sixth round by the Pittsburgh Steelers. The college's most famous player and honored coach was Homer Woodson Hargiss. Notable alumni Faculty Football Coaches - Horace Botsford, Henry Brock, Harold Grant, Homer Hargiss, Lem Harkey, Gwinn Henry, Steve Kazor, Wayne McConnell, Walt Newland, Bill Schnebel, Lester Selves, Tom Stromgren Alumni Dale Corson (1914–2012) - eighth president of Cornell University, physics professor at Cornell, author, served on National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics William Culbertson (1884–1966) - U.S. Ambassador to Romania and Chile, member of United States International Trade Commission, United States Army Colonel John Dalley (1935-) - violinist, violin bow maker, teaching at Curtis Institute of Music, artist-in-residence at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and University of Maryland Kyung-Chik Han (1902–2000) - pastor, church planter, recipient of the 1992 Templeton Prize for Progress in Religion Vic Hurt (1899–1978) - college coach for football / basketball / track, played football at College of Emporia David Hibbard (1868–1966) - missionary, educator, first president of Silliman Institute (now Silliman University) in Philippines Jerry Karr (1936–2019) - Kansas Senator, economics professor at University of Central Missouri, Wilmington College, Njala University Helen Marshall (1898-1988) - nursing historian, history professor at University of New Mexico, Eastern New Mexico University, Illinois State University Carroll Newsom (1904–1990) - eleventh president of New York University, president of publisher Prentice Hall, math professor Vernon Parrington (1871–1929) - literary historian and scholar, Pulitzer Prize winner, English professor at College of Emporia / University of Oklahoma / University of Washington, second head football coach at University of Oklahoma Brock Pemberton (1885–1950) - Broadway theatrical producer, founder and chairman of the Tony Awards Arthur Samuel (1901–1990) - computer scientist, electrical engineering professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, computer science professor at Stanford University Jack Sinagra (1950–2013) - New Jersey State Senator, chairman of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey William Allen White (1868–1944) - journalist, author, Pulitzer Prize winner, newspaper owner and editor of Emporia Gazette, founding editor of the Book of the Month Club References External links The Carnegie Legacy in Kansas, Anderson Memorial Library 1921-1922 photo of students / faculty / campus of the College of Emporia May 1971 video of College of Emporia Then and Now: Lewis Academy Emporia - Home of William Allen White Education in Lyon County, Kansas Defunct private universities and colleges in Kansas Educational institutions established in 1882 Educational institutions disestablished in 1974 Emporia,