for National Geographic, author of three books
Vidal Nuño – pitcher for the New York Yankees, Arizona Diamondbacks and Seattle Mariners
Tanner Purdum – New York Jets long snapper
William Alfred Quayle – American bishop of the Methodist Church, elected in 1908
Dewey Short – U.S. House of Representatives (MO), 1929–1931; 1935–1957
Bennett Jones Sims – sixth bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Atlanta consecrated as Diocesan Bishop in 1972
Don C. Sowers – academic
Patrick Tubach – class of 1996, Academy Award nominee, best visual effects, Star Trek Into Darkness
Philip P. Campbell – class of 1888, U.S. congressman from Kansas, 1903–1923
Ernest Eugene Sykes – class of 1888, prominent businessman and Freemason from New Orleans
=== Faculty ===
Phog Allen – collegiate basketball coach at Baker University, the University of Central Missouri and the University of Kansas
Emil S. Liston – basketball coach and administrator
John Clark Ridpath – educator and historian
William M. Runyan – preacher and songwriter
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