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		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		OSU Head Coach, 1988-2000
Michael M. Crow	Educator	c. 1955		President, Arizona State University
Dave Ditzel	Engineer	c. 1956		Founder of Transmeta
Harvey B. Gantt	Politician	14-Jan-1943		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		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		Chairman, Royal Institute of International Affairs
C. Robert Kidder	Business	c. 1945		CEO of Borden Chemical, 1995-2002
Barbara A. King	Business	c. 1947		Landscape Structures, Inc.
Charles B. Knapp	Educator	13-Aug-1946		President, University of Georgia, 1987-97
Ted Kooser	Poet	25-Apr-1939		Poet Laureate of the United States
Cheryl Gordon Krongard	Business	c. 1956		Partner, Apollo Management, 2002-04
Tom Latham	Politician	14-Jul-1948		Congressman, Iowa 4th
David Loebsack	Politician	23-Dec-1952		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		CEO of US West, 1992-98
Edward R. McCracken	Business	c. 1944		CEO of Silicon Graphics, 1984-98
John Melcher	Politician	6-Sep-1924		US Senator from Montana, 1977-89
Charles E. Merriam	Scholar	15-Nov-1874	8-Jan-1953	American Political Ideas
Dan Mozena	Diplomat	1949		US Ambassador to Angola
Dennis A. Muilenburg	Business	c. 1964		EVP at Boeing
Donald C. Nebergall	Business	12-Aug-1928		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		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		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		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		Deputy White House Press Secretary
Robert Sulentic	Business	c. 1958		CEO of Trammell Crow, 2002-06
Bob Walkup	Politician	14-Nov-1936		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		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		Hjalmar Petersen of Minnesota
Kurt Lewin	Psychologist	9-Sep-1890	12-Feb-1947	Field theorist, group dynamicist
Elsa A. Murano	Educator	14-Aug-1959		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		President, University of Arizona
Jane Smiley	Novelist	26-Sep-1949		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		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		MSU Head Coach, 1991-2003

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