Kansans For Life Political Action Committee
The following are notable people who were either born, raised, or have lived for a significant period of time in the American state of Kansas. Academics and Nobel Prize laureates *Milton S. Eisenhower (1899–1985), university president; Abilene *Wendell Johnson (1906–1965), psychologist and speech pathologist, author of ''The Monster Study''; Roxbury * Jack S. Kilby (1923–2005), Nobel Prize winner in Physics; Great Bend *Solon Toothaker Kimball (1909–1982), anthropologist; Manhattan *Stanford Lehmberg (1931–2012), historian; McPherson * Norman Malcolm (1911–1990), philosopher; Selden * Deane Waldo Malott (1898–1996), president of Cornell University; Abilene * Abby Lillian Marlatt (1869–1943), home economics; Manhattan *Eric K. Meyer (born 1953), journalism professor and Pulitzer Prize nominee; Marion *M. Lee Pelton (born 1950), president of Willamette University; Wichita * John Brooks Slaughter (born 1934), college president and first African-American di ...
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Flag Of Kansas
The flag of the state of Kansas was adopted in 1927. The elements of the state flag include the Kansas state seal and a sunflower. This original design was modified in 1961 to add the name of the state at the bottom of the flag. Official description The official flag of Kansas is represented by a dark-blue silk rectangle representing Kansas arranged horizontally with the state seal aligned in the center. Above the seal is a sunflower which sits over a bar of gold and light blue. Below the seal is printed the name of the state "''KANSAS''". Seal of Kansas The state seal centered on the flag tells the history of Kansas and his figures representing pioneer life. The seal contains: * Landscape with a rising sun (the east) * River and steamboat (commerce) * Settler's cabin and a man plowing a field (agriculture) oreground* Wagon train heading west (American expansion) * Indians hunting American Bison (the buffalo are fleeing from the Indians) * Cluster of 34 stars (top of the ...
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