List of Washburn University alumni

These are some of the more notable alumni of Washburn University

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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."

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.

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.

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.

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.