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Missouri Street in Alma (1901) For millennia, the land now known as Kansas was inhabited by Native Americans. In 1803, most of modern Kansas was secured by the United States as part of the Louisiana Purchase. In 1854, the Kansas Territory was organized, then in 1861 Kansas became the 34th U.S. state. In 1859, Wabaunsee County was founded.
Robert Blackwell Docking (October 9, 1925 – October 8, 1983) was an American businessman and politician from Kansas who served as the 38th governor of Kansas from 1967 until 1975. A conservative Democrat in a heavily Republican state, Docking is to date Kansas's only governor to serve four terms.
Morris A. Kay (July 31, 1932 – May 15, 2022) was an American politician in the state of Kansas.A Republican, he served in the Kansas House of Representatives. [1] [2]Kay was born in St. John, Kansas and attended primary schooling there while helping his father on the family farm. [3]
John Brungardt was born on July 10, 1958, in Salina, Kansas, to Francis Balthasar and Virginia (née Burton) Brungardt, one of six brothers and sisters in a Catholic family He chose Saint Joseph as his confirmation saint, considering him a role model for Catholic men and boys.
Bill Kurtis (born William Horton Kuretich; September 21, 1940) is an American television journalist, television producer, narrator, and news anchor.. Kurtis was studying to become a lawyer in the 1960s, when he was asked to fill in on a temporary news assignment at WIBW-TV in Topeka, Kansas.
Carruth was a long-time supporter of his alma mater. From the time of the university's conversion to a municipal university in 1941 until the time of his death, he was the chairman of its board of regents. In 1958 he was inducted into the school' prestigious Sagamore Honor Society. [7] In 1960 a three-story residence hall was dedicated to him. [8]
In the 2012 Republican primary, Reitz was defeated in a three-way race in the Republican primary on August 7, 2012. Bob Reader, whose primary campaign was largely funded by Americans for Prosperity-Kansas, gained the party's nomination, winning 3,318 votes, to Reitz's 2,251 votes and Joe Knopp's 2,134 votes.
His alma mater, KU, established the Richard Kelton Memorial Fund in December 1978 to aid student actors in their professional acting aspirations. [3] The fund still exists today in the form of the Richard Kelton Memorial Scholarship, that provides scholarships for undergraduate students majoring in theatre with an emphasis in acting.