List of Washburn University alumni
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These are some of the more notable alumni of Washburn University
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[edit] Arts and Entertainment
- Bill Kurtis (jd '66; d litt '85) - television journalist and producer. See [1].
- Larry Niven (ba '62; d litt '84) - science fiction author.
- Bradbury Thompson (ba '34; dfa 65) - (1911-95) graphic artist.
- James Reynolds ('69) - Actor who portrays Capt. Abe Carver on NBC's "Days of Our Lives."
[edit] Business
- Greg Brenneman (bba '84; d comm '99) - Chief executive officer of Quiznos, Former chief executive officer of Burger King Corporation; former chief operating officer of Continental Airlines.
- Richard Davidson (ba '66; d comm '94) - Chairman, Union Pacific Railroad formerly chief executive officer.
- Miriam Baker Loo (ba '36; d com '90) - (1914-2000) Founder of mail order catalog company, Current, Inc.
- Davey Lopes (bed '69) - Former manager of the Milwaukee Brewers baseball team. 16 year major league baseball career.
[edit] Sports
- Billie Jean Moore (bed '66; lhd '99) - 1999 inductee to the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame. She is the former head women's basketball coach at UCLA and 1976 Olympic women's basketball coach.
- Jerry Schemmel (ba '82, jd '85) - Radio voice of the Denver Nuggets.
- Trey Lewis WU Football now playing in the NFL for the Atlanta Falcons.
- Cary Williams WU Football now playing in the NFL for the Tennessee Titans.
[edit] Science and Technology
- Earl Wilbur Sutherland Jr. (bs '37) - (1915-74) 1971 Nobel Prize Laureate in Physiology and Medicine.
[edit] Politics
- Bob Dole (jd '52; lld '69) - former U.S. Senator from Kansas, Republican candidate for President (1996).
- Joan Finney (ba '82; dps '95) - (1925-2001) First female to serve as governor of Kansas (1991-95); Kansas State Treasurer, 1972-86.
- Art Fletcher (ba '50; dhl '90) - (1924-2005) Served as chairman of the National Black Chamber of Commerce, as director of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights and as executive director of the United Negro College Fund.
- Georgia Neese Clark Gray (ba '21; dba '66) - (1900-95) First female Treasurer of the United States
- Lee A. Johnson (jd '80) - Kansas Supreme Court Justice
- Delano Lewis (jd '63; lld '00) - Former U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of South Africa and former president of National Public Radio.
- Kay McFarland (ba '57; jd '64) - First female chief justice of the Kansas Supreme Court.
- Dennis Moore (jd '70) - US House of Representatives from Overland Park.
- Paul J. Morrison (ba ; jd) - former Attorney General for the State of Kansas.
- Roger Noriega (ba '82) - Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs, U.S. Department of State.
- Gene Reardon (bba '67; d comm '01) - Inspector General for the U.S. Department of Defense.
- Eric Rosen (jd '84) - Kansas Supreme Court Justice.
- Jim Slattery (ba '70; jd '75) - former U.S. Congressman from Topeka.
- Gordon Sloan (JD 1935) - former judge on the Oregon Supreme Court.
[edit] Other
- Fred Phelps (jd '62) - Disbarred civil rights attorney; Anti-homosexual pastor of the controversial Westboro Baptist Church of Topeka.
- Shirley Phelps-Roper (ba, jd) - Daughter of Fred Phelps, attorney and public spokesperson for the Westboro Baptist Church.

