 Walt Anderson
Anderson, the founder of the White Castle Hamburger chain, is considered to be one of the inventors of the hamburger. He attended
Baker in 1905.
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 J. Percy Ault
Ault is a 1904 graduate of Baker. He captained a ship for the Carnegie Institution from 1928 to 1930. Ault sailed the world
seeking data on magnetism and atmospheric electricity. Some of his more important discoveries include submarine mountain
ranges off the South American Coast and proof that the North Pole wobbles as the earth spins on its axis.
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 Warren Ault
Ault graduated from the University in 1907 and is one of Baker's four Rhodes Scholars. At 102 years old, he was the oldest
living Rhodes Scholar in the nation before he died in 1989. He earned a master's degree from Oxford University and
a doctoral degree from Yale University. He was both a professor and a founder of the history department at Boston University.
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 Frank Bristow
Bristow is a 1907 graduate of Baker where he was a charter member of the Zeta Chi Men's Fraternity. He was chosen
as a Rhodes Scholar and studied civil law at Oxford University. Bristow was a journalist, photographer, and lawyer before
his death in 1968.
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 Don Coldsmith
Coldsmith graduated from the University in 1949 and has since written over 30 novels, including the "Spanish Bit Saga" series.
His most recent book is Tallgrass: A Novel of the Great Plains, which is a Kansas historical novel that begins with the Spaniards'
entry into the region in the 1540s.
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 Jared Grantham
Grantham is a 1958 graduate of Baker who is world-renowned for his research of kidney disease. His research has been funded
continuously by the National Institution for Health over the past 26 years.
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 Irmagene Nevins Holloway
Holloway is a 1922 graduate of Baker who developed a nationwide driver's education program. She earned a master's degree
from Columbia and in 1941, at New York University, became the first woman in the nation to receive a doctorate in safety
education. She has also been recognized in Baker's Athletic Hall of Fame for basketball.
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 Harold Jackson
Jackson, class of 1975, pioneered efforts to alter unfair tax laws that target the poor. He earned a Pulitzer Prize in
Journalism for his editorials, making him one of two Baker journalists to be awarded the honor.
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 Sam Kajese
Kajese graduated from the University in 1976. Originally from Zimbabwe, he currently serves as the Chief of Protocol for the country's
President. Kajese regularly meets with world leaders, including former President Bill Clinton, and aids in implementing and
monitoring national democracy programs.
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 George LaFrance
This 1987 graduate is a superstar in the Arena Football League. He owns six league championship rings, three Most Valuable Player
awards, and a pair of playoff MVP awards.
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 Emil Liston
Liston was both a coach and athletic director for Baker. In 1937 he organized the first national basketball tournament in Kansas
City which led to the creation of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. Liston graduated from the University in 1913.
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 Kevin Mahogany
Newsweek touted Mahogany, class of 1981, as the "standout jazz vocalist of his generation". He has produced several CD's,
appeared in movies, and is known internationally for his vocal range.
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 Raymond Pruitt
A 1933 graduate of Baker, Pruitt was selected as a Rhodes Scholar and earned a bachelor of arts degree from Oxford University.
He earned an M.D. at the University of Kansas and an M.S. at the University of Minnesota. Pruitt was a staff cardiologist who
served as a professor at the Mayo Graduate School of Medicine in Minnesota, Baylor University, and the University of Tennessee.
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 Eugene C. Pulliam
Pulliam was Pulitzer Prize winning journalist who acted as a confidant to various presidents and world leaders. Pulliam
attended Baker Academy in 1907 and 1908.
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 Donald Taylor
Taylor graduated from the University in 1939 and was honored as Baker's fourth Rhodes Scholar. He served as both the director
of Yale Univesity's Institute of Social Science and the chair of the Department of Communication. Taylor was also Dean of
the Yale Graduate School.
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