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University of Iowa The University of Iowa (UI, U of I, UIowa, or simply Iowa) is a public research university in Iowa City, Iowa, United States. Founded in 1847, it is the oldest and largest university in the state. The University of Iowa is organized into 12 col ...
.


Academia

* Michael J. Budds, Musicologist and professor at the
University of Missouri The University of Missouri (Mizzou, MU, or Missouri) is a public land-grant research university in Columbia, Missouri. It is Missouri's largest university and the flagship of the four-campus University of Missouri System. MU was founded in ...
School of Music, inducted into the Missouri Music Hall of Fame *
Edwin Adams Davis Edwin Adams Davis (May 10, 1904 – April 24, 1994)Historical News and Notices
Louisiana State University Louisiana State University (officially Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, commonly referred to as LSU) is a public land-grant research university in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The university was founded in 1860 nea ...
professor * Shardé M. Davis –
Assistant Professor Assistant Professor is an academic rank just below the rank of an associate professor used in universities or colleges, mainly in the United States and Canada. Overview This position is generally taken after earning a doctoral degree A docto ...
in the Department of Communication at the
University of Connecticut The University of Connecticut (UConn) is a public land-grant research university in Storrs, Connecticut, a village in the town of Mansfield. The primary 4,400-acre (17.8 km2) campus is in Storrs, approximately a half hour's drive from H ...
. * James R. Dow – emeritus professor of German at
Iowa State University Iowa State University of Science and Technology (Iowa State University, Iowa State, or ISU) is a public land-grant research university in Ames, Iowa. Founded in 1858 as the Iowa Agricultural College and Model Farm, Iowa State became one of the ...
* R. William Field – Associate Professor, College of Public Health,
University of Iowa The University of Iowa (UI, U of I, UIowa, or simply Iowa) is a public research university in Iowa City, Iowa, United States. Founded in 1847, it is the oldest and largest university in the state. The University of Iowa is organized into 12 col ...
* Elnora M. Gilfoyle – occupational therapist; Dean of the College of Applied Human Sciences and Provost/Academic Vice President at Colorado State University * Michael P. Johnson – emeritus professor of sociology, Pennsylvania State University * James Kennedy – professor of the
history of the Netherlands The history of the Netherlands is a history of seafaring people thriving in the lowland river delta on the North Sea in northwestern Europe. Records begin with the four centuries during which the region formed a militarized border zone of the Ro ...
at the
University of Amsterdam The University of Amsterdam (abbreviated as UvA, nl, Universiteit van Amsterdam) is a public research university located in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The UvA is one of two large, publicly funded research universities in the city, the other being ...
*
Otto Kraushaar Otto Frederick Krausharr (November 19, 1901 – September 23, 1989) was an American professor of philosophy who served as the 6th president of Goucher College. Kraushaar was also a professor at Smith College for 15 years. Early life and education ...
– former president of
Goucher College Goucher College ( ') is a private liberal arts college in Towson, Maryland. It was chartered in 1885 by a conference in Baltimore led by namesake John F. Goucher and local leaders of the Methodist Episcopal Church.https://archive.org/details/h ...
, long-time professor in philosophy at Smith College *
Minnette Gersh Lenier Minnette Ella Gersh Lenier (July 9, 1945 in Atlanta, Georgia – February 7, 2011 in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California) was a teacher and professional magician who used stage magic to improve students' reading and learning skills. Edu ...
– teacher who used stage magic to improve students' learning skills *
Cindy Lovell Cindy Lovell (born 1956) is an American educator and writer. Life Cindy Lovell was born in Altoona, Pennsylvania. She graduated from Stetson University with a BA and MA in Elementary Education and from The University of Iowa with a Ph.D. in Ed ...
– educator and writer; executive director of the
Mark Twain Boyhood Home & Museum The Mark Twain Boyhood Home & Museum is located on 206-208 Hill Street, Hannibal, Missouri, on the west bank of the Mississippi River in the United States. It was the home of Samuel Langhorne Clemens, better known as author Mark Twain, from 18 ...
and
Mark Twain House The Mark Twain House and Museum in Hartford, Connecticut, was the home of Samuel Langhorne Clemens (Mark Twain) and his family from 1874 to 1891. It was designed by Edward Tuckerman Potter and built in the American High Gothic style. Clemens bi ...
*
Robert Moyers Robert Edison Moyers (November 12, 1919 – January 8, 1996) was an American orthodontist who was the founder of the Center of Human Growth and Development (CHGD) at University of Michigan and chair of its orthodontic program for 28 years. He made s ...
– Founder of Center of Growth and Development at University of Michigan * Tina Passman - classical scholar * Jewel Prestage – Dean of the School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs at Southern University. First African-American woman to earn Ph.D. in Political Science. *
W. Ann Reynolds Wynetka Ann Reynolds (born 1938) is an American zoologist and university administrator who has served as provost of the Ohio State University (1979–1982), chancellor of the California State University (CSU) system (1982–1990), chancellor of t ...
– chancellor of the
California State University The California State University (Cal State or CSU) is a public university system in California. With 23 campuses and eight off-campus centers enrolling 485,550 students with 55,909 faculty and staff, CSU is the largest four-year public univers ...
and City University of New York * Noliwe Rooks - associate director of the African-American program at
Princeton University Princeton University is a private research university in Princeton, New Jersey. Founded in 1746 in Elizabeth as the College of New Jersey, Princeton is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and one of the ...
, W.E.B. Du Bois Professor of Literature at
Cornell University Cornell University is a private statutory land-grant research university based in Ithaca, New York. It is a member of the Ivy League. Founded in 1865 by Ezra Cornell and Andrew Dickson White, Cornell was founded with the intention to tea ...
, chair of and professor in the Africana Studies Department at Brown University, founding director of the Segrenomics Lab at Brown University * Jim Rossi – law professor at
Vanderbilt University Vanderbilt University (informally Vandy or VU) is a private research university in Nashville, Tennessee. Founded in 1873, it was named in honor of shipping and rail magnate Cornelius Vanderbilt, who provided the school its initial $1-million ...
* Clifford V. Smith, Jr. – 4th chancellor of
University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee The University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee (UW–Milwaukee, UWM, or Milwaukee) is a public urban research university in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It is the largest university in the Milwaukee metropolitan area and a member of the University of Wiscon ...
* William A. Staples – president of the
University of Houston–Clear Lake The University of Houston–Clear Lake (UHCL) is a public university in Pasadena and Houston, Texas, with branch campuses in Pearland and Texas Medical Center. It is part of the University of Houston System. Founded in 1971, UHCL had ...
*
John E. Visser John Evert Visser (April 24, 1920 – June 8, 1997) was an American education administrator, mostly known for serving as the twelfth president of Emporia State University in Emporia, Kansas. Before serving as president of Emporia State, Visser was ...
– President of
Emporia State University Emporia State University (Emporia State or ESU) is a public university in Emporia, Kansas, United States. Established in March 1863 as the Kansas State Normal School, Emporia State is the third-oldest public university in the state of Kansas. E ...
, 1967–1984 * Pramod P. Wangikar – Chemical Engineer and professor at Department of
Chemical Engineering Chemical engineering is an engineering field which deals with the study of operation and design of chemical plants as well as methods of improving production. Chemical engineers develop economical commercial processes to convert raw materials int ...
,
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay The Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT Bombay or IITB) is a public research university and technical institute in Powai, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. It is considered as one of the best engineering universities in India and is top rank ...


Business

* Helen Brockman – fashion designer * John Bucksbaum – former chairman and chief executive officer of
GGP Inc. GGP Inc. (an initialism of General Growth Properties) was an American Commercial property, commercial real estate company and the second-largest shopping mall operator in the United States. It was founded by brothers Martin Bucksbaum, Martin, Ma ...
* Jim Foster – founder of the
Arena Football League The Arena Football League (AFL) was a professional arena football league in the United States. It was founded in 1986, but played its first official games in the 1987 season, making it the third longest-running professional football league in ...
* Paul P. Harris – lawyer and founder of the first Rotary Club *
Scott Heiferman Scott Heiferman is an American community organizer, businessperson and internet entrepreneur. Heiferman co-founded Meetup and is the company's Chairman. Early life Scott Heiferman was born in 1972 in Homewood, Illinois. Heiferman has four siblin ...
– founder and CEO, Meetup.com; founder, Fotolog.com *
Howard R. Hughes, Sr. Howard Robard Hughes Sr. (September 9, 1869 – January 14, 1924) was an American businessman and inventor. He was the founder of Hughes Tool Company. He invented the "Sharp–Hughes" rotary tri-cone rock drill bit during the Texas Oil Boom. He is ...
– father of aviation pioneer and film producer Howard Robard Hughes, Jr. and builder of his fortune that started his empire *
Kerry Killinger Kerry Killinger (born June 6, 1949) is an American businessman and author. He is founder and CEO of Crescent Capital Associates, and previously served as chairman and chief executive officer of Washington Mutual from 1990 until 2008. He and his wi ...
– chairman and CEO of
Washington Mutual Washington Mutual (often abbreviated to WaMu) was the United States' largest savings and loan association until its collapse in 2008. A savings bank holding company is defined in United States Code: Title 12: Banks and Banking; Section 1842: Def ...
* Bill Perkins – hedge fund manager, film producer * Richard J. Schnieders — former chairman, president, and CEO of
Sysco Sysco Corporation (short for Systems and Services Company) is an American multinational corporation involved in marketing and distributing food products, smallwares, kitchen equipment and tabletop items to restaurants, healthcare and education ...
* C. Maxwell Stanley – engineer, entrepreneur, philanthropist; founder of Stanley Consultants and The Stanley Foundation; co-founder of HON Industries *
Ted Waitt Theodore William "Ted" Waitt (born January 18, 1963) is an American billionaire businessman and philanthropist. Waitt is a co-founder of Gateway, Inc.
– co-founder of
Gateway, Inc. Gateway, Inc., previously Gateway 2000, is an American computer hardware company. The company developed, manufactured, supported, and marketed a wide range of personal computers, computer monitors, servers, and computer accessories. It was acqui ...
* Frank R. Wallace (pen name of Wallace Ward), 1957, entrepreneur, publisher, writer, and developer of the Neo-Tech philosophy


Government and politics

*
Cindy Axne Cynthia Lynne Axne (née Wadle; born April 20, 1965) is an American politician who is the U.S. representative from Iowa's 3rd congressional district since 2019. A member of the Democratic Party, she narrowly defeated incumbent Republican Dav ...
, United States Congresswoman * Theodore J. Bauer – former head of the
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is the national public health agency of the United States. It is a United States federal agency, under the Department of Health and Human Services, and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgi ...
* Fred H. Blume – Justice of the
Wyoming Supreme Court The Wyoming Supreme Court is the highest court in the U.S. state of Wyoming. The Court consists of a Chief Justice and four Associate Justices. Each Justice is appointed by the Governor of Wyoming from a list of three nominees submitted by the ...
for 42 years *
David E. Bonior David Edward Bonior (born June 6, 1945) is an American politician from the U.S. state of Michigan. First elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1976, Bonior served as Democratic whip in the House from 1991 to 2002, during which time De ...
– formerly represented
Michigan Michigan () is a U.S. state, state in the Great Lakes region, Great Lakes region of the Upper Midwest, upper Midwestern United States. With a population of nearly 10.12 million and an area of nearly , Michigan is the List of U.S. states and ...
in the
United States House of Representatives The United States House of Representatives, often referred to as the House of Representatives, the U.S. House, or simply the House, is the lower chamber of the United States Congress, with the Senate being the upper chamber. Together they ...
; Former member of President
Barack Obama Barack Hussein Obama II ( ; born August 4, 1961) is an American politician who served as the 44th president of the United States from 2009 to 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, Obama was the first African-American president of the ...
's Economic Advisory Board * Terry E. Branstad – two-time
Governor of Iowa A governor is an administrative leader and head of a polity or political region, ranking under the head of state and in some cases, such as governors-general, as the head of state's official representative. Depending on the type of political ...
, and longest-tenured Governor in the nation * John Burke – tenth
Governor of North Dakota The governor of North Dakota is the head of government of North Dakota and serves as the commander-in-chief of the state's military forces. The Constitution of North Dakota specifies that "the executive power is vested in the governor" in Secti ...
*
James Cartwright James Edward "Hoss" Cartwright (born September 22, 1949) is a retired United States Marine Corps four-star general who last served as the eighth vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from August 31, 2007, to August 3, 2011. He previously se ...
– retired U.S. Marine Corps General and the 8th
Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff The vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (VJCS) is, by U.S. law, the second highest-ranking military officer in the United States Armed Forces, - Vice Chairman ranking just below the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. The vice chairman ...
*
Norm Coleman Norman Bertram Coleman Jr. (born August 17, 1949) is an American politician, attorney, and lobbyist. From 2003 to 2009, he served as a United States Senator for Minnesota. From 1994 to 2002, he was mayor of Saint Paul, Minnesota. First elected ...
– former Junior
Republican Republican can refer to: Political ideology * An advocate of a republic, a type of government that is not a monarchy or dictatorship, and is usually associated with the rule of law. ** Republicanism, the ideology in support of republics or agains ...
U.S. Senator of
Minnesota Minnesota () is a state in the upper midwestern region of the United States. It is the 12th largest U.S. state in area and the 22nd most populous, with over 5.75 million residents. Minnesota is home to western prairies, now given over to ...
* James Dooge – Irish senator and academic in the area of Hydrology; served as the
Minister of Foreign Affairs A foreign affairs minister or minister of foreign affairs (less commonly minister for foreign affairs) is generally a cabinet minister in charge of a state's foreign policy and relations. The formal title of the top official varies between co ...
in the Irish Government, and instrumental in forming the framework of the modern
European Union The European Union (EU) is a supranational political and economic union of member states that are located primarily in Europe. The union has a total area of and an estimated total population of about 447million. The EU has often been de ...
and beginning the debate on
climate change In common usage, climate change describes global warming—the ongoing increase in global average temperature—and its effects on Earth's climate system. Climate change in a broader sense also includes previous long-term changes to ...
* Martha Angle Dorsett – first woman admitted to the Bar of Minnesota (in 1878) * James B. French – member of the Wisconsin State Assembly *
Greg Ganske John Greg Ganske (born March 31, 1949) is an American politician, plastic surgeon, and retired U.S. Army reserve lieutenant colonel from Iowa. He served as a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from 1995 to 2003 and w ...
– politician from
Iowa Iowa () is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States, bordered by the Mississippi River to the east and the Missouri River and Big Sioux River to the west. It is bordered by six states: Wisconsin to the northeast, Illinois to th ...
* Paul C. Gartzke – Presiding Judge of the
Wisconsin Court of Appeals The Wisconsin Court of Appeals is an intermediate appellate court that reviews contested decisions of the Wisconsin circuit courts. The Court of Appeals was created in August 1978 to alleviate the Wisconsin Supreme Court's rising number of app ...
*
Mads Gilbert Mads Fredrik Gilbert (born 2 June 1947) is a Norwegian physician, humanitarian, activist, and politician for the Red Party. He is a specialist in anesthesiology and head of the emergency medicine department at the University Hospital of North ...
– Norwegian doctor in Gaza providing humanitarian care at
Al-Shifa Hospital Al-Shifa Hospital ( ar, مستشفى الشفاء ''Mustashfa al-Shifa''), properly known as Dar Al-Shifa Hospital ( ar, مستشفى دار الشفاء ''Mustashfat dar al-Shifa'') is the largest medical complex and central hospital in the Gaza S ...
during the 2008–2009 Israel–Gaza conflict * Lea Giménez, Master's Degree in Economics,
Minister of Finance (Paraguay) Minister of Finance is the person in charge of the Ministry of Finance of Paraguay. Ministers * José de Elizalde, 1811-1814 * Francisco Díaz de Bedoya, 1814-1819 *José Gabriel Benítez, 1819-1827 * Juan Manuel Álvarez, 1827-1844 * Benito Vare ...
* Silas B. Hays – Surgeon General of the United States Army * Leo A. Hoegh – former
Governor of Iowa A governor is an administrative leader and head of a polity or political region, ranking under the head of state and in some cases, such as governors-general, as the head of state's official representative. Depending on the type of political ...
and National Security Council member * David W. Hopkins – former member of the
U.S. House of Representatives The United States House of Representatives, often referred to as the House of Representatives, the U.S. House, or simply the House, is the lower chamber of the United States Congress, with the Senate being the upper chamber. Together they ...
from
Missouri Missouri is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. Ranking 21st in land area, it is bordered by eight states (tied for the most with Tennessee): Iowa to the north, Illinois, Kentucky and Tennessee to the east, Arkansas t ...
*
Chuck Horner Charles Albert Horner (born October 19, 1936) is a retired United States Air Force four-star general. He was born in Davenport, Iowa and attended the University of Iowa, as part of the Air Force Reserve Officers' Training Corps program. On Ju ...
–
United States Air Force The United States Air Force (USAF) is the Aerial warfare, air military branch, service branch of the United States Armed Forces, and is one of the eight uniformed services of the United States. Originally created on 1 August 1907, as a part ...
general A general officer is an officer of high rank in the armies, and in some nations' air forces, space forces, and marines or naval infantry. In some usages the term "general officer" refers to a rank above colonel."general, adj. and n.". OED ...
; commanded Coalition Air Forces during the
Gulf War The Gulf War was a 1990–1991 armed campaign waged by a Coalition of the Gulf War, 35-country military coalition in response to the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait. Spearheaded by the United States, the coalition's efforts against Ba'athist Iraq, ...
* Edward F. Howrey, chair of the Federal Trade Commission U.S. Senate Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce,
Nomination of Edward F. Howrey to Federal Trade Commission
(March 18, 1953), p. 1-2. *
Cheryl L. Johnson Cheryl Lynn Johnson (born May 8, 1960) is an American government official who served as the 36th Clerk of the United States House of Representatives from February 26, 2019, to June 30, 2023. Between January 3, 2023, and January 7, 2023, Johnson se ...
, lawyer and 36th
Clerk of the United States House of Representatives The Clerk of the United States House of Representatives is an officer of the United States House of Representatives, whose primary duty is to act as the chief record-keeper for the House. Along with the other House officers, the Clerk is elec ...
*
Patty Judge Patty Jean Poole Judge (born November 2, 1943) is an American politician who served as the 45th lieutenant governor of Iowa from 2007 to 2011 and previously the 13th Secretary of Agriculture of Iowa from 1999 to 2007. She unsuccessfully ran for r ...
, former Lieutenant Governor of Iowa and 2016 candidate for the US Senate *
George Koval George Abramovich Koval ( rus, Жорж (Георгий) Абрамович Коваль, p=ˈʐorʐ (ɡʲɪˈorɡʲɪj) ɐˈbraməvʲɪtɕ kɐˈvalʲ, a=Ru-George Abramovich Koval.flac, Zhorzh Abramovich Koval; December 25, 1913 – January 31 ...
– Soviet intelligence officer and Hero of the Russian Federation * Robert L. Larson – former member of the
Iowa Supreme Court The Iowa Supreme Court is the highest court in the U.S. state of Iowa. The Court is composed of a Chief Justice and six Associate Justices. The Court holds its regular sessions in Des Moines in the Iowa Judicial Branch Building located at 1111 ...
* Donald P. Lay – judge of the
Eighth Circuit The United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit (in case citations, 8th Cir.) is a United States federal court with appellate jurisdiction over the following United States district courts: * Eastern District of Arkansas * Western Distr ...
* Ronald H. Lingren – member of the Wisconsin State Assembly * Marry Mascher – member of the
Iowa House of Representatives The Iowa House of Representatives is the lower house of the Iowa General Assembly, the upper house being the Iowa Senate. There are 100 seats in the Iowa House of Representatives, representing 100 single-member districts across the state, formed ...
* Andy McKean – politician in the state of
Iowa Iowa () is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States, bordered by the Mississippi River to the east and the Missouri River and Big Sioux River to the west. It is bordered by six states: Wisconsin to the northeast, Illinois to th ...
* John Walter Grant MacEwan – MS 1928; Western Canadian
Lieutenant Governor of Alberta The lieutenant governor of Alberta () is the viceregal representative in Alberta of the . The lieutenant governor is appointed in the same manner as the other provincial viceroys in Canada and is similarly tasked with carrying out most of the m ...
; Canadian
legislator A legislator (also known as a deputy or lawmaker) is a person who writes and passes laws, especially someone who is a member of a legislature. Legislators are often elected by the people of the state. Legislatures may be supra-national (for ex ...
;
Mayor of Calgary This is a list of mayors of Calgary, Alberta, Canada. List of Mayors of Calgary See also *List of Calgary municipal elections *Calgary City Council Notes References SourcesBiographies of Calgary's mayors from the City of Calgary web pa ...
*
Jayaprakash Narayan Jayaprakash Narayan (; 11 October 1902 – 8 October 1979), popularly referred to as JP or ''Lok Nayak'' ( Hindi for "People's leader"), was an Indian independence activist, theorist, socialist and political leader. He is remembered for l ...
– Indian freedom fighter, social reformer, politician *
Kay A. Orr Kay Avonne Orr (née Stark; January 2, 1939) is an American politician who served as the 36th governor of Nebraska from 1987 to 1991. A member of the Republican Party, she was the state's first and to date only female governor. Early life and e ...
– first woman Governor of Nebraska; Republican * John E. Osborn – former Commissioner, U.S. Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy; former executive vice president and general counsel, Cephalon, Inc. * Gregory A. Peterson – Judge of the
Wisconsin Court of Appeals The Wisconsin Court of Appeals is an intermediate appellate court that reviews contested decisions of the Wisconsin circuit courts. The Court of Appeals was created in August 1978 to alleviate the Wisconsin Supreme Court's rising number of app ...
* John Pickler – member of the
United States House of Representatives The United States House of Representatives, often referred to as the House of Representatives, the U.S. House, or simply the House, is the lower chamber of the United States Congress, with the Senate being the upper chamber. Together they ...
*
Coleen Rowley Coleen Rowley (born December 20, 1954) is an American former FBI special agent and whistleblower, and was a Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party (DFL) candidate for Congress in Minnesota's 2nd congressional district, one of eight congressional dist ...
– shared 2002 ''
Time Time is the continued sequence of existence and events that occurs in an apparently irreversible succession from the past, through the present, into the future. It is a component quantity of various measurements used to sequence events, ...
'' " Person of the Year" award; the FBI whistleblower who helped bring in terrorist suspect
Zacarias Moussaoui Zacarias Moussaoui (Arabic: زكريا موسوي, '; born May 30, 1968) is a French member of al-Qaeda who pleaded guilty in U.S. federal court to conspiring to kill citizens of the United States as part of the September 11 attacks. He is se ...
* Lawrence F. Scalise – Attorney General of Iowa (1965–1966) *
Juanita Kidd Stout Juanita Kidd Stout (March 7, 1919 – August 21, 1998) was an American attorney and jurist who served as a justice of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania from 1988 to 1989. She had previously operated a private legal practice in Philadelphia, Penns ...
– first woman appointed as a federal judge;
Pennsylvania Supreme Court The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania is the highest court in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania's Unified Judicial System. It also claims to be the oldest appellate court in the United States, a claim that is disputed by the Massachusetts Supreme Ju ...
Justice *
Jim Summerville James M. Summerville (born October 27, 1947) was a member of the Tennessee Senate from the 25th district, encompassing: Cheatham County, Dickson County, Hickman County, Humphreys County, and Robertson County; and Dickson County, Giles Count ...
– Tennessee Senator *
Wang Huning Wang Huning (; born 6 October 1955) is a Chinese politician and one of the top leaders of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). He has been a leading political theorist and ideologist in the country since the 1990s. He has been a member of the CCP' ...
– member of the
Politburo Standing Committee The Politburo Standing Committee (PSC), officially the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, is a committee consisting of the top leadership of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Histori ...
of the
Chinese Communist Party The Chinese Communist Party (CCP), officially the Communist Party of China (CPC), is the founding and sole ruling party of the People's Republic of China (PRC). Under the leadership of Mao Zedong, the CCP emerged victorious in the Chinese Civil ...
, Chinese political theorist, former Dean of the School of Law and Chair of the Department of International Politics,
Fudan University Fudan University () is a national public research university in Shanghai, China. Fudan is a member of the C9 League, Project 985, Project 211, and the Double First Class University identified by the Ministry of Education of China. It is als ...
* Perry Warjiyo, (Ph.D, 1991), Central Bank Governors, The Republic of Indonesia * Hugh E. Wild – U.S. Air Force Brigadier General * Ann Williams – member of Illinois House of Representatives *
Wu Jin Wu Jin (; 9 April 1934 – 14 January 2008) was a Taiwanese educator and politician who served as Minister for Education between 1996 and 1998 under president Lee Teng-hui. Early life Wu obtained his doctorate in mechanics and hydraulics from ...
– Minister of Education of
Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the nort ...
, 1996–1998


Art and architecture

* Mildred Beltre – multi-disciplinary artist; co-founder of Brooklyn Hi-Art! Machine * Ryan Bliss – 3D artist; founder of Digital Blasphemy * Shirley Briggs – artist and writer; studied under Grant Wood; provided artwork for a number of projects within the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, and worked on a number of dioramas for the Smithsonian Institution's Museum of Natural History * David Cantine – Canadian artist *
Elizabeth Catlett Elizabeth Catlett, born as Alice Elizabeth Catlett, also known as Elizabeth Catlett Mora (April 15, 1915 – April 2, 2012) was an African American sculptor and graphic artist best known for her depictions of the Black-American experience in the ...
– painter; studied under Grant Wood; first African American woman to earn an MFA from the University of Iowa * Robert D. Cocke – painter *
Eve Drewelowe Eve Drewelowe (1899–1988) was an American painter, especially renowned in her native Iowa and Colorado, but also widely exhibited nationally. Her long career produced more than 1,000 works of art in oil, watercolor, pen and ink and other media ...
– painter * Joey Kirkpatrick – (born 1952)
glass artist Studio glass is the modern use of glass as an artistic medium to produce sculptures or three-dimensional artworks. The glass objects created are intended to make a sculptural or decorative statement. Though usage varies, the term is properly res ...
, sculptor, wire artist, and educator. * Baulu Kuan – artist and curator *
Barbara Lekberg Barbara Ann Lekberg (née Barbara Ann Hult; March 19, 1925 – February 14, 2018) was an American sculptor. Early life and education Barbara Lekberg was born as Barbara Ann Hult on March 19, 1925 in Portland, Oregon. Her mother was music teache ...
– metal sculptor * Evan Lindquist – Artist Laureate of the State of Arkansas * Charles Ray – contemporary artist * Joe Sharpnack – editorial cartoonist * Rudi Stern – multimedia artist * Kirsten Ulve – graphic artist


Literature and journalism

* Melissa Albert – author of young adult fiction * Goodwin Tutum Anim – Ghanaian journalist *
Mildred Benson Mildred Augustine Wirt Benson (July 10, 1905 – May 28, 2002) was an American journalist and writer of children's books. She wrote some of the earliest Nancy Drew mysteries and created the detective's adventurous personality. Benson wrote under ...
– writer under pen name
Carolyn Keene Carolyn Keene is the pseudonym of the authors of the Nancy Drew mystery stories and The Dana Girls mystery stories, both produced by the Stratemeyer Syndicate. In addition, the Keene pen name is credited with the Nancy Drew spin-off, ''River ...
of
Nancy Drew Nancy Drew is a fictional character appearing in several mystery book series, movies, and a TV show as a teenage amateur sleuth. The books are ghostwritten by a number of authors and published under the collective pseudonym Carolyn Keene. Crea ...
books *
T.C. Boyle Thomas Coraghessan Boyle, also known as T. C. Boyle and T. Coraghessan Boyle (born December 2, 1948), is an American novelist and short story writer. Since the mid-1970s, he has published sixteen novels and more than 100 short stories. He won the ...
– PEN/Faulkner award-winning writer ('' World's End'', ''
Drop City Drop City was a counterculture artists' community that formed near the town of Trinidad in southern Colorado in 1960. Abandoned by 1979, Drop City became known as the first rural "hippie commune". Establishment In 1960, the four original foun ...
'') *
Tom Brokaw Thomas John Brokaw (; born February 6, 1940) is an American retired network television journalist and author. He first served as the co-anchor of ''The Today Show'' from 1976 to 1981 with Jane Pauley, then as the anchor and managing editor of '' ...
– broadcast journalist, former anchor (''
NBC Nightly News ''NBC Nightly News'' (titled as ''NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt'' for its weeknight broadcasts since June 22, 2015) is the flagship daily evening News broadcasting#Television, television news program for NBC News, the news division of the NB ...
''), author (''The Greatest Generation''); dropped out after 1 year * Elizabeth C. Bunce – author (''A Curse Dark as Gold'', ''Premeditated Myrtle'', ''Cold-Blooded Myrtle'') * Chelsea Cain – writer (''Heartsick'', ''
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'') * William R. Clabby – journalist and editor for ''
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– Bengali-American writer *
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– consumer affairs reporter for WABC-TV in New York City; correspondent for ABC News * La Ferne Price – philosopher and author * Jim Simmerman – poet; founded creative writing program at Northern Arizona University * Wallace Stegner – author * Stewart Stern – screenwriter (''Rebel Without a Cause'', ''Sybil (1976 film), Sybil'') * Douglas Unger – novelist and founder of UNLV's creative writing MFA program * Bertha M. Wilson – dramatist, critic, actress * Yu Guangzhong – Taiwanese poet and author * Torrey Peters, author (''Detransition, Baby'' )


Pulitzer Prize winners

* Stephen Berry (journalist), Stephen Berry – 1993 Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting for story he co-wrote for the ''Orlando Sentinel''; associate professor in School of Journalism and Mass Communication * Robert Olen Butler Jr. – won the 1993 Pulitzer Prize for fiction * Marquis Childs – commentator; 1969 winner for distinguished commentary * Paul Conrad – editorial cartoonist for the ''Los Angeles Times''; won in 1964, 1971, and 1984 * Michael Cunningham – writer/novelist (''The Hours (novel), The Hours'') * Jorie Graham – poet (1996 winner for ''The Dream of the Unified Field: Selected Poems 1974–1994'') and MacArthur Fellow on faculty of Iowa Writers' Workshop * Paul Harding (author), Paul Harding – author (''Tinkers'') * Robert Hass – poet (2008 winner for ''Time and Materials: Poems 1997–2005'') and former Poet Laureate of the United States * Benny Johnson (columnist), Benny Johnson – columnist and host ''The Benny Report'' on NewsMax TV * Josephine Johnson – novelist (1935 winner for her first novel, ''Now in November''), writing instructor * Donald Justice – poet (1980 winner for ''Selected Poems'') * Tracy Kidder – 1982 winner for ''The Soul of a New Machine'' * James Alan McPherson – author (1978 winner for ''Elbow Room (short story collection), Elbow Room'', becoming the first African-American to win the Pulitzer for fiction) and MacArthur Fellow on faculty of Iowa Writers' Workshop * Marilynne Robinson – 2005 winning author for ''Gilead (novel), Gilead: A Novel''; faculty in Iowa Writers' Workshop * Jane Smiley – novelist; 1992 winner for ''A Thousand Acres'' * William De Witt Snodgrass – confessional poet; 1960 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry * Mark Strand – poet; 1999 winner for ''A Blizzard of One'' * Tennessee Williams – playwright; won for ''A Streetcar Named Desire (play), A Streetcar Named Desire'' in 1948 and ''Cat on a Hot Tin Roof'' in 1955


Performing arts

* Tom Arnold (actor), Tom Arnold – actor (''Roseanne (TV series), Roseanne'', ''True Lies'') and host of Fox Sports Net's talk show ''Best Damn Sports Show Period'' * Lemuel Ayers, Tony Award winning designer and producer * Scott Beck – filmmaker (''A Quiet Place (film), A Quiet Place'') * Rita Bell – singer, entertainer * Macdonald Carey – actor (''Days of Our Lives'') * David Daniels (conductor), David Daniels – conductor and author * Don DeFore – actor (''The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet'', ''Hazel (TV series), Hazel'') * Ellen Dolan – soap opera actress (''Guiding Light'', ''As the World Turns'') * Duck's Breath Mystery Theater (Dan Coffey, Bill Allard, Merle Kessler, Leon Martrell, and Jim Turner (comedian), Jim Turner) – touring comedy troupe featured on National Public Radio's ''All Things Considered'' * David Eigenberg – actor (Steve Brady on ''Sex and the City'') * Simon Estes – bass baritone opera singer, formerly of the Metropolitan Opera, New York Metropolitan Opera * Tanna Frederick – stage and independent film actress * Bruce French (actor), Bruce French – actor (''Mr. Mom'', ''Legal Eagles'', ''Fletch (film), Fletch'') * Robin Green (producer), Robin Green – executive producer of the HBO series ''The Sopranos'' * Don Hall (filmmaker), Don Hall – director of the Disney animated movie ''Big Hero 6 (film), Big Hero 6'' which won the Oscar for best animated feature in 2015 and Moana (2016 film) * Jake Johnson – actor (''New Girl,'' ''Paper Heart (film), Paper Heart'', ''Get Him to the Greek'', ''Safety Not Guaranteed'', ''21 Jump Street (film), 21 Jump Street'', ''Drinking Buddies'', ''Jurassic World'' and ''Tag (2018 film), Tag''). * John Shifflett – jazz double bass player and teacher at San Jose State University * Joy Harjo – poet, songwriter * Candace Hilligoss – actress (1960 film ''Carnival of Souls'') * Mary Beth Hurt – actress (''
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'', ''Interiors'') * Toby Huss – actor, creator of Artie, the Strongest Man in the World from ''The Adventures of Pete and Pete'', which he created at No Shame Theatre at the university * Barry Kemp (TV producer), Barry Kemp – producer (''Coach (TV series), Coach'', ''Newhart'') (Hayden Fox, the title character of ''Coach'', was named after Iowa football coach Hayden Fry) * Alex Ko – actor (''Billy Elliot the Musical''), author, film director * Ashton Kutcher – actor (''That '70s Show'', ''Two and a Half Men''), producer (created ''Punk'd''), entrepreneur * Adam LeFevre – film and television actor, playwright * Nicholas Meyer – director (''Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan'') * Greg Morris – actor (Barney Collier in original ''Mission: Impossible (1966 TV series), Mission: Impossible'' TV series) * Terry O'Quinn – actor (''Lost (TV series), Lost'') * Lara Parker – actress (Angelique Bouchard Collins, Angelique in the serial ''Dark Shadows'') *James Romig – composer * Eugene Rousseau (saxophonist), Eugene Rousseau – saxophonist * Brandon Routh – actor (''Superman Returns'') *Joe Russo (director), Joe Russo – director-writer Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Captain America: Civil War, Avengers: Infinity War, Avengers: Endgame, and TV shows Arrested Development (TV series) and Community (TV Series) * Paul Rust – actor (''I Love You, Beth Cooper and Love (TV series), Love'') * Jean Seberg – actress (''Breathless (1960 film), Breathless'', ''Paint Your Wagon (film), Paint Your Wagon'', ''Airport (1970 film), Airport'') * William Oscar Smith – jazz double bassist * David Strackany – musician * Susan Werner – singer-songwriter * Brooks Wheelan – comedian (''Saturday Night Live'') * Gene Wilder – actor (''Silver Streak (film), Silver Streak'', ''Young Frankenstein'', ''Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory'') * Chris Witaske – actor (''Love (TV series), Love'', ''The Bear (TV series), The Bear'', ''Chicago Party Aunt'') * Bryan Woods – filmmaker (''A Quiet Place (film), A Quiet Place'') * D. B. Woodside, David Bryan Woodside – actor (Wayne Palmer on the TV series ''24 (TV series), 24'')


Academy Award winners

* Diablo Cody – screenwriter, winning an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay * Charles Guggenheim – documentary filmmaker, winning four Academy Awards from twelve nominations


Grammy Award winners

* Al Jarreau – seven-time Grammy Award-winning vocalist * David Sanborn – six-time Grammy-winning saxophonist


Science and technology

* Hind Al-Abadleh – chemist and environmental scientist * Archie Alexander – first African-American graduate (in engineering); governor of the Virgin Islands * M. M. Ayoub – a pioneer in the field of ergonomics * Alfred Marshall Bailey – ornithologist and long-term director of the Denver Museum of Natural History * Antoine Bechara - professor of psychology and neuroscience * Sidney W. Bijou, (1908–2009) – developmental psychology, developmental psychologist * Mark Frederick Boyd - malariologist * Lawrence Einhorn – pioneering oncologist whose research increased testicular cancer survival rates from 10% to 95% * Mildred Adams Fenton – geologist, paleontologist, writer on paleontology * Leon Festinger – social psychologist who was responsible for the theory of cognitive dissonance * James E. Hansen – heads NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies; recognized in ''Time''s "100 Most Influential People of 2006" for his efforts to bring understanding and fighting the effects of global climate change * Bruce C. Heezen – led a team from Columbia University that mapped the Mid-Atlantic Ridge * Darrell Huff – writer known for best-selling book ''How to Lie with Statistics'' * Marshall Kay – geologist and Penrose Medal winner * Stamatios Krimigis, Tom Krimigis – space scientist, physicist * E.F. Lindquist – co-founder of the ACT (examination), ACT examination * Gregor Luthe – chemist, toxicologist, nanotechnologist, inventor and entrepreneur * Charles F. Lynch – Epidemiologist * Mark Mattson – neuroscientist at the National Institutes of Health and Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine * Deane Montgomery – mathematician * Mary Lawson Neff – neurologist * Kent Norman – cognitive psychologist and expert on computer rage * Clair Cameron Patterson – geochemist who developed the uranium–lead dating method into lead–lead dating, worked on the Manhattan Project, and led early campaigns against lead poisoning * James Van Allen – space scientist * Oswald Veblen – mathematician * Shirley Briggs – conducted work in pesticide and synthetic chemical research * Wang Shizhen (physician), Wang Shizhen – Chinese academician, father of Chinese nuclear medicine * George Ojemann – Neurosurgeon and cognitive neuroscientist * Herbert Jasper – Pioneer of surgical epileptology at the Montreal Neurological Institute * Mildred Mott Wedel – Social scientist, archaeologist, ethnohistorian


Sports


Baseball

* Tim Costo - MLB first baseman from 1992-1993 * Jack Dittmer - MLB second baseman from 1952-1957 * Cal Eldred – Major League Baseball pitcher who played for 14 years * Milo Hamilton – sportscaster for the Iowa Hawkeyes and seven different Major League Baseball teams; recipient of the Ford C. Frick Award *Chris Hatcher (outfielder), Chris Hatcher - MLB outfielder in 1998 * Hal Manders – relief pitcher in Major League Baseball who played in 1941, 1942, and 1946 * Wes Obermueller – Major League Baseball pitcher * Jim Sundberg – catcher for the Texas Rangers (baseball), Texas Rangers and other teams * Art Reinhart – Major League Baseball pitcher, 1919–1928


Basketball

* B. J. Armstrong – NBA point guard for the Chicago Bulls * Jordan Bohannon – Hawkeyes men's player from 2016–2022; List of NCAA Division I men's basketball career games played leaders, most career games played in NCAA Division I men's history * Fred Brown (basketball), "Downtown" Freddie Brown – guard for the Seattle SuperSonics where he was captain of the 1978–79 World Championship team * Carl Cain - Olympic gold medalist in 1956 * Caitlin Clark – Current Hawkeyes women's player * Monika Czinano – Current Hawkeyes women's player * Charles Darling (basketball), Chuck Darling – member of the 1956 Summer Olympics gold medal basketball team * Keno Davis – men's basketball coach at Providence College * Ricky Davis – Los Angeles Clippers player * Acie Earl – NBA basketball player * Michelle Edwards (basketball), Michelle Edwards - WNBA guard from 1997-2001 * Luka Garza – National College Player of the Year 2020-2021; current Minnesota Timberwolves player * Bob Hansen – player for the Utah Jazz and Chicago Bulls; basketball analyst for the Hawkeye Radio Network *Pops Harrison - Iowa head coach from 1942-1950 * John Johnson (basketball, born 1947), John Johnson – player on 1978–79 Seattle SuperSonics championship team * Noble Jorgensen – player for the Sheboygan Red Skins, Tri-Cities Blackhawks and Syracuse Nationals *Dick Ives - played one season in the BAA *Ronnie Lester - NBA point guard from 1980-1986 *Bill Logan (basketball), Bill Logan - NBA center in 1956 * Brad Lohaus – NBA player * Devyn Marble (born 1992) - player for Maccabi Haifa B.C., Maccabi Haifa of the Israeli Basketball Premier League * Keegan Murray – player for the Sacramento Kings * Don Nelson – player for the Boston Celtics and coach for the Golden State Warriors *Erv Prasse - NBL player from 1940-1946 * Tangela Smith – center for the Women's National Basketball Association, WNBA Phoenix Mercury *Murray Wier - BAA guard from 1948-1951 *Herb Wilkinson - drafted to the BAA * Andre Woolridge (born 1973) – point guard


Football

* Bret Bielema – NFL assistant coach, head coach of the Illinois Fighting Illini football, University of Illinois football team * Paul Burmeister – NFL quarterback, NFL Network anchor * Jim Caldwell (American football), Jim Caldwell – offensive coordinator for the Baltimore Ravens * Dallas Clark – tight end for the Colts, Buccaneers, and Ravens * Sean Considine – Former NFL defensive safety and special teams, member of the Ravens' Super Bowl XLVII championship team * Kerry Cooks – NFL defensive back *Dick Crayne - NFL fullback from 1936-1937 * John Derby – NFL linebacker *Aubrey Devine - College Football Hall of Fame quarterback * Jeff Drost – NFL defensive tackle * Wayne Duke – Commissioner of the Big Ten Conference 1971–1989 * Tim Dwight – NFL player * Harold Ely – NFL player * Dick Evans (American football), Dick Evans – NFL player * Wesley Fry – general manager for the Oakland Raiders * Robert Gallery – NFL offensive tackle, second overall pick in 2004 draft *Willis Glassgow - NFL halfback from 1930-1931 * Dennis Green – head coach with the Minnesota Vikings and Arizona Cardinals * Merton Hanks – NFL defensive back (four-time Pro Bowl selection) * Homer Harris – player in 1937; first African American captain of a Big Ten Conference team * Jay Hilgenberg – center for Chicago Bears (seven-time Pro Bowl selection) *Jerry Hilgenberg - Iowa assistant coach from 1956-1963 *Wally Hilgenberg - NFL linebacker from 1964-1979 * Walt Housman – American football, football player * Carlos James (American football), Carlos James – Arena Football League player * Cal Jones – one of two Iowa football players to have his jersey retired; won the Outland Trophy in 1955 * Nate Kaeding – NFL placekicker * Harry Kalas – voice of the Philadelphia Phillies (MLB), NFL on Westwood One and NFL Films * Aaron Kampman – NFL defensive end * Alex Karras – professional football player and actor * George Kittle – 2x Pro Bowler and 2x All-Pro tight end for the San Francisco 49ers; part of the 49ers Super Bowl LIV team * Nile Kinnick – Iowa's 1939 Heisman trophy winner with Iowa's Kinnick Stadium named for him in 1972 * Dick Klein (American football), Dick Klein – professional football player *Paul Krause - NFL safety from 1964-1979 * Joe Laws – professional football player for the Green Bay Packers *Gordon Locke - College football hall of fame fullback * Chuck Long – closest-ever Heisman Trophy runner-up in 1985; later a college head coach; analyst for the Big Ten Network * Jim Miller (offensive guard), Jim Miller – NFL offensive guard * Tom Moore (American football coach, born 1938), Tom Moore – longtime NFL coach and offensive coordinator for the Indianapolis Colts * Bruce Nelson (American football), Bruce Nelson – Guard (American football), guard and Center (American football), center *Ken Ploen - CFL hall of fame quarterback from 1957-1967 * Ed Podolak – player with the Kansas City Chiefs; football analyst for Hawkeye Radio Network * Fred Roberts (American football guard), Fred Roberts – player for the Portsmouth Spartans * Eddie Robinson (American football coach), Eddie Robinson – winningest coach in NCAA Division I football history at Grambling State Tigers football, Grambling State University from 1942 until 1997 * Reggie Roby – punter (three-time Pro Bowl Selection) for the Miami Dolphins * Bob Sanders – free agent safety, member of the Indianapolis Colts' Super Bowl XLI championship team * Tyler Sash – safety for the New York Giants' Super Bowl XLVI championship team * Zud Schammel – NFL guard *Duke Slater - NFL linebacker from 1922-1931 * Scott Slutzker – NFL player * Larry Station – two-time All-American player * Bob Stoops – player and coach; former head coach at the Oklahoma Sooners football, University of Oklahoma * Mark Stoops – player; head coach of the Kentucky Wildcats football, University of Kentucky * Mike Stoops – player, coach; defensive coordinator at Oklahoma *Sherwyn Thorson - CFL player from 1962-1968 * Andre Tippett – Hall of Fame linebacker for the New England Patriots * Emlen Tunnell – player; first African American to play for the New York Giants; later played for the Green Bay Packers *Clyde Williams (American football), Clyde Williams - Coach and athletic director at Iowa State from 1907-1919 * Marshal Yanda – Pro Bowl offensive lineman for the Ravens; member of Super Bowl XLVII championship team


Mixed Martial Arts

* Jordan Johnson (fighter) – professional Mixed Martial Artist, currently with the UFC * Julie Kedzie – Two-time Hook n' Shoot Tournament Champion, National Karate Champion & fought in first women's MMA match on cable television


Other

* Beth Beglin - Field hockey Olympic bronze medalist in 1984. Head coach at Iowa from 1988-1999 * Paul Brechler - Athletic director at Iowa and commissioner of the Western Athletic Conference *John Davey (swimmer), John Davey - Swam in 1988 and 1992 Olympics for Great Britain. Ten time Big Ten champion * Kris Fillat - Field hockey player on US National Team * Houry Gebeshian – Armenian Olympic gymnast at the 2016 Summer Olympics *Lincoln Hurring - Swam in 1952 and 1956 Olympics for New Zealand *Marcia Pankratz - Field hockey player on US national team 1985-1996. College field hockey coach. * Wally Ris – 1948 Olympic swimmer, winner of two gold medals * Bowen Stassforth – 1952 Olympic silver medalist swimmer 200 m breaststroke. Former world record holder in 200 and 100 breaststroke *Rafał Szukała - 1992 Olympic silver medalist in 100 butterfly for Poland *Artur Wojdat - 1988 Olympic bronze medalist in 400 free. Former world record holder in 400 freestyle


Track and field

* Kineke Alexander - 400m runner competed in 2008, 2012, and 2016 Olympics *George Baird (athlete), George Baird - ran 4x400 at 1928 Olympics *Charles Brookins - 400m hurdles at 1924 Olympics *Chan Coulter - 400m hurdles at 1924 Olympics *Francis X. Cretzmeyer – track and field coach, 1948–78; coached Ted Wheeler and Deacon Jones (1956 and 1960 Olympics) *Frank Cuhel - 1928 Olympic silver medalist in 400 hurdles *Nan Doak-Davis, Nan Doak - marathoner *Troy Doris - triple jumper in 2016 Olympics *Rich Ferguson (athlete), Rich Ferguson - ran 5000m at 1952 Olympics *Ed Gordon (athlete), Ed Gordon - long jumped at the 1928 Olympics *Deacon Jones (athlete), Deacon Jones – 1956 and 1960 Olympics, track and field *Anthuan Maybank – 1996 Olympic Games gold medalist in the men's 4x400 meter relay for the US *Ira Murchison - Former world record holder in 100 yard dash and Olympic gold medalist in 4x100 *Diane Nukuri - Competed in 2000, 2012, 2016, and 2020 Olympics in various distance events *Harold Phelps - ran 5000m at 1924 Olympics * Mel Rosen – track coach *George Saling – Olympic hurdler who won the 110-meter hurdles in the 1932 Summer Olympics *Jenny Spangler - ran marathon in 1996 Olympics *Laulauga Tausaga - thrower *Ted Wheeler (athlete), Ted Wheeler - 1500 meters at 1956 Olympics *Eric Wilson (athlete), Eric Wilson - 400m runner at 1924 Olympics *Bashir Yamini - long jumper and football player


Wrestling

* Royce Alger – 2x NCAA Champion (87' & 88') and retired mixed martial artist *Ed Banach – light heavyweight gold medalist at 1984 Olympic Games, Los Angeles *Lou Banach – heavyweight gold medalist at 1984 Olympic Games, Los Angeles *Stub Barron * Paul Bradley (fighter), Paul Bradley – two-time NCAA All-American; professional mixed martial artist, formerly with the Ultimate Fighting Championship, UFC and currently with Bellator MMA, Bellator * Terry Brands – NCAA Champion in 1990 and 1992, 2000 Olympic bronze medalist, and two-time World freestyle Champion in 1993 & 1995 * Tom Brands – Outstanding Wrestler Award at the 1992 NCAA Tournament; World Champion in 1993; Olympic Champion in 1996 * Rico Chiapparelli – NCAA Champ in 1987; mixed martial arts trainer * Barry Davis (amateur wrestler), Barry Davis – bantamweight silver medalist 1984 Olympic Games, Los Angeles * Ettore Ewen – professional wrestler for WWE under the name "Big E" *Randy Lewis (wrestler), Randall Lewis – featherweight gold medalist at 1984 Olympic Games *Terrence McCann - Olympic gold medalist in 1960 freestyle bantamweight class *Lincoln McIlravy - Olympic bronze medalist in 2000 freestyle welterweight class * Brent Metcalf – 2008 and 2010 NCAA Champion; 2008 Dan Hodge Trophy winner * Steve Mocco – 2003 NCAA Division I Champion at Heavyweight; 2008 Olympic team member; current professional Mixed martial arts, MMA fighter * Tony Ramos – 2014 NCAA Champion *E. G. Schroeder - First wrestling and tennis coach at Iowa. Athletic director. * Joe Williams (wrestler), Joe Williams – three-time NCAA Champion; 2001 and 2005 wrestling world bronze medalist * Bill Zadick – 1996 NCAA Wrestling Champion, 2006 World Champion * Mike Zadick – 2006 wrestling world silver medalist * Jim Zalesky – three-time NCAA Champion; current coach for Oregon State University


References


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