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University of Iowa
The University of Iowa in Iowa City, Iowa, United States. It is the oldest public
university in the state. The university is organized into
eleven colleges granting undergraduate, graduate, and
professional degrees. UI is categorized as RU/VH Re-
search University (very high research activity) in the
Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Educa-
tion.[2] The university is a group member of the Associ-
ation of American Universities, the Big Ten Conference,
Committee on Institutional Cooperation, and the Univer-
sities Research Association. Additionally, UI is considered
a Public Ivy according to Howard and Matthew Greene’s
Established February 25, 1847 "The Public Ivies: America’s Flagship Public Universi-
ties".
Type Public
The University is home to the University of Iowa
Endowment US $791,231,000 [1] Hospitals and Clinics. It is one of the largest university-
owned teaching hospitals in the nation.[3] Iowa was the
President Dr. Sally Mason
first American institution of higher learning to accept
Academic staff 2,156 creative work for academic credit, and developed the
Students 30,328
Master of Fine Arts degree.[4]
Undergraduates 20,574
History
Postgraduates 9,754
Location Iowa City, Iowa, USA
Campus Urban
1,900 acres (7 km²)
Nickname Hawkeyes
Colors Black & old gold
Athletics Big Ten
NCAA Division I
Mascot Herky the Hawk
Affiliations Association of American Universities,
Big Ten Conference, Committee on
Institutional Cooperation, Universities
Research Association
Website www.uiowa.edu
University seal mosaic, ca. 1908, Iowa Hall.
The University of Iowa was founded February 25, 1847
as Iowa’s first public institution of higher learning, only
59 days after Iowa became a state. The legal name for
SUI)
the university is the State University of Iowa (SUI but
this became confusing with Iowa State University (ISU),
UI, Iowa)
The University of Iowa (also known as UI or simply Iowa
is a public state-supported research university located
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and the Board of Regents approved using "University of testing.[7] Additionally, Iowa was the first Big Ten insti-
Iowa" (UI) for everyday usage in October 1964.[5] tution to promote an African American to an administra-
The first faculty offered instruction at the university tive vice president’s position (Dr. Phillip Hubbard, pro-
in March 1855 to students in the Old Mechanics Building, moted in 1966).
situated where Seashore Hall is now. In September 1855,
there were 124 students, of whom forty-one were Recent headline events
women. The 1856–57 catalogue listed nine departments On November 1, 1991, five employees of the university
offering Ancient Language, Modern Language, Intellectu- were killed and one student was critically injured when
al philosophy, Moral Philosophy, History, Natural Histo- Gang Lu, a former physics graduate student, went on a
ry, Mathematics, Natural Philosophy, and Chemistry. The shooting rampage before committing suicide.[8] Officials
first President was Amos Dean. received letters written by Lu that discussed his grievan-
The original campus was composed of the Iowa Old ces and plans; apparently Lu was set off because he felt
Capitol Building and the 10 acres (40,000 m2) (4.046 that his dissertation should have been received more ea-
hectares) of land on which it stood. Following the placing gerly.[9]
of the cornerstone July 4, 1840, the building housed the On April 13, 2006, a tornado struck the university and
Fifth Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Iowa (De- adjacent Iowa City, causing extensive damage through-
cember 5, 1842) and then became the first capitol of the out the campus and town. The tornado was the most in-
State of Iowa (December 28, 1846). Until that date it had tense and destructive of 5 tornadoes that touched down
been the third capitol of the Territory of Iowa. When in Johnson County, Iowa that evening; it was given the
the capitol of Iowa was moved to Des Moines in 1857, rank of F2 on the Fujita Scale.[10] “Damage on the campus
Old Capitol became the first permanent "home" of the was limited to a parking garage for university vehicles
University. and some downed trees.” [11] Several Iowa City homes
and businesses received extensive damage.[10] Despite
the wreckage, injuries were relatively light in the area,
although one person in a neighboring county was
killed.[10]
On June 8, 2008, the Army Corps of Engineers warned
that flooding on the Iowa River and overflow from the
Coralville Reservoir would cause major and potentially
record flooding. Such an event could have serious impli-
cations and bring widespread damage to campus build-
ings. After flood waters breached the reservoir spillway
more than 20 major campus buildings were damaged.[12]
Several weeks after the flood waters receded university
officials placed a preliminary estimate on flood damage
at $231.75 million. Later, the UI Vice President estimated
Old Capitol Building in February 2005
that damages would cost about $743 million.[13]
In November 2008, responding to a proposal from
In 1855, Iowa became the first public university in the
the UI Writing University committee, UNESCO designat-
United States to admit men and women on an equal ba-
ed Iowa City the world’s third City of Literature, making
sis. Additionally, the university was the world’s first uni-
it part of the UNESCO Creative Cities Network.[14][15]
versity to accept creative work in theater, writing, music,
On April 18, 2011, anthropology and women’s studies
and art on an equal basis with academic research.
professor Ellen Lewin responded to a campus-wide email
The university was one of the first institutions in
from the University of Iowa College Republicans relating
America to grant a law degree to a woman (Mary B. Hick-
to an "Animal Rights Barbecue" and for using the term
ey Wilkinson, 1873), to grant a law degree to an African
"coming out" with respect to being Republican with the
American (G. Alexander Clark, 1879), and to put an
controversial response of "F*** YOU REPUBLICANS!"[16]
African American on a varsity athletic squad (Frank Hol-
The response eventually drew nationwide attention. [17]
brook, 1895). The university offered its first doctoral de-
gree in 1898.
The university was the first state-university to offi- Colleges and Schools
cially recognize the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, • College of Liberal Arts & Sciences[18]
and Allied Union (1970).[6] • School of Art and Art History[19]
Iowa established the first law school west of the Mis- • School of Music
sissippi River, and was also the first to use television in • Tippie College of Business[20]
education (1932) and pioneered the field of standardized
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• College of Engineering[21] The University of Iowa is also the home to the Nation-
• College of Pharmacy[22] al Advanced Driving Simulator (a virtual reality driving
• College of Education simulator.)
• College of Nursing
• Graduate College University of Iowa in rankings
• College of Law
University rankings (overall)
• Carver College of Medicine[23]
• College of Dentistry National
• University of Iowa College of Public Health[24] U.S. News & World Report[29]
29] 72
• University College[25]
The University of Iowa College of Public Health was Washington Monthly[30]
30] 43
formed in 1999 when the Department of Preventive
Medicine and Environmental Health and the Graduate Overview:
Program in Hospital and Health Administration were • One of the top ten international universities in the
split from the Carver College of Medicine.[26] U.S. according to the Asian Correspondent, April 1,
2010
• 26th best public university in the nation — U.S. News
Research Institutes & World Report, 2008 edition
• Iowa Institute of Gerontology: The Iowa Institute of • 66th best university in the nation, tied with
Gerontology existed from 1953 until 1971. It was University of Connecticut and Purdue University –
closed in the later year due to a budget shortfall.[27] U.S. News & World Report, 2009 edition
• . The Institute of Agricultural Medicine was • The best university in the state of Iowa – U.S. News &
established in 1955 with a grant from the W. K. World Report, 2008 edition
Kellogg Foundation as an institutte to study rural • 21 graduate programs ranked among the top 10 such
public health issues.[28] It was later renamed to the programs in the country — U.S. News & World Report,
Institute of Agricultural Medicine and Occupational 2008 edition.
Health
Health. • One of only two public universities in the Midwest
listed as "best buys" — Fiske Guide to Colleges, 2008
• One of the top 50 public universities in the country
Academics and distinctions when it comes to offering academic excellence at an
affordable price — Kiplinger’s Personal Finance, 2006
• 188th best university in the world according to the
2010 QS World University Rankings.[31]
• "A picturesque campus, a thriving social scene, and
the excitement of Big Ten athletic teams" — Insider’s
Guide to the Colleges, 2007
• University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics ranked as
one of “America’s Best Hospitals” for the 20th year in
a row (since rankings began in 1990 – U.S. News &
World Report, 2009.
• Iowa’s 1,700-acre (6.9 km2) campus sits in one of the
nation’s most livable cities and in the third-most-
educated metropolitan area in America — Market
Guide’s 2006 Better Living Index, USA Today.
View from T. Anne Cleary Walkway with the Old Capitol in the • The University of Iowa Law Library is ranked #1 in
background the nation by the National Jurist.
• The University of Iowa’s graduate program in
Iowa is one of 60 elected members to the Association of Speech-Language Pathology has been ranked #1 in
American Universities and is listed in Greene’s guides as the country by U.S. News & World Report (2010
a "Public Ivy of the Great Lakes & Midwest." Edition).
The university is currently home to ISCABBS, an ag- • The College of Nursing ranks in the top fifteen for all
ing public bulletin board system that was the largest In- six categories used to rank nursing schools by U.S.
ternet community in the world prior to the commercial- News & World Report. Iowa places first in the nation in
ization of the world wide web. both nursing service administration and
gerontological/geriatric nursing graduate programs.
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Iowa is ranked better than 12th in all other
categories.
Campus
• The University of Iowa’s Tippie College of Business
was named by Business Week as one of the top fifty
business schools in the nation.
• The Tippie School of Management’s full-time MBA
program is in the top 3% of MBA programs in the
U.S.[32] The program is ranked in many categories by
several different organizations including: 20th
overall and the 4th fastest payback (U.S.) by Forbes;
20th for public universities and 40th overall (U.S.) by
U.S. News; 64th overall (world), 32nd overall (U.S.),
9th in finance, 1st for employment percentage (11th
in the world), 3rd for value, 15th for placement
success (19th in the world) and 17th for aims
achieved by Financial Times; 37th (North America)
and 15th (U.S.) by The Economist; .
• The University of Iowa’s Carver College of Medicine
has been ranked #7 in the country for primary care
and #31 in the country for research by U.S. News &
World Report.
• The University of Iowa’s College of Law has been
ranked #26 in the country by U.S. News & World Report
(2010 Edition), and has attained an average USNWR
ranking of #21 in the last 20 years.
• The University of Iowa’s College of Pharmacy has
been ranked #16 in the country by U.S. News & World
Report (2008 Edition).
• The University of Iowa School of Art & Art History’s
Fine Arts program has been ranked #21 in the The Old Capitol, which is listed on the National Register of His-
country by U.S. News & World Report (2008 Edition). toric Places
• The University of Iowa’s College of Education is the
nation’s first permanent college-level department of The University of Iowa’s main campus, located in Iowa Ci-
education (1872) [33] ty, was originally designed by architect D. Elwood Cook.
The campus is roughly bordered by Park Road and U.S.
Iowa Writers’ Workshop Highway 6 to the north and Dubuque and Gilbert Streets
Main page: Iowa Writers’ Workshop to the east. The Iowa River flows through the campus, di-
The Writers’ Workshop was founded in 1936. Since viding it into west and east sides.
1947 it has produced thirteen Pulitzer Prize winners. In Of architectural note is the Pentacrest at the center
total, twenty-five people affiliated with the Writers’ of The University of Iowa campus. The Pentacrest com-
Workshop have won a Pulitzer Prize. prises five major campus buildings: Old Capitol, Schaeffer
Notable workshop students and faculty include for- Hall, MacLean Hall, Macbride Hall, and Jessup Hall. The
mer faculty Robert Penn Warren, author of All the King’s Old Capitol was once the primary government building
Men, former student Flannery O’Connor, former student for the state of Iowa, but it is now a museum of Iowa his-
John Irving, author of The World According to Garp, former tory.
student Gail Godwin, former faculty Philip Roth, author Also on the eastern side of campus are five residence
of Goodbye Columbus and American Pastoral, former student halls (Burge, Daum, Stanley, Currier, and Mayflower), the
Michael Cunningham, author of The Hours, and former Iowa Memorial Union, the Pappajohn Business Building,
faculty Kurt Vonnegut, author of books such as Cat’s Cra- Seamans Center for the Engineering Arts and Sciences,
dle, Breakfast of Champions, and Slaughterhouse-Five. The the Lindquist Center (home of the College of Education),
great American playwright, Tennessee Williams, author Phillips Hall (the foreign language building), Van Allen
of A Streetcar Named Desire and The Glass Menagerie among Hall (home to physics and astronomy), the English-Phi-
others, studied theatre and playwriting as an undergrad- losophy Building, and the buildings for biology, chem-
uate student at the University but did not attend The istry, geology & environmental sciences, psychology,
Writers’ Workshop.
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communications, and journalism. The Main Library can
also be found on the east side.
The Colleges of Law, Medicine, Nursing, Dentistry,
Pharmacy, and Public Health are on the western side of
the Iowa River, along with the University of Iowa Hospi-
tals and Clinics, the Theatre Building, and Voxman Music
Building. Additionally, five residence halls (Hillcrest,
Slater, Reinow, Quadrangle, and Parklawn), Kinnick Sta-
dium, and Carver-Hawkeye Arena are located on the west
campus.
The Oakdale Campus, which is home to some of the
university’s research facilities and the driving simulator,
is located north of Interstate 80 in adjacent Coralville.
The flood of 2008 had a major impact on a number of
campus buildings, forcing many buildings to temporari-
ly close. The Iowa Memorial Union was closed for a pe-
riod of time, and the ground floor of this building is still
closed as it undergoes renovation. The arts campus,
which includes Hancher, Voxman, Clapp Recital Hall, and
the Theatre Building, was hit especially hard. The theatre
building has since reopened, but the music facilities have
not. Music classes were for a short time held in tem-
porary trailers, and now music classrooms are spread
throughout campus. Recently, a University task force
suggested to state regents that Hancher be rebuilt near Museum of Natural History in Iowa Hall.
its current site on the West bank of the Iowa River and
Voxman and Clapp be built nearer to the main campus on
South Clinton Street. Student life
Much of the student night-life in Iowa City is centered
The Pentacrest around the pedestrian mall ("ped mall"), which contains
Main article: Pentacrest numerous restaurants, local shops/boutiques, and over
The Pentacrest is sometimes referred to as the center of thirty bars. A popular university event that draws both
academic life at the University, especially for Liberal Arts students and also residents from the entire midwest is
students. It comprises five buildings: the Old Capitol and home football games. A related activity that many stu-
the four lecture halls Schaeffer, Macbride, MacLean, and dents engage in is tailgating, often beginning early in the
Jessup. A variety of classes are held in these four buildin- morning. The University of Iowa is well known for its
gs, mostly relating to the Liberal Arts. Macbride Hall and party and social scene: it was given the rank of 10th-best
the Old Capitol also contain museums of natural history party school in the United States by Playboy magazine
and Iowa state history, respectively. in 2010, and in 2011 The Princeton Review ranked Iowa
in the #4 spot on its annual Top Party Schools survey.
Campus museums [38] The university has appeared on similar top ten lists
• University of Iowa Museum of Art of several other publications over the years. In addition,
• Museum of Natural History there are hundreds of student organizations, including
• Old Capitol Museum groups focused on politics, sports, games, lifestyles,
• Medical Museum dance, song, and theater, and a variety of other activities.
• Athletic Hall of Fame and Museum The University also tries to sponsor events that give stu-
• Project Art (University Hospitals and Clinics) dents an alternative to the typical drinking scene.[39] In
2004 the University established an annual $25,000 con-
Sustainability tract with the newly reopened Iowa City Englert Theatre
The University of Iowa is one of the EPA’s Green Power to host concerts and performances for as many as 40
Partners,[34] burning oat hulls instead of coal and reduc- nights a year.[40]
ing coal consumption by 20%.[35] In May 2004 the univer- Students also participate in a variety of student me-
sity joined the Chicago Climate Exchange,[36] and in April dia organizations. Students edit and manage The Daily
2009 a student garden was opened.[37] Iowan newspaper (often called the DI), which is printed
every Monday through Friday while classes are in ses-
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sion. An early editor of the DI was noted pollster George national success, making eight bowl games in the last
Gallup. Daily Iowan TV, KRUI Radio, Student Video Pro- nine years, including a Bowl Championship Series victory
ductions, Off Deadline magazine and Earthwords maga- in the FedEx Orange Bowl over Georgia Tech in 2010. The
zine are other examples of student-run media. program has also finished in the Top 10 four times and
shared two Big Ten championships in the Ferentz era.
Athletics Iowa battles Iowa State University annually for the
Cy-Hawk Trophy, a traveling award. Iowa also has a tra-
Main article: Iowa Hawkeyes ditional rivalry with Minnesota. The two schools’ football
teams meet yearly to battle for Floyd of Rosedale, a trav-
eling trophy in the shape of a bronzed pig. In 2004, Iowa
and Wisconsin unveiled the Heartland Trophy, a bronze
bull, to be played for in their rivalry. However, since
the Big Ten has expanded to 12 teams, Iowa will only
play Wisconsin 6 times every 10 years while the Floyd of
Rosedale series remains an annual matchup. A new rival-
ry is in the making with Nebraska, with the teams com-
peting for the Heroes Trophy.
According to the Wall Street Journal, Iowa has pro-
duced more Division I college-football coaches than any
other school in the U.S.[41]
University of Iowa mascot, Herky.
Wrestling
Main article: Iowa Hawkeyes wrestling
Iowa is famous for its extremely successful collegiate
wrestling program. Through 2010, the Hawkeyes
wrestling team has won 23 national titles and 34 Big Ten
titles. Coach Dan Gable’s Gang won nine straight NCAA
team championships (1978 to 1986) and three times won
three in a row (1991 to 1993, 1995 to 1997, and 2008 to
2010). Iowa’s 51 NCAA Champions have won a total of 77
NCAA individual titles, crowning six three-time and 15
two-time champions. Furthermore, Iowa’s 132 all-Ameri-
cans have earned all-America status 269 times, including
16 four-time, 29 three-time and 34 two-time honorees.
Iowa Hawkeyes logo. Sports Illustrated named the Iowa program one of the top
sports dynasties of the 20th century.[42] Tom Brands, a
The school’s sports teams, the Hawkeyes, participate in four-time All-American and Olympic gold medalist, is the
the NCAA’s Division I-A and in the Big Ten Conference. current head wrestling coach.
The athletics department is headed by Gary Barta, who
was previously athletic director at the University of Wy- Men’s basketball
oming. Herky the Hawk (pictured right) has been Iowa’s
Main article: Iowa Hawkeyes men’s basketball
mascot since 1948.
The Iowa Hawkeyes men’s basketball team currently
plays in 15,500-seat Carver-Hawkeye Arena, along with
Football the school’s women’s basketball, wrestling, and volley-
Main article: Iowa Hawkeyes football ball teams.
Iowa’s football team plays its home games at Kinnick Sta- Throughout history, the Hawkeyes have enjoyed the
dium, named after former Iowa football player Nile Kin- successes of eight Big Ten regular season conference
nick who won the Heisman Trophy in 1939. Kinnick Sta- championships, the last coming in 1979. More recently,
dium hosts 70,585 fans. The stadium unveiled a new look Iowa has won the Big Ten tournament twice, in 2001 and
in 2006 with the completion of a $90 million renovation. 2006. Iowa also has 22 NCAA Men’s Division I Basketball
The renovation included new stands in the south end- Tournament appearances, including three Final Fours,
zone, a new press box, and a statue of Kinnick. reaching the semifinals in 1955 and 1980 and playing in
Kirk Ferentz has been the head coach of the football the championship game against the University San Fran-
program since 1999, when he replaced longtime coach cisco in 1956.
Hayden Fry. Under Ferentz, the Hawkeyes have enjoyed
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The team experienced success in the 1970s, 1980s, ilynne Robinson for her novel Gilead in 2005), as well as
and 1990s under head coaches Lute Olson and Tom Davis. numerous National Book Awards and other major liter-
Fran McCaffery is the current head men’s basketball ary honors.
coach.
Current National Football League play-
Women’s basketball ers
The Iowa Hawkeye women’s basketball team experienced • Ricky Stanzi, Quarterback for the Kansas City Chiefs
great success in the 1980s and early 1990s under coach • Pat Angerer, linebacker for the Indianapolis Colts
C. Vivian Stringer. In 1985, the Hawkeyes became the • Jonathan Babineaux, tackle for the Atlanta Falcons
first women’s basketball team in history to sellout in ad- • Jason Baker, punter for the Carolina Panthers
vance.[43] During Stringer’s tenure, the Hawkeyes ap- • Rob Bruggeman, center for the Atlanta Falcons
peared in 10 Women’s NCAA Tournaments, including 9 • Bryan Bulaga, tackle for the Green Bay Packers
consecutive berths from 1985–86 through 1993–94. Addi- • Kyle Calloway, tackle for the Buffalo Bills
tionally, the Hawkeyes appeared in the 1993 Women’s Fi- • Scott Chandler, tight end for the Buffalo Bills
nal Four, losing to the Ohio State Buckeyes in the semi- • Dallas Clark, tight end for the Indianapolis Colts
finals. Stringer’s successor at Iowa, Angie Lee, took Iowa • Adrian Clayborn, defensive end for the Tampa Bay
to an additional 3 NCAA tournaments, including a Sweet Buccaneers
Sixteen appearance during the 1995–96 season. Current • Colin Cole, tackle for the Seattle Seahawks
coach Lisa Bluder has taken the Hawkeyes to five NCAA • Sean Considine, safety for the Jacksonville Jaguars
tournaments and two WNIT berths, including an appear- • Jared DeVries, defensive end for the Detroit Lions
ance in the WNIT semifinals during the 2004–2005 sea- • AJ Edds, linebacker for the Miami Dolphins
son. Most recently, the women were Big 10 Champions • Bradley Fletcher, cornerback for the St. Louis Rams
(tying with Ohio State) in 2008. • Robert Gallery, guard for the Oakland Raiders
• Charles Godfrey, safety for the Carolina Panthers
Other sports • Shonn Greene, running back for the New York Jets
Other sports at the university include field hockey, base- • Chad Greenway, linebacker for the Minnesota
ball, softball, gymnastics, golf, swimming and diving, ten- Vikings
nis, track and field, volleyball, cross country, rowing and • Abdul Hodge, linebacker for the Cincinnati Bengals
soccer. In addition, UI has many club teams that compete • Kenny Iwebema, defensive end for the Arizona
in fencing, water polo, baseball, rugby, lacrosse, volley- Cardinals
ball, crew, soccer, ultimate, ice hockey, cricket and other • Mike Jones, guard for the Minnesota Vikings
sports. There is also a women’s flag football team. • Nate Kaeding, place kicker for the San Diego
Chargers
People • Aaron Kampman, outside linebacker for the
Jacksonville Jaguars
Main article: List of University of Iowa people • Mitch King, defensive end for the New Orleans Saints
• Matt Kroul, defensive end for the New York Jets
• Bryan Mattison, defensive end for the Baltimore
Ravens
• Tony Moeaki, tight end for the Kansas City Chiefs
• Brandon Myers, tight end for the Oakland Raiders
• Seth Olsen, offensive guard for the Denver Broncos
• Derreck Robinson, defensive end for the Cleveland
Browns
• Matt Roth, linebacker for the Cleveland Browns
• Bob Sanders, safety for the San Diego Chargers
• Amari Spievey, cornerback for the Detroit Lions
The Iowa Advanced Technology Laboratory designed by archi- • Eric Steinbach, guard for the Cleveland Browns
tect Frank Gehry • Casey Wiegmann, center for the Kansas City Chiefs
• Marshal Yanda, guard for the Baltimore Ravens
Many prominent athletes, actors, entrepreneurs, scien- • Albert Young, running back for the Minnesota
tists, and technological innovators have attended the Vikings
University of Iowa. From its Iowa Writers’ Workshop, • Tyler Sash, defensive back for the New York Giants
the University boasts a number of Pulitzer Prize winners
(most recently Writer’s Workshop faculty member Mar-
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Current players in the National Basket- • James E. Cartwright, General USMC, 8th and former
Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
ball Association • Joseph Dangerfield, composer and educator
• Reggie Evans, power forward for the Toronto • Mildred Adams Fenton, geologist, palentologist and
Raptors writer
• Kachine Alexander, guard for the Minnesota Lynx • Ray H. French, 20th century artist, former DePauw
(WNBA) University faculty member
• Tangela Smith, center for the Indiana Fever (WNBA) • Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak,20th century literary
• Doug Thomas, forward for the Reno Bighorns (NBA critic, theorist
D-League) • George Gallup, founder, Gallup Public Opinion Poll
• Scott Heiferman, co-founder and CEO, Meetup; co-
Major League Baseball founder, Fotolog
• Cap Anson, former Chicago White Stockings player • John P. Irish, Regent, orator, activist and editor
inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame • W.P. Kinsella, author of Shoeless Joe, which was later
• Brett Dolan, play-by-play announcer for the Houston adapted into the film Field of Dreams
Astros • George Koval, Soviet intelligence officer and Hero of
• Cal Eldred, former pitcher with the Milwaukee the Russian Federation
Brewers, Chicago White Sox and St. Louis Cardinals • David Lang, Pulitzer Prize-winning composer
• Milo Hamilton, play-by-play announcer for the • Mauricio Lasansky, artist and print maker; former
Houston Astros, Ford C. Frick Award recipient. University of Iowa art professor
• Harry Kalas, play-by-play announcer for the • Robie Macauley, novelist and editor of Playboy
Philadelphia Phillies from 1971 until his death in • Tom McHale, novelist
2009. Ford C. Frick Award recipient. Also provided • William B. Morgan, naval architect
narration for NFL Films. • David Morrell, author, famous for creating the
• Patrick Lala, drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies. character of John Rambo; former English professor
• Tim Drover, Senior Editor of The Oprah Winfrey
Film and television Show and 5 time Daytime Emmy winner
• Tom Arnold, actor • Steve Rasmussen, CEO of Nationwide Insurance
• Diablo Cody, screenwriter, winner of Academy • James Romig, composer and educator
Award for Best Original Screenplay (Juno) • Marie Rutkowski, children’s author
• Debra Fox, actress from The 10 Million Dollar Getaway, • Curtis Sittenfeld, novelist
and former anchor for WTAE-TV in Pittsburgh • Ward B. Strang, President and CEO of FedEx
• Mary Beth Hurt, actress SmartPost
• Ashton Kutcher, actor • James Van Allen, space scientist
• Richard W. Maibaum, screenwriter and producer • Dennis Van Roekel, president of the National
• Nicholas Meyer, writer, director (Time After Time, Star Education Association
Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, Elegy) • Lee Watson, Broadway and Opera Lighting designer,
• Greg Morris, actor (Mission: Impossible) Author and Purdue University professor
• Terry O’Quinn, actor (Alias, Lost) • Ann Williams, member of the Illinois House of
• Brandon Routh, actor (Superman Returns, Zack and Representatives
Miri Make a Porno) • Tennessee Williams, Pulitzer Prize-winning writer
• Jean Seberg, actress (Breathless) • Gerald W. Wolff, historian of the American West and
• Gene Wilder, actor Indians
• Grant Wood, artist, American Gothic; former
Notable people University of Iowa art professor
Iowa’s faculty includes three Pulitzer Prize winners, five
Alumni former clerks to U.S. Supreme Court justices, and numer-
ous members of the nation’s most prestigious scholarly
• Albert Bandura, father of modern psychology academies:
• Cynthia Bathurst, animal rights activist and • Howard Hughes Medical Institute (4)
founder/director of Safe Humane Chicago • American Academy of Arts and Sciences (11)
• Bruce Braley, U.S. Congressman from Iowa’s First • Institute of Medicine (16)
District
• Tom Brokaw, former NBC News anchor; political
analyst Past university presidents
• Amos Dean (1855–1859)
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• Silas Totten (1859–1862) Marriott, Michel (November 3, 1991). "Gunman in
[8]
• Oliver Spencer (1862–1867) Iowa Wrote of Plans in Five Letters". The New York
• James Black (1868–1870)[44] Times. http://www.nytimes.com/1991/11/03/us/
• George Thacher (1871–1877) gunman-in-iowa-wrote-of-plans-in-five-
• Josiah Pickard (1878–1887) letters.html. Retrieved November 24, 2009.
• Charles Schaeffer (1887–1898) [9] Marriott, Michel (November 4, 1991). "Iowa
• George MacLean (1899–1911) Gunman Was Torn by Academic Challenge". The
• John Bowman (1911–1914) New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/1991/
• Thomas Macbride (1914–1916) 11/04/us/iowa-gunman-was-torn-by-academic-
• Walter Jessup (1916–1934) challenge.html. Retrieved November 30, 2009.
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