List of Washburn University alumni

The following is a list of notable people associated with Washburn University, located in Topeka, Kansas, United States.

Arts and entertainment

Business

Government and politics

Journalism

Law

  • Sam A. Crow (b. 1926)  Senior Judge, United States District Court for the District of Kansas (1981–present)
  • Lee A. Johnson (b. 1947) (J.D. '80)  Kansas Supreme Court Justice (2005–present)
  • Tyler C. Lockett (b. 1932)   Kansas Supreme Court (1983–2002); District court judge in Wichita (1977–1983); Judge, common pleas court (1971–1977)
  • Marla Luckert (b. 1955) (J.D. '80)  Kansas Supreme Court Justice (2003–present)
  • J. Thomas Marten (b. 1951)  District Judge, United States District Court for the District of Kansas (1996–present)
  • Kay McFarland (1935-2015) (B.A. '57; J.D. '64)  first female chief justice of the Kansas Supreme Court
  • Eric F. Melgren (b. 1956)  District Judge, United States District Court for the District of Kansas (2008–present)
  • Loren Miller (1903-1967) Municipal Court Judge, County of Los Angeles, California (1964-1967)
  • Nancy Moritz (J.D. '85)  Kansas Supreme Court Justice (2011–2014); Judge for 10th Circuit Court of Appeals (2014–present)
  • Joseph Wilson Morris  senior partner, Gable & Gotwals (1984–present); general counsel of Shell Oil (1978–1983); Chief Judge, Eastern District of Oklahoma (1974–1978); Dean, University of Tulsa College of Law (1972–1974)
  • Paul J. Morrison (B.A.; J.D.)  former Attorney General for the State of Kansas
  • Fred Phelps (B.A. '62; J.D. '64)  disbarred lawyer and pastor of the Westboro Baptist Church, known for its extreme views on homosexuality, Christianity, and American soldiers; he and the Westboro Baptist Church were the subject of a U.S. Supreme Court case, Snyder v. Phelps
  • Shirley Phelps-Roper (B.A. '79; J.D. '81)  daughter of Fred Phelps; attorney and spokesperson for the Westboro Baptist Church
  • Eric Rosen (J.D. '84)  Kansas Supreme Court Justice (2007–present)
  • Gordon Sloan (1911-2006) (J.D. '35)  former judge on the Oregon Supreme Court
  • Robert Stone (1866-1957) (B.A. 1889)  founder of Washburn Law School in 1903, Speaker of the Kansas House of Representatives (1915)
  • Ozell Miller Trask (1909-1984)  appointed by President Richard Nixon as a Federal Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit (1969–1984)

Science and technology

Military service

  • Brigadier General Arthur S. Champeny (1893-1979)  only man in U.S. history to receive the Distinguished Service Cross in three separate conflicts: World War I, World War II and Korea
  • Rear Admiral Stanley Thomas Counts (1926-2015)  commanded USS Towers and USS Chicago during the Vietnam War[10]
  • Brigadier General Clarence T. "Curly" Edwinson (1912-1985)  flew 30 missions as a World War II fighter pilot; Commander, 42nd Air Division, U.S. Air Force; all conference halfback at Washburn
  • Major General Kathleen E. Fick  Director of Intelligence of the National Guard Bureau
  • Brigadier General Howard S. Searle (1891-1972)  Assistant Division Commander, 35th Infantry Division
  • Colonel Leroy W. Stutz (b. 1939)  U.S. Air Force pilot; shot down on his 85th mission in Vietnam; spent 2,284 days as a prisoner of war, including time at the "Hanoi Hilton" (attended WU in 1960, transferred to Air Force Academy)

Sports

See also List of Washburn Ichabods head football coaches

See also

References

  1. Bill Kurtis
  2. "Henry Justin Allen". National Governors Association. Retrieved October 14, 2012.
  3. "Bob Dole". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved October 14, 2012.
  4. "Montana Governor John Edward Erickson". National Governors Association. Retrieved October 10, 2012.
  5. "Joan Finney". National Governors Association. Retrieved October 14, 2012.
  6. "Denver David Hargis". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved October 14, 2012.
  7. "John McCuish". National Governors Association. Retrieved October 14, 2012.
  8. "Dennis Moore". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved October 14, 2012.
  9. "Jim Slattery". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved October 14, 2012.
  10. "Obituaries: RADM Stanley Thomas Counts, USN (Ret) '49". The USNA Alumni Association San Diego Chapter Newsletter. The USNA Alumni Association (May): 2&3. 2015.
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