President Obama's visit to KUPresident Barack Obama visited the University of Kansas on January 22, 2015 for a public event at the Anschutz Sports Pavilion.
The President was introduced by KU senior Alyssa Cole, following remarks by Chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little. He discussed themes from his 2015 State of the Union address, including the importance of affordable higher education and child care to individual success and national prosperity.
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President Obama was the fourth sitting U.S. president to visit KU and the first since William H. Taft in 1911. The other two presidents to visit KU while in office were Ulysses S. Grant in 1873 and Rutherford B. Hayes in 1879. Five additional presidents — Harry Truman, Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter, George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton — visited KU after leaving office. Visit KU History
Presidential visits to KU
