Gene Budig

Gene Budig

Gene Budig (born May 11 1939 in McCook, Nebraska) was the president of Major League Baseball's American League from by|1994 to by|1999, when the presidencies of the American League and the National League were abolished.

Budig graduated from the University of Nebraska. Budig served as president of Illinois State University from 1973-1977 and of West Virginia University from 1977-1980 and was the chancellor of the University of Kansas from 1980-1994. A lecture hall at KU, Budig Hall, is named in his honor. Active in the Air National Guard, Budig retired at the rank of Major General in 1992.

In January 2007, Budig became part-owner of the Charleston RiverDogs, a minor-league affiliate of the New York Yankees who play in the South Atlantic League.

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* [http://www.sportsecyclopedia.com/mlb/al/budig.html Gene A. Budig (1994-1999)]


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