Alumni
Sam Brownback ’79 B.S. Agricultural Economics U.S. Senator (Kansas)
Pat Roberts ’58 B.S. Journalism U.S. Senator (Kansas)
Marlin Fitzwater ’65 B.S. Journalism Former White House Press Secretary
Craig Bolerjack ’77 B.S. Journalism “The NFL on CBS” Announcer
Warren Staley ’65 B.S. Engineering President of Cargilln Inc.
2009 FOOTBALL MEDIA GUIDE Kirstie Alley, Emmy-winning actress, “Cheers” Thane Baker, Olympic gold medalist in track and field John Bilbrey, President of Hershey North America Rolando Blackman, Former NBA All-Star Joseph Boakai, Vice President of Liberia Craig Bolerjack, Play-by-Play Announcer, “The NFL on CBS” and “Voice of the Utah Jazz” Erin Brockovich, enviromental activist whose story was featured in a recent movie Richard Myers ’65 starring Julia Roberts B.S. Mechanical Engineering Former Chairman of the Joint Sam Brownback, Current U.S. Senator from Kansas and former Republican candidate for Chiefs of Staff, the highest rankthe 2008 U.S. Presidency ing military official in the nation. Susan Buchanan, Co-founder of Aurum Software Bill Buzenberg, Executive Director of the Center for Public Integrity John Carlin, Former Governor of Kansas and former Archivist of the United States Jim Colbert, Recently-retired Professional golfer, leading money winner on the 1995 and 1996 Senior Tour Del Close, Premier influence on modern improvisational theater Hashim Dabbas, Energy Minister of Jordan Lynn Dickey, Former NFL quarterback Herbert Dimond, inventor of the snooze alarm clock DeLoss Dodds, Athletics Director at the University of Texas Milton Eisenhower, Dwight's brother and former president of K-State Paul C. Fisher, President of Fisher Pen Company (invented space pen for NASA) Marlin Fitzwater, the only press secretary to serve two U.S. presidents, Ronald Reagan and George Bush Steve Grogan, Forner NFL quarterback Margaret Grosh, Senior economist at The World Bank Mike Hayden, Former Kansas Governor Kenny Harrison, Olympic gold medalist triple jumper Kirby Hocutt, Athletics Director at University of Miami (Fla.) John Hofmeister, President and CEO, Shell Oil Velina Houston, Award-winning playwright and screenwriter for PBS and 20th Century Fox Carl Ice, Executive Vice President and COO, Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway Gordon Jump, actor who played the Maytag man and Mr. Carlson on “WKRP in Cincinnati” Ed King, Retired chairman of the board, King Radio Corp. Scott Kraft, National Editor, Los Angeles Times Jim Latham, Former commander U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds Lynn Markel, Vice-president and CFO for Koch Industries, Inc. Virgil Miller, Film special effects pioneer; Academy Award nominee Gen. Richard Myers, Former Chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff Bud Newell, inventor of Med Bed Medical Rescue Unit, used in the movie Any Given Sunday Nicole Ohlde, Professional Basketball Player for the Minnesota Lynx Richard Pearson, Former President and COO of TWA and senior VP of American Airlines George Peterson, Chancellor of the University of Colorado-Boulder Jim Colbert ’64 Bill Porter, Founder and chairman emeritus of E-Trade B.S. Social Science Donald Prigmore, President of GTE-Sprint Retired Professional Golfer Samuel Ramey, Basso cantante with New York City Opera Constance Ramos, Architect on ABC’s, “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition” Mitch Richmond, NBA all-star John Rhodes, Retired Minority Leader of the U.S. House of Representatives Pat Roberts, Current U.S. Senator from Kansas Bernard Rogers, Former NATO Supreme Allied Commander Kevin Saunders, world-champion wheelchair athlete Jeff Schemmel, Athletics Director at San Diego State University Neera Singh, Pioneer in the development of celluar technology John Slaughter, Former president of Occidental College and former head of the National Science Foundation Austra Skujyte, 2004 Olympic silver medalist and two-time NCAA champion Christian Smith, 2008 US Olympian and 2006 NCAA champion Pete Souza, White House photographer Darren Sproles, NFL running back Warren Staley, President and CEO of Cargill Inc., the largest privately-owned corporation in the U.S. Bob Stull, Athletics Director at University of Texas-El Paso Jay Ungar, Grammy Award-winning composer and performer Neil Vander Dussen, president of Sony American Jerry Wexler, influential producer at Atlantic Records inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1987 Earl Woods, Father of golfer Tiger Woods Dr. Sheahon Zenger, Athletics Director at Illinois State University
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Steve Fritz ’93 B.S. Business Placed fourth in the decathlon at the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games; Currently an assistant track and field coach at Kansas State.
Rolando Blackman ’96 B.S. Social Science A 13-year NBA veteran and four-time all-star with Dallas and New York.