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Iowa State University
EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION
Location: Ames, IA
Founding Date: 1858 Motto: Science with Practice Team: Cyclones Radio Station: KURE-FM 88.5 Enrollment: 25,000 Official Website: http://www.iastate.edu/ STUDENTS
Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
John Atanasoff |
Inventor |
4-Oct-1903 |
15-Jun-1995 |
Atanasoff-Berry Computer |
Robert L. Bartley |
Editor |
12-Oct-1937 |
10-Dec-2003 |
Editor of the Wall Street Journal, 1979-2003 |
Berkley W. Bedell |
Politician |
5-Mar-1921 |
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Congressman from Iowa, 1975-87 |
Ezra Taft Benson |
Religion |
4-Aug-1899 |
30-May-1994 |
President of the Mormon Church, 1985-94 |
Robert D. Blue |
Politician |
24-Sep-1898 |
13-Dec-1989 |
Governor of Iowa, 1945-49 |
Marvin D. Brailsford |
Business |
31-Jan-1939 |
|
Retired US Army Lt. General |
Bruce Braley |
Politician |
30-Oct-1957 |
|
Congressman, Iowa 1st |
Stephanie A. Burns |
Business |
c. 1955 |
|
CEO of Dow Corning |
Garrey Carruthers |
Politician |
29-Aug-1939 |
|
Governor of New Mexico, 1987-91 |
George Washington Carver |
Botanist |
c. 1860 |
5-Jan-1943 |
Crop rotation and peanut butter |
Lauro F. Cavazos |
Government |
4-Jan-1927 |
|
US Secretary of Education, 1988-90 |
Vance D. Coffman |
Business |
3-Apr-1944 |
|
CEO of Lockheed Martin, 1998-2004 |
John Cooper |
Football |
2-Jul-1937 |
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OSU Head Coach, 1988-2000 |
Michael M. Crow |
Educator |
c. 1955 |
|
President, Arizona State University |
Dave Ditzel |
Engineer |
c. 1956 |
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Founder of Transmeta |
Harvey B. Gantt |
Politician |
14-Jan-1943 |
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Mayor of Charlotte, 1983-87 |
Roswell Garst |
Agriculturalist |
14-Jun-1898 |
5-Nov-1977 |
Hybrid corn farmer, amateur diplomat |
Tom Harkin |
Politician |
19-Nov-1939 |
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Former US Senator from Iowa |
Isaiah Harris, Jr. |
Business |
c. 1952 |
|
Former BellSouth executive |
Bourke B. Hickenlooper |
Politician |
21-Jul-1896 |
4-Sep-1971 |
Governor and Senator from Iowa |
William E. Hocking |
Philosopher |
10-Aug-1873 |
12-Jun-1966 |
The Meaning of God in Human Experience |
Thomas M. Hoenig |
Economist |
6-Sep-1946 |
|
President and CEO, Kansas City Fed |
William Temple Hornaday |
Activist |
1-Dec-1854 |
6-Mar-1937 |
Defender of the American bison |
David W. Joos |
Business |
c. 1952 |
|
CEO of CMS Energy |
DeAnne S. Julius |
Economist |
14-Apr-1949 |
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Chairman, Royal Institute of International Affairs |
C. Robert Kidder |
Business |
c. 1945 |
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CEO of Borden Chemical, 1995-2002 |
Barbara A. King |
Business |
c. 1947 |
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Landscape Structures, Inc. |
Charles B. Knapp |
Educator |
13-Aug-1946 |
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President, University of Georgia, 1987-97 |
Ted Kooser |
Poet |
25-Apr-1939 |
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Poet Laureate of the United States |
Cheryl Gordon Krongard |
Business |
c. 1956 |
|
Partner, Apollo Management, 2002-04 |
Tom Latham |
Politician |
14-Jul-1948 |
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Congressman, Iowa 4th |
David Loebsack |
Politician |
23-Dec-1952 |
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Congressman, Iowa 2nd |
Frank O. Lowden |
Politician |
26-Jan-1861 |
20-Mar-1943 |
Governor of Illinois, 1917-21 |
Charles T. Manatt |
Attorney |
9-Jun-1936 |
22-Jul-2011 |
DNC Chairman, 1981-85 |
Thomas E. Martin |
Politician |
18-Jan-1893 |
27-Jun-1971 |
US Senator from Iowa, 1955-61 |
Richard D. McCormick |
Business |
4-Jul-1940 |
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CEO of US West, 1992-98 |
Edward R. McCracken |
Business |
c. 1944 |
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CEO of Silicon Graphics, 1984-98 |
John Melcher |
Politician |
6-Sep-1924 |
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US Senator from Montana, 1977-89 |
Charles E. Merriam |
Scholar |
15-Nov-1874 |
8-Jan-1953 |
American Political Ideas |
Dan Mozena |
Diplomat |
1949 |
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US Ambassador to Angola |
Dennis A. Muilenburg |
Business |
c. 1964 |
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EVP at Boeing |
Donald C. Nebergall |
Business |
12-Aug-1928 |
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Brenton Bank & Trust |
Flannery O'Connor |
Author |
25-Mar-1925 |
3-Aug-1964 |
A Good Man Is Hard To Find |
Jeff Plagge |
Business |
c. 1956 |
|
Midwest Heritage Bank |
David W. Raisbeck |
Business |
c. 1949 |
|
Vice Chairman of Cargill |
David J. Robino |
Business |
c. 1959 |
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Vice Chairman of Gateway, 2000-01 |
Jean Seberg |
Actor |
13-Nov-1938 |
8-Sep-1979 |
Saint Joan |
Harold Frend See, Jr. |
Judge |
7-Nov-1943 |
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Justice, Alabama Supreme Court |
Richard B. Shull |
Actor |
24-Feb-1929 |
14-Oct-1999 |
Holmes and Yo-Yo |
Hugh Sidey |
Journalist |
3-Sep-1927 |
21-Nov-2005 |
Time magazine |
Graham B. Spanier |
Educator |
18-Jul-1948 |
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President, Penn State University, 1995-2011 |
David B. Speer |
Business |
6-Apr-1951 |
17-Nov-2012 |
CEO of Illinois Tool Works, 2005-12 |
Scott Stanzel |
Government |
15-Jan-1973 |
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Deputy White House Press Secretary |
Robert Sulentic |
Business |
c. 1958 |
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CEO of Trammell Crow, 2002-06 |
Bob Walkup |
Politician |
14-Nov-1936 |
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Mayor of Tucson |
Henry A. Wallace |
Politician |
7-Oct-1888 |
18-Nov-1965 |
US Vice President, 1941-45 |
Henry C. Wallace |
Government |
11-May-1866 |
25-Oct-1924 |
US Secretary of Agriculture, 1921-24 |
George A. Wilson |
Politician |
1-Apr-1884 |
8-Sep-1953 |
Governor of Iowa, 1939-43 |
TEACHERS AND PROFESSORS
Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
John Atanasoff |
Inventor |
4-Oct-1903 |
15-Jun-1995 |
Atanasoff-Berry Computer |
Kenneth E. Boulding |
Economist |
18-Jan-1910 |
18-Mar-1993 |
The Image: Knowledge of Life in Society |
Michael M. Crow |
Educator |
c. 1955 |
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President, Arizona State University |
Ronald Fisher |
Mathematician |
17-Feb-1890 |
29-Jul-1962 |
Analysis of variance and covariance |
Norman A. Graebner |
Historian |
19-Oct-1915 |
10-May-2010 |
Empire on the Pacific |
Steven J. Keillor |
Historian |
25-Apr-1948 |
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Hjalmar Petersen of Minnesota |
Kurt Lewin |
Psychologist |
9-Sep-1890 |
12-Feb-1947 |
Field theorist, group dynamicist |
Elsa A. Murano |
Educator |
14-Aug-1959 |
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President of Texas A&M University, 2008-09 |
Edwin G. Nourse |
Economist |
20-May-1883 |
7-Apr-1974 |
Council of Economic Advisers, 1946-49 |
Theodore W. Schultz |
Economist |
30-Apr-1902 |
26-Feb-1998 |
Investment in Human Capital |
Robert N. Shelton |
Educator |
1948 |
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President, University of Arizona |
Jane Smiley |
Novelist |
26-Sep-1949 |
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A Thousand Acres |
George J. Stigler |
Economist |
17-Jan-1911 |
1-Dec-1991 |
Economic Theory of Regulation |
Henry C. Wallace |
Government |
11-May-1866 |
25-Oct-1924 |
US Secretary of Agriculture, 1921-24 |
ADMINISTRATORS AND TRUSTEES
Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
Gregory L. Geoffroy |
Educator |
c. 1946 |
|
President, Iowa State University |
Ray L. Heffner |
Educator |
7-May-1925 |
28-Nov-2012 |
President of Brown University, 1966-69 |
Cheryl Gordon Krongard |
Business |
c. 1956 |
|
Partner, Apollo Management, 2002-04 |
James Wilson |
Government |
16-Aug-1835 |
26-Aug-1920 |
US Secretary of Agriculture, 1897-1913 |
COACHES
Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
Mack Brown |
Football |
27-Aug-1951 |
|
Head Coach, UT-Austin |
Earle Bruce |
Football |
8-Mar-1931 |
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OSU Head Coach, 1979-87 |
Pete Carroll |
Football |
15-Sep-1951 |
|
Seattle Seahawks coach |
Tim Floyd |
Basketball |
25-Feb-1954 |
|
USC Head Coach |
John Fox |
Football |
8-Feb-1955 |
|
Coach, Chicago Bears |
Johnny Majors |
Football |
21-May-1935 |
|
College football coach |
Jackie Sherrill |
Football |
28-Nov-1943 |
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MSU Head Coach, 1991-2003 |
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