salts. Alexander William Doniphan, Jr. died while attending Bethany College, in Bethany, West Virginia, when he drowned in a flood-swollen river. Legacy Doniphan County, Kansas, was created and named for him in 1855. He is also the namesake of the town of Doniphan, Missouri. Alexander Doniphan remains highly esteemed by members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for saving the life of Joseph Smith and other early church leaders. His story is routinely told in church literature and histories. Doniphan was inducted into the Hall of Famous Missourians in 2008, and a bronze bust depicting him is on permanent display in the rotunda of the Missouri State Capitol in Jefferson City. A large bronze statue of Doniphan stands on the grounds of the Ray County courthouse, in Richmond, Missouri. The American Legion Boys State of Missouri named Doniphan City one of their divisions in his honor. Doniphan Drive, in El Paso, Texas, is named for Doniphan, from the Battle of El Brazito fought near that city. Missouri Highway 152, running between Liberty, Missouri, and Leavenworth, Kansas, is named the "Alexander Doniphan Memorial Highway". Camp Doniphan was established during the Army buildup for World War I. It is located next to Fort Sill, just outside Lawton, Oklahoma. William Jewell College in Liberty, Missouri, has named its prestigious Senior Award named in honor of Colonel Alexander Doniphan. The Alexander Doniphan Award is presented to the male of the graduating senior class whom demonstrates leadership, strong academics, and is considered by his peers to be the most likely to walk the furthest in life, or "most likely to succeed." The Liberty, Missouri School District has named an elementary school in honor of Doniphan. Actor Peter Lawford portrayed Doniphan in a 1965 episode of the NBC anthology series, Profiles in Courage, based on an earlier book attributed to John F. Kennedy, who was a brother-in-law of Peter Lawford. See also Ben Holladay References Peterson, Richard C.; McGhee, James E.; Lindberg, Kip A.; Daleen, Keith I; Sterling Price's Lieutenants (rev. ed.), Two Trails Publishing, Independence, MO (2007) External links Marker to Doniphan in Clay Co., MO. - Missouri "Mormon" Frontier Foundation. - John Whitmer Historical Association. Doniphan biography. - Kansas "bogus legislature" website. Doniphan. - Columbia Encyclopedia. Speaking of History Podcast with audio of John Dillingham speech on the life of Alexander Doniphan. - presented at the Truman Presidential Library in May,