34 Notable alumni of
Emporia State University
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Emporia State University is 2229th in the world, 779th in North America, and 735th in the United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 34 notable alumni from Emporia State University sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Ross Bjork
- Occupations
- sporting director
- Biography
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Ross Bjork is the athletics director in-waiting for Ohio State University. He previously served as the director of athletics for Texas A&M University, University of Mississippi and Western Kentucky University. He has also previously worked for the University of Miami, UCLA, and the University of Missouri.
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Panayiotis Zavos
- Occupations
- biologist
- Biography
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Panayiotis Michael Zavos, or Panos Zavos (Πάνος Ζαβός, pronounced [zaˈvos]), is a physiologist who was born in Cyprus and later emigrated to the United States. Zavos has been the subject of controversy for making unsubstantiated claims that he can clone human beings.
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William Coffin Coleman
- Occupations
- politicianinventorbusinessperson
- Biography
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William Coffin Coleman was a businessman, the American founder of the Coleman Company, a maker of camping equipment, and a politician. He served as the Mayor of Wichita, Kansas, from 1923 to 1924.
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Adam Purple
- Occupations
- activist
- Biography
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Adam Purple was an American activist and urban Edenist or "Guerrilla Gardener" famous in New York City for his "Garden of Eden". His birth name was David Lloyd Wilkie, although he went by many others, including "Rev. Les Ego".
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Vicki Myron
- Occupations
- librarianwriter
- Biography
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Vicki Myron is an American author and librarian. Director of the Spencer Public Library for more than 20 years, Myron is best known for her book Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World, written with Bret Witter. It sold more than one million copies internationally and was on bestseller lists for more than six months. It is about a cat which she found and cared for at the library, and his engaging effects on the townspeople. The library cat's story became internationally known before his death.
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Al Feuerbach
- Occupations
- athletics competitor
- Biography
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Allan "Al" Dean Feuerbach is a former American track and field athlete. He competed in the shot put at the 1972 and 1976 Olympics and finished in fifth and fourth place, respectively. He missed the 1980 Games due to the boycott by the United States. He did however receive one of 461 Congressional Gold Medals created especially for the spurned athletes.
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John Doll
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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John Doll is a Republican member of the Kansas Senate, representing the 39th district since 2017. Prior to 2018, he was a Republican, serving as a member of the Kansas House of Representatives from 2013 to 2017, representing the 123rd district (part of Garden City in Finney County). From 2010 to 2011, he served as the mayor of Garden City, Kansas. On March 7, 2018, Doll announced that he would register as an independent and would be the running mate of independent gubernatorial candidate Greg Orman in the gubernatorial election in 2018 to become the next Lieutenant Governor of Kansas. He rejoined the Republican Party in 2019.
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Henry Roe Cloud
- Enrolled in Emporia State University
- Graduated with Doctor of Divinity
- Occupations
- writer
- Biography
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Henry Roe Cloud was a Ho-Chunk Native American, enrolled in the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska, who served as an educator, college administrator, U.S. federal government official (in the Office of Indian Affairs), Presbyterian minister, and reformer.
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Walter A. Huxman
- Occupations
- judgelawyer
- Biography
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Walter Augustus Huxman was an American attorney, politician, and jurist who served as the 27th governor of Kansas and a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit.
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Fred Kipp
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Fred Leo Kipp played professional baseball for the Brooklyn / Los Angeles Dodgers and New York Yankees. He is the last living player to play for both the Brooklyn Dodgers and the New York Yankees.
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Sam V. Stewart
- Occupations
- politicianjudgelawyer
- Biography
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Samuel Vernon Stewart was an American attorney and Democratic Party politician, an attorney, former Montana Supreme Court Justice and the sixth Governor of Montana.
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Kathryn O'Loughlin McCarthy
- Occupations
- politicianlawyer
- Biography
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Kathryn Ellen O'Loughlin was a U.S. Representative from Kansas. After her election, she was married to Daniel M. McCarthy, who served in the Kansas State Senate, and thereupon served under the name of Kathryn O'Loughlin McCarthy. She was the first woman elected to Congress from Kansas.
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Evan Lindquist
- Occupations
- engraver
- Biography
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Evan Lindquist is an American artist and printmaker who was appointed to be the first Artist Laureate for the State of Arkansas. He has concentrated on the medium of copperplate engraving for more than 50 years. His compositions are memorable for their emphasis on calligraphic lines.
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Garin Higgins
- Occupations
- player of American football
- Biography
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Garin Higgins is an American football college coach and former player. He is the head football coach for Emporia State University in Emporia, Kansas, a position he has held since 2007. Higgins previously served as the head football coach at Northwestern Oklahoma State University from 2000 to 2004. His Northwestern Oklahoma State Rangers finished as runners-up in the NAIA Football National Championship in 2000 and 2003. Higgins worked as co-offensive coordinator at Minnesota State University, Mankato and offensive coordinator at Northeastern State University in 2006.
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Gary Sherrer
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Gary Sherrer is an American former politician. He was the 45th Lieutenant Governor of Kansas from 1996 to 2003. He is an alumnus of Emporia State University.
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Jory Collins
- Occupations
- head coach
- Biography
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Jory Michael Collins is an American women's college basketball coach currently serving as the head coach for the North Dakota State program. From 2010 until 2018, Collins was the head coach at Emporia State University. Collins led the Emporia State Lady Hornets to eight consecutive winning seasons. Collins is the second winningest coach in Emporia State history with a record of 199–58 (.774).
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Jeff Longbine
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Jeffrey S. Longbine is a Republican member of the Kansas Senate, representing the 17th district since 2010. Longbine has served as Vice President of the Senate since 2017.
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Karl C. King
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Karl Clarence King was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
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William S. Hill
- Occupations
- politiciansuperintendent
- Biography
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William Silas Hill was a U.S. Representative from Colorado for nine terms. His career was largely focused on agriculture. He studied at the Colorado State College of Agriculture, was a farmer, Secretary of the Colorado State Farm Bureau, and while a Congressman worked on agricultural issues.
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Homer Woodson Hargiss
- Occupations
- head coachbasketball coachbaseball playerathletics competitor
- Biography
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Homer Woodson "Bill" Hargiss was an American athlete and coach. He played American football and basketball and also competed in track and field events. Additionally, Hargis coached athletics in Kansas and Oregon. As an American football coach during the sport's early years, Hargis was an innovator. He was among few coaches in using the forward pass and the huddle, now staple features of the game.
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L. M. Gensman
- Occupations
- politicianlawyer
- Biography
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Lorraine Michael Gensman was a U.S. Representative from Oklahoma.
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Edward H. Hammond
- Occupations
- teacher
- Biography
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Edward H. Hammond is an American educator and former president of Fort Hays State University. Prior to his position at Fort Hays State, Hammond served in student affairs at various institutions including Seton Hall University and the University of Louisville. Hammond completed just two months shy of 28 years, making him the longest serving president at Fort Hays State and leader in the Kansas Board of Regents schools.
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Bill Tidwell
- Occupations
- track and field coach
- Biography
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Billy Dale Tidwell was an American university sports administrator and former college track and field and cross country coach. Tidwell served as Emporia State University's athletic director from 1971 to 1979, and coached track and field, as well as cross country from 1979 until 1984 after his retirement as athletics director.
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Don Dennis
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Donald Ray Dennis was an American middle relief pitcher in Major League Baseball who played in 1965 and 1966 for the St. Louis Cardinals. Dennis batted and threw right-handed. He was born in Uniontown, Kansas.
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Bob Fornelli
- Biography
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Robert William Fornelli is an American college baseball coach and current head baseball coach at Pittsburg State University. Previously, Fornelli coached at his alma mater Emporia State University from 2004 to 2018 where he guided the Hornets to five Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association regular season championships and two conference tournament championships, 13 trips to the NCAA Tournament, two World Series appearances and a national runner-up finish. Fornelli was the coach at Fort Hays State from 1996 to 2003.
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Jacqueline Vietti
- Enrolled in Emporia State University
- 1970-1971 graduated with certificate in secondary education
- Occupations
- academic administrator
- Biography
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Jacqueline A. Vietti is an American retired educator, most notably serving as Butler Community College's president in El Dorado, Kansas, for nearly two decades. Besides serving as president of Butler, Vietti served as Dean of Instruction at Labette Community College in Kansas, Emporia State University's interim president from June to December 2015, and was Kansas City Kansas Community College's acting president from July 2017 to June 2018.
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James Dean Pruner
- Occupations
- painterpoet
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James Dean Pruner was an American painter, printmaker, draftsman, zinemaker, sculptor, and poet. Born in Lyons, Kansas, he also lived in Hays, Ellinwood, St. John, and in rural Stafford County, Kansas, where he farmed and maintained a studio. His works include a diverse range of subjects and styles, but with several consistent themes, including human relationships, animals and the land, and problems he associated with modern life, nuclear warfare, and technology. He produced more than 300 paintings, thousands of ink drawings, prints and etchings, silk-screened cards and posters, and more than 50 sculpture and assemblage pieces during his lifetime. Pruner's works can be found in the collection of the Spencer Museum of Art at The University of Kansas, at The Stone Gallery in Hays, KS, and in numerous private collections.
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Andy Tompkins
- Biography
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John Andrew Tompkins is an American educator in Kansas. Prior to his previous post at Wichita State University, he served as interim president at Fort Hays State, as well as the president of the Kansas Board of Regents from 2010 to 2015. Tompkins was a professor and dean at Pittsburg State University two different times, and served as a superintendent of three different Kansas school districts. Tompkins is also the former Commissioner of the Kansas State Department of Education, serving from June 1, 1996 to June 30, 2005.
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Roy Evans
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Robert Roy Evans was a pitcher in Major League Baseball. He pitched from 1897 to 1903 for six different franchises. He was a graduate of Emporia State University. He was best known for scamming teams out of their money.
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Dale Emerson Saffels
- Occupations
- politicianjudgelawyer
- Biography
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Dale Emerson Saffels was an American lawyer, legislator, and United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Kansas.
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Gene Johnson
- Occupations
- basketball coach
- Biography
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Eugene Raymond Johnson was an American football and basketball coach. He was born and raised in Hartford, KS and is a graduate of Hartford High School. Some sources list him as the head coach of the 1936 United States Olympic basketball team and other sources give that honor to Jimmy Needles and state that Johnson was the assistant coach. His innovations in basketball include being credited with creating the full court press.
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Edward Herbert Rees
- Occupations
- politicianlawyer
- Biography
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Edward Herbert Rees was a U.S. Representative from Kansas.
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John Conover Nichols
- Occupations
- politicianlawyer
- Biography
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John Conover Nichols was an American lawyer, World War I veteran, and politician who served four terms as a U.S. Representative from Oklahoma from 1935 to 1943.
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Minnie Steckel
- Occupations
- academic administratorwomen's rights activistschool psychologisthead teacherclubwoman
- Biography
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Minnie Steckel was an American teacher, psychologist, clubwoman, and an activist involved in the women's poll tax repeal movement. Steckel began her career as a school teacher and worked her way up to school principal, superintendent and school psychologist, earning her bachelor's, master's and PhD degrees. From 1932 until her death in 1952, she was the dean of women and counselor at Alabama College. She served as president of the local Montevallo chapter of the American Association of University Women (AAUW) from 1937 to 1939, as president of the state chapter of the Business and Professional Women's Foundation and treasurer of the state chapter of the AAUW in 1951.
