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Wednesday Aug, 23, 1989 / University Daily Kansan
Reaching stars, stardom
Gale Sayers, (left) two time All-American at KU and an NFL Hall of Famer received a bachelor's degree in 1975 and a master's in 1977. Since retiring from his football career, Sayers has participated in television endorsements and now resides in Chicago where he owns Crest Computers, a chain of computer stores. Lynette Woodard, (above) a four-time All-American at KU and the first woman to play with the Harlem Globetrotters, graduated in 1981.
Nancy Kassebaum
Bob Dole
Alumni success varied
Joe Engle
by Mary Steuby Kansan staff writer
Many Kansans know that Don Johnson, Nancy Kassbaum, and Bob Dole attended the University of Kansas but few are aware of many other famous people who call KU their alma mater.
The role call of great KU alumini includes great athletes, business tycoons, journalists, astronauts, actors and actresses, inventors, and even a 1966 Miss America beauty queen.
Three former Jayhawks have traveled into outerspace. They are Ronald E. Evans, Apollo XVII astronaut, class of 1955; Stephen E. Hawley, crew member of the Columbia space shuttle, class of 1973; and Colonel Joe H. Engle, commander of the second flight of the space shuttle Columbia. Engle graduated from KU with a degree in engineering in 1955.
Engle did not forget his university on the 1981 Columbia mission. Tucked into the cargo, and returned personally by Engle, was a KU flag.
In another area of space discovery, Clyde W. Tombaugh, who received a bachelors degree in 1936 and a masters in 1959, discovered the planet
Gale E. Sayers, two time All-American at KU and a NFL Hall of Famer, said he remembered how beautiful KU was.
Sayers recieved a bachelor degree in 1975 and a masters in 1977.
degree in 1975 and a masters in 1977. Since retiring from his football career, Sayers has participated in television endorsements and now resides in Chicago where he owns Crest Computers, a chain of computer stores.
"The most striking memory that I have from my college years, is when I participated in a march on Strong Hall for fair housing." Savers said.
Lynette Woodard, a four-time All American at KU and the first woman to play with the Harlem Globetroters, graduated from the College of Liberal Arts in 1981.
Woodward left the Globetrotters in 1987 and has returned to Lawrence to pursue business interests. Woodard said she would never feel at home anywhere but in Kansas.
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