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4 unusual facts about Washburn University


There's Know Place Like Home

There's Know Place Like Home is a recording of a concert that took place on February 7, 2009 in Topeka, Kansas at Washburn University (which several members of Kansas attended) along with the Washburn University Symphony Orchestra.

Washburn University

The original design of the studious-looking, tailcoat-clad figure was created in 1938 by Bradbury Thompson (B.A. ‘34), who became an internationally acclaimed graphic artist.

During World War II, Washburn Municipal University was one of 131 colleges and universities nationally that took part in the V-12 Navy College Training Program which offered students a path to a Navy commission.

Washburn was a church deacon, abolitionist and industrialist who resided in Worcester, Massachusetts.


June 1966 tornado outbreak sequence

Hundreds of apartments were destroyed and most of Washburn University and Philip Billard Municipal Airport were affected.

Municipal college

Other historical municipal colleges and universities include Washburn University in Topeka, Kansas, the University of Louisville, the University of Cincinnati, Wichita State University, University of Toledo, University of Nebraska-Omaha, the University of Akron and Wayne State University in Detroit.

Willis Bates

The game was played against the Washburn Ichabods using a set of experimental rules and was officiated by then Washburn head coach John H. Outland.


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Cary Williams

Williams originally attended Fordham University, but after a year of limited playing time, transferred to Washburn University in Topeka, Kansas.