List of Kansas State University people
The following is a list of notable people associated with Kansas State University, whose main campus is located in the American city of Manhattan, Kansas. University presidents The following men have served as President of Kansas State University: Joseph Denison, 1863–1873 John Anderson, 1873–1879 George Fairchild, 1879–1897 Thomas Elmer Will, 1897–1899 Ernest Reuben Nichols, 1899–1909 Henry J. Waters, 1909–1917 William Jardine, 1918–1925 Francis D. Farrell, 1925–1943 Milton Eisenhower, 1943–1950+ James A. McCain, 1950–1975 Duane C. Acker, 1975–1986 Jon Wefald, 1986–2009 Kirk Schulz, 2009–2016 Richard Myers, 2016–2022+ Richard Linton, 2022–Present +Kansas State alumnus Alumni Academia Anna Estelle Arnold (1879–1942) – school teacher, administrator, textbook publisher Erle Bartley – professor (1949–1983); developed widely used preventative for ruminal tympany (ruminant bloat) May Louise Cowles – researcher and nationwide advocate of home economics study Kenneth S. Davis – historian, professor, nominated for National Book Award Milton S. Eisenhower – former president of Kansas State, Penn State, and Johns Hopkins universities; brother of Dwight D. Eisenhower Louis Edwin Fry Sr. (1903–2000) (B.S. 1927, M.S. 1929), American architect, professor; former chair of the department of architecture at Howard University Leon Quincy Jackson (1926/1927–1995) (M.S. 1954), American architect, professor at Tennessee State University, and an early African American architect in Oklahoma and Tennessee Charlotte P. Morris (PhD) – interim president of Tuskegee University (2010; 2017–2018) Ernest Fox Nichols – physicist, president of Dartmouth College (1909–16) and MIT (1921–23) Michael O'Donnell – professor, researcher on adolescent wellness George P. "Bud" Peterson – President of the Georgia Institute of Technology (2009–present); chancellor of the University of Colorado-Boulder (2006–09) Imam Prasodjo – professor at the University of Indonesia John Brooks Slaughter – Chancellor of University System of Maryland (1982–88), president of Occidental College (1988–99), director of the National Science Foundation Jackie Vietti – President of Butler Community College for 17 years; interim president of Emporia State University in 2015 Arts and media Kirstie Alley – actress (Cheers, Veronica's Closet, Fat Actress); winner of two Emmy Awards Craig Bolerjack – announcer on NFL on CBS; Utah Jazz television announcer Charles L. Brainard – architect; active in preserving the papers of Dwight D. Eisenhower and establishing the Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library, Museum and Boyhood Home Jane Butel – cookbook author; founder of the Jane Butel Cooking School Bill Buzenberg – journalist; executive director of Center for Public Integrity; former vice-president of news at NPR Del Close – actor, improviser, writer; co-founder of I.O. theatre in Chicago and one of premier influences on modern improvisational theater Lucinda Dickey – actress (Breakin', Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo), former Solid Gold dancer Roy M. Fisher – journalist; former Editor-in-Chief of Chicago Daily News Gail Gregg – artist Eddie Griffin – comedian Mitch Holthus – radio voice of Kansas City Chiefs Gordon Jump – actor (WKRP in Cincinnati, "Maytag Man") Charles Melton – actor Virgil Miller – film special effects pioneer; Academy Award nominee Clementine Paddleford – journalist and food writer; declared by Time magazine in 1953 as the "best known food editor in the United