football team. He had been the coach of the football team since 2002. Before he was the coach to the Jayhawks team he had worked at Kansas State and Oklahoma as an assistant coach. He had been a remarkable coach in 2007 and leaded the Jayhawks team to their 11-win season making a history in their school. - David Allen
David Allen (born February 5, 1978 in Euless, Texas) is an American football running back who last played with the St. Louis Rams of the NFL. He was originally signed as an undrafted free agent out of Kansas State University by the Jacksonville Jaguars. He was a first team All-American in 1998. He played his High School years at Libery,MO. Senior High School. - Larry Brown
Lawrence "Larry" Brown, Jr. (born September 19, 1947 in Clairton, Pennsylvania) is a former professional American football player in the National Football League (NFL) who played running back in the 1960s and 1970s. Raised in nearby Pittsburgh, he attended Schenley High School there and then Kansas State University. His eight-year pro-career was spent exclusively with the Washington Redskins. - Kevin Durant
Kevin Wayne Durant (born September 29, 1988 in Washington, D.C.) is a 6'9" basketball player for the Seattle SuperSonics, taken second in the 2007 NBA Draft from the University of Texas. He was selected as the 2006-2007 Phillips 66 Big 12 Player of the Year and received numerous other awards. After his freshman season, Durant opted to enter the NBA Draft and was selected #2 overall, behind fellow freshman Greg Oden. - Keith B. Miller
Keith Brady Miller is professor of geology at Kansas State University in the United States. He is editor of "Perspectives on an Evolving Creation" (Eerdmans, 2003), an anthology of essays by prominent evangelical Christian scientists who accept theistic evolution (also called evolutionary creationism). He is also a prominent board member of the Kansas Citizens for Science, a not-for-profit educational organization that promotes a better understanding of science. - Steve Miller
Steve Miller was the President and CEO of the Professional Bowlers Association until the fall of 2005. He retired from Nike as director of global sports marketing relations in September 2000, after nine years with the company. While at Nike, Miller held several positions including director of athletics, director of U.S. sports marketing, director of sports marketing for the Asia Pacific region, and director of NCAA sports marketing. - Richard Myers
General Richard Bowman Myers USAF (Ret.) (born March 1, 1942) is a former general of the United States Air Force and former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; as such, he was the United States military's highest ranking officer. General Myers became the fifteenth Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff on October 1, 2001. In this capacity, he served as the principal military advisor to the President, the Secretary of Defense, … - Jim Colbert
James Joseph Colbert (born March 9, 1941) is an American golfer. He was born in Elizabeth, New Jersey. He attended Kansas State University, where he finished second in the NCAA golf championships in 1964, before graduating and turning professional in 1965. Colbert won eight times on the PGA Tour, including twice in 1983 when he finished a career best fifteenth on the money list. As a senior Colbert has won 20 tournaments on the Champions Tour, … - Paul Morrison
Paul J. Morrison is a United States politician and lawyer and is the Attorney General of Kansas. Morrison attended Kansas State University and Washburn School of Law, graduating in 1980. Morrison previously served as the District Attorney for Johnson County, Kansas from 1990 until January, 2007. Morrison, who was a life-long Republican, switched his affiliation to Democratic in 2005 and announced he would challenge Republican Phill Kline in 2006 for Attorney General. - Earl Woods
Earl Dennison Woods was an athlete, a US Army infantry officer, (retiring as a Lieutenant Colonel), and the father of golfer Tiger Woods. Woods was born in Manhattan, Kansas, where he was raised, to Maude Carter and Miles Woods. He was the youngest and the only male of four siblings. His father was a scorekeeper for baseball games and coached Earl in the sport until his death in 1943. His mother died soon after in 1947. - Jim Wooldridge
Jim Wooldridge is the head men's basketball coach at the University of California, Riverside. He previously held the same position at Texas State University-San Marcos, Kansas State University and Louisiana Tech University. - Mike Hayden
John Michael ("Mike") Hayden, (born March 16, 1944) is an American politician, former governor of Kansas, and current Secretary of the Kansas Wildlife and Parks Department. Born in Colby, Kansas and raised in the small town of Atwood, Kansas, Governor Hayden received degrees from both Kansas State University, in wildlife conservation, 1966, and Fort Hays State University in biology in 1974. He served over a little over a year in Vietnam and was awarded a Bronze Star, … - Lon Kruger
Lon Kruger (born August 19, 1952 in Silver Lake, Kansas) is an American basketball coach. Most recently he took the the UNLV Rebels to the Sweet 16 for the first time since 1991. Prior to accepting the head coaching position at UNLV in 2004, Kruger was the head coach of the Atlanta Hawks of the NBA. It was as head coach of the Hawks that Kruger guaranteed season-ticket holders that the Hawks would make the playoffs or get a $125 refund. - Tex Winter
Morice Fredrick "Tex" Winter (born February 25 1922) is a successful American basketball coach and innovator of the triangle offense. Tex Winter attended Huntington Park High School and went on to graduate from the University of Southern California in 1947, where he learned the triangle offense from Sam Barry. Winter immediately entered the coaching profession as an assistant to Hall of Famer Jack Gardner at Kansas State University. - Scott Sellers
Scott Sellers (born 16 August 1986) is an American track and field athlete who holds numerous high school records in the high jump. Sellers broke the national indoor record with a jump of 2.27m in Landover, Maryland. Sellers is currently attending Kansas State University in Manhattan, Kansas. Sellers won the 2007 Big XII championships with a jump of 2.33m. This accomplishment is the fourth highest jump in NCAA history. - Bob Boozer
Robert Louis "Bob" Boozer is a retired American professional basketball player. Boozer was born and raised in North Omaha, Nebraska and graduated from Tech High in Omaha. He attended Kansas State University, where he received All-America honors in 1958 and 1959. A versatile 6’ 8” forward, he was selected by the Cincinnati Royals with the first non-territorial pick of the 1959 NBA Draft, … - Mike Evans
Michael Leeroyall "Mike" Evans (born April 19 1955 in Goldsboro, North Carolina) is a former NBA player and coach. He played collegiately at Kansas State University and was drafted by the Denver Nuggets with the 21st pick of the 1978 NBA Draft. He had a 9-year career with four different teams (the San Antonio Spurs, Milwaukee Bucks, Cleveland Cavaliers, and the Denver Nuggets), and was widely regarded throughout his career as an excellent 3-point shooter, … - Thomas Clayton
Thomas Clayton (born April 26, 1984 in Alexandria, Virginia) is an NFL running back for the San Francisco 49ers. He went to Kansas State University. He was drafted by the 49ers in the 6th round (186th Overall) in the 2007 NFL Draft. - Warren Staley
Warren Staley is the CEO of Cargill, Inc. of Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. He joined Cargill in 1969. He is a graduate of Kansas State University, and Cornell M.B.A. 1967 - Gary Patterson
Gary Patterson (born February 13, 1960 in Larned, Kansas) is a college football head coach. He is currently the head coach at Texas Christian University. Patterson is a graduate of Kansas State University, where he played football as an undergraduate. - Yamon Figurs
Yamon Figurs (born January 10, 1983 in Fort Pierce, Florida) is an American football wide receiver for the Baltimore Ravens of the NFL. He attended Kansas State University. Yamon was selected with the 74th overall pick in the 2007 NFL Draft. At the 2007 NFL combine, he was timed at 4.30 in the 40 yard dash, the fastest of any player. - Milton S. Eisenhower
Milton Stover Eisenhower (September 15, 1899 - May 2, 1985) served as president of three major American universities: Kansas State University, the Pennsylvania State University, and the Johns Hopkins University. He was the younger brother of U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower. In 1930 he had a son, Milton Stover "Bud" Eisenhower, Jr. and in 1937, a daughter, Ruth Eisenhower. - Walter Williams
Walter Williams (July 2, 1864 - July 29, 1935) was the founder of the Missouri School of Journalism and a former president of the University of Missouri. Williams was born in Boonville, Missouri. After graduating Boonville High School he served as an apprentice at the Boonville Topic where he made 75 cents a week and then moved to the Boonville Advertiser. In 1888 he worked doing press releases for the Missouri State Penitentiary. - Jack Gardner
James H. "Jack" Gardner (b. March 29, 1910 in Texico, New Mexico, United States - d. April 9, 2000 in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States) was a Hall of Fame college men's basketball coach. Gardner, a native of New Mexico and a graduate of the University of Southern California, is most well-known for coaching Kansas State University from 1939-1942 and 1946-1953, compiling a 147-81 record with the Wildcats, and thereafter coaching the University of Utah from 1953-1971, … - Mike Stoops
Michael J. Stoops (born December 31, 1961) is the head football coach at the University of Arizona, his first head coaching position. He previously served as the assistant coach at the University of Iowa, Kansas State University and the University of Oklahoma. He is the younger brother of Oklahoma head coach, Bob Stoops. He has been in a coaching capacity for over 18 years. As a head coach he has emphasized the importance of defense. - Drew Gooden
Andrew Melvin "Drew" Gooden (born September 24 1981 in Oakland, California) is an American professional basketball player currently with the Cleveland Cavaliers of the NBA. A 6'10", 250 lbs. power forward from the University of Kansas, Gooden was selected as the 4th overall pick by the Memphis Grizzlies in the 2002 NBA Draft. - Lynn Dickey
Clifford Lynn Dickey (born October 19, 1949, in Miami County, Kansas) was a professional football quarterback for the Houston Oilers and Green Bay Packers in the 1970s and 1980s. Dickey grew up in Osawatomie, Kansas. After leading his high school to a state championship, he was recruited by Kansas State University in 1967, and he soon became the top quarterback in the Big Eight Conference. - Gordon Jump
Gordon Jump (April 1, 1932 - September 22, 2003), born in Centerville, Ohio, USA, was an American actor, known for his role as the "Maytag Repairman" in commercials for Maytag brand appliances, from 1989 until his retirement from the role in July 2003. He is also well-known as the clueless radio station manager Arthur "Big Guy" Carlson in the TV series "WKRP in Cincinnati" and the incompetent "Piece of Chalief Tinkler" in the sitcom "Soap". - Gary Spani
Gary Spani (born January 9, 1956 in Satanta, Kansas) is a former NFL linebacker who played for the Kansas City Chiefs from 1978-1986. He has worked for the Chiefs' front office since 1989, and is currently the director of tickets and events marketing for the Chiefs. Spani was born in Satanta, Kansas, but raised in Manhattan, Kansas, and graduated from Manhattan High School. He played college football at Kansas State University. - Mark Simoneau
Mark Lee Simoneau (born January 16, 1977, in Phillipsburg, Kansas) is an NFL linebacker for the New Orleans Saints. Simoneau grew up in Smith Center, Kansas. He attended Kansas State University, where he was named an All-American and the Big 12 Conference Defensive Player of the Year after the 1999 season. Simoneau registered 400 tackles during his career at Kansas State. He was drafted by the Atlanta Falcons in the third round of the 2000 NFL Draft. - Christopher Alexander
Christopher Alexander (born October 4, 1936 in Vienna, Austria) is an architect noted for his theories about design, and for more than 200 building projects in California, Japan, Mexico and around the world. Reasoning that users know more about the buildings they need than any architect could, he produced and validated (in collaboration with Sarah Ishikawa and Murray Silverstein) a "pattern language" designed to empower any human being to design and build at any scale.
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