Gene Budig (born May 25, 1939 in McCook, Nebraska) was the president of Major League Baseball's American League from to , 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.