People
500
Academia
David Wrone
Author, historian, professor
Wisconsin-Stevens Point
Javier Cevallos
University president
Framingham State
Richard Powers
2019 Pulitzer Prize
Won 1989 ‘Genius’ grant
Joe Tanner
NASA astronaut
Flew 4 shuttle missions
Stan Ikenberry
UI’s 14th president, 1979-95
Longest-serving president
Phillip Sharp
Renowned geneticist, biologist
Shared 1993 Nobel Prize
Joshua Gorman
Smithsonian registrar
American History Museum
Emil Javier
Former minister of science
The Philippines
Tom Trone
Retired director/sales
John Deere
Bill Baker
Structural engineer
Alumni Achievement Award
Constantine Curris
President at 3 universities
Clemson, Murray St., N. Iowa
David Chicoine
ACES dean, 1995-2001
South Dakota State president, 2007-16
Paola Boivin
Selection committee member
College Football Playoff
Katharine Hayhoe
Climate scientist
One of Time’s 'Most influential'
Al Roth
Shared Nobel in Economics
UI professor, 1974-82
Richard Dunsworth
President
University of the Ozarks
John Cioffi
‘The father of DSL’
Internet Hall of Famer
Joe White
UI’s 16th President
Professor since 2009
Ben Allen
University president
Northern Iowa, 2006-12
Andrew Dahlem
COO
Eli Lilly and Co.
Scott Atlas
Stanford’s Hoover Institution
Alumni Achievement Award
Bob Kustra
Boise State president
Led E. Kentucky, 1998-2001
David Schmidly
President at 3 universities
Texas Tech, Okla. St., UNM
Larry Faulkner
UI provost, 1994-98
President, Texas, 1998-2006
