- Kirk Ferentz
Kirk Ferentz (born August 1, 1955, in Royal Oak, Michigan) is an American college football head coach of the University of Iowa Hawkeyes.
- Sally Mason
Sally Mason is the President of University of Iowa in Iowa City, Iowa as of August 1, 2007. She will serve as the 20th president, following David J. Skorton who left in June 2006 to become President of Cornell University. She will also be the second woman president, following Mary Sue Coleman who was in office from 1995-2002.
- Grant Wood
Grant Wood, born Grant DeVolson Wood (February 13, 1891 - February 12, 1942) was an American painter, born in Anamosa, Iowa. He is best known for his paintings depicting the rural American Midwest. His family moved to Cedar Rapids after his father died in 1901. Soon thereafter he began as an apprentice in a local metal shop. After graduating from Washington High School (Cedar Rapids, Iowa), Wood enrolled in art school in Minneapolis in 1910, …
- Dan Gable
Dan Gable (born October 25, 1948 in Waterloo, Iowa), is a well-known American amateur wrestler. He is considered one of the greatest American amateur wrestlers of all time.
- Steve Alford
Stephen Todd Alford (born November 23 1964) is the current head coach of the University of New Mexico Lobos men's basketball team. Alford, a former college basketball star and NBA player, was born in Franklin, Indiana and he grew up in New Castle, Indiana. Alford is married to the former Tanya Frost. They have known each other since grade school. They have three children: Kory, Bryce, and Kayla.
- James van Allen
James Alfred Van Allen (September 7 1914 - August 9, 2006) was an American space scientist at the University of Iowa. The Van Allen radiation belts were named after him, following the 1958 satellite missions (Explorer I and Explorer III) in which Van Allen had argued that a Geiger counter should be used to detect charged particles.
- Tom Brands
Tom Brands (born April 9, 1968) is the head wrestling coach at the University of Iowa. He won a gold medal in the 1996 Summer Olympics. An intense competitor, Brands' wrestling career with the University of Iowa included a record of 158-7-2 and an undefeated season in 1991 where he was 45-0. He was a four-time All-American, three-time NCAA Champion, three-time Big Ten Conference Champion, and Outstanding Wrestler at the 1992 NCAA Tournament.
- Dallas Clark
Dallas Dean Clark (born June 12, 1979 in Sioux Falls, South Dakota) is an American football tight end who currently plays for the Indianapolis Colts. Clark played college football at the University of Iowa and became one of Iowa's most beloved players.
- Mary Sue Coleman
Mary Sue Coleman (born October 2, 1943 in Kentucky) is the current president of the University of Michigan, having served since 2002. Coleman previously was president of the University of Iowa. She is a member of the National Academy of Sciences' Institute of Medicine, and a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. She received her Bachelor of Arts degree in chemistry from Grinnell College, …
- Hayden Fry
John Hayden Fry (born February 28, 1929) was an NCAA Division I-A college football coach from 1962-1998 at SMU, North Texas, and the University of Iowa. He compiled a record of 232 wins, 178 losses, and 10 ties during his 37 year career as a head coach and has been inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.
- Todd Lickliter
Todd Lickliter (born April 17, 1955) is the head coach of the University of Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball team.
- Erik Lie
Erik Lie is a Norwegian finance professor at the University of Iowa who published a report about options backdating that led to many investigations by the SEC into the potentially illegal practice. He was the subject of profile in "Business Week" for his contribution to uncovering options backdating scandals. In 1991-92 he served in the Royal Norwegian Navy and Norwegian Coast Guard. In 2007, he was listed as one of the Time 100, …
- Tom Davis
Dr. Thomas "Dr. Tom" Davis (born December 3, 1938)is a former college men's basketball coach. The Ridgeway, Wisconsin native was the head coach at LaFayette College, Boston College, Stanford University, the University of Iowa, and Drake University from 1971-2007. He earned his bachelor's degree from University of Wisconsin-Platteville, master's degree from University of Wisconsin-Madison and his doctorate from University of Maryland.
- Bob Sanders
Demond L. "Bob" Sanders (born February 24, 1981 in Erie, Pennsylvania) is a starting safety for the Indianapolis Colts of the National Football League. Despite his diminutive size, he is known for his speed and hard-hitting. He played college football at the University of Iowa, and in his role as the Colts has earned a reputation as being the glue that holds the Colts' defense together.
- Lisa Bluder
Lisa Bluder is the head coach for the Iowa Hawkeyes women's basketball program. She is an alumnus of the University of Northern Iowa, having graduated in 1983.
- Kembrew McLeod
Kembrew McLeod is an American journalist, artist, activist, and professor of Communication Studies at the University of Iowa. He is perhaps best known as a performance artist or "media prankster" who filed an application in 1997 to register the phrase "Freedom of Expression" as a trademark in the United States. This phrase was the name of his zine/artist book series, and on January 6, 1998 McLeod was granted registration no.
- Bruce Braley
Bruce Braley (born October 30, 1957) is the Democratic Congressman for Iowa's first Congressional District, first elected in the 2006 election. The district lies in northeastern Iowa and includes Davenport, Bettendorf, Cedar Falls and Waterloo. Braley was born in Grinnell, Iowa. His family owned a farm in nearby Brooklyn, Iowa. Braley attended college at Iowa State University, and he earned his Juris Doctor from the University of Iowa.
- Adam Haluska
Adam Haluska (born November 16, 1983 in Carroll, Iowa) is an American basketball player, formerly a shooting guard for the Iowa Hawkeyes. He has scored 1,847 career points. He was named to the first 2007 All-Big Ten Conference Team just weeks after being named the 2007 Academic All-American of the Year. Adam started his career at Iowa State University, but then transferred to the University of Iowa after his freshman year.
- Marilynne Robinson
Marilynne Robinson (born 1947) is an American author. She was born and grew up in Sandpoint, Idaho, and did her undergraduate work at Pembroke College, the former women's college at Brown University, receiving her B.A. in 1966. She received her Ph.D. in English from the University of Washington in 1977. Her first novel, "Housekeeping" (1980), won a PEN/Hemingway Award for best first novel and was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.
- Paul Engle
Paul Engle (October 12, 1908-1991) was a noted American poet, writer, editor, and novelist. He is perhaps best remembered as the long-time director of the Iowa Writers' Workshop and as founder of the International Writing Program (IWP), both at the University of Iowa. Engle is often mistakenly credited with having founded the Iowa Writers' Workshop (an honor that more appropriately belongs to his predecessor, Wilbur Schramm).
- Douglas Jones
Douglas W. Jones is a computer scientist at the University of Iowa. His research focuses primarily on computer security, particularly electronic voting. He has also contributed to the field of computer architecture, including an implementation of a one instruction set computer. Jones' involvement with electronic voting research began in 1994, when he was appointed to the Iowa Board of Examiners for Voting Machines and Electronic Voting Systems.
- Gang Lu
Gang Lu (1963 - November 1, 1991) (surname Lu; Chinese: 卢刚 Lú Gāng) was a Chinese physics student enrolled in the PhD program at the University of Iowa. On Friday, November 1, 1991, using a .38 caliber revolver and also carrying a .22 caliber handgun, he shot five people to death, seriously wounded another, and then committed suicide in what is called the Gang Lu Massacre. The people he killed were Christoph K. Goertz (his advisor), …
- Nile Kinnick
Nile Clarke Kinnick, Jr. (born July 9, 1918 in Adel, Iowa; died June 2, 1943 in Gulf of Paria, Venezuela) was a college football player at the University of Iowa. He won the 1939 Heisman Trophy, Walter Camp Award, Maxwell Award and was a consensus All-American, and the University renamed their football stadium Kinnick Stadium in his honor. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1951.
- Pierre Pierce
Pierre Antoine Pierce (born June 7, 1983) is a former member of the University of Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball team. Noted for being the highest scoring player on the team, his stormy personal life and legal troubles were of major interest both in and outside the University community. Pierce is from Westmont, Illinois, USA, and played basketball for Westmont High School. He came to the University of Iowa in 2001.
- Marvin Bell
Marvin Bell (born 1937) is an American poet. He wrote notable books of poems called "The Book of the Dead Man" and "Ardor: The Book of the Dead Man, Vol. 2." He also taught for many years at the Iowa Writers' Workshop where he is an emeritus faculty member. He has written 16 books of poetry. Bell was born in New York City. He earned his bachelor's degree from Alfred University, master's degree from the University of Chicago, and MFA from the University of Iowa.
- Frank Conroy
Frank Conroy (January 15, 1936 - April 6, 2005) was an American author, born in New York, New York. He published five books, including the highly acclaimed memoir "Stop-Time", published in 1967, which ultimately made Conroy a noted figure in the literary world. The book was nominated for the National Book Award. Conroy graduated from the legendary literary crucible of Haverford College, …
- Gary Fethke
Gary Fethke Ph.D. is the interim President of the University of Iowa. Fethke succeeds David Skorton, who left the University of Iowa to assume the Presidency of Cornell University. Fethke earned both his B.A. and Ph.D degrees from the University of Iowa. He taught at Bradley University from 1968 to 1974, and at the London School of Economics. He became a management science and economics professor at Iowa.
- David J. Skorton
David J. Skorton became Cornell University's 12th president on July 1, 2006 and was formally inaugurated in ceremonies on Cornell's Ithaca campus on September 7, 2006. President Skorton holds faculty appointments in Internal Medicine and Pediatrics at Weill-Cornell Medical College (WCMC) in New York City and in Biomedical Engineering at the College of Engineering on Cornell's Ithaca campus. Cornell University President David J. Skorton
- Michael Cunningham
Michael Cunningham (born November 6, 1952) is an award-winning American writer, best known for his 1998 novel "The Hours", which won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and the PEN/Faulkner Award in 1999.
- Mark Smith
Mark D. Smith is the Iowa State Representative from the 43rd District. He has served in the Iowa House of Representatives since 2000. He received his BS from Graceland College and his MSW from the University of Iowa. He is employed by the Substance Abuse Treatment Unit of Central Iowa (SATUCI) as the Director of Special Projects and is an adjunct instructor of Social Work for the University of Iowa.
- Bruce Pearl
Bruce Pearl is an American college basketball coach who currently serves as the head coach of the University of Tennessee men's basketball team. A native of Boston, Pearl attended Sharon High School in Sharon, Massachusetts and is a 1982 graduate of Boston College. He and his wife, Kim, have two daughters, Jacqui and Leah, and two sons, Steven and Michael.
- Kevin Campbell
Kevin P. Campbell, Ph.D. is an Investigator for the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, UI Foundation Distinguished Professor, the Roy J. Carver Chair of Physiology and Biophysics, and head of the department; and professor of neurology and internal medicine at the University of Iowa.
- Tim Dwight
Timothy John Dwight, Jr. (born July 13, 1975 in Iowa City, Iowa) is an American football player. Officially listed as a wide receiver, he has also been a prolific punt and kick returner for four teams in the National Football League (NFL), After excelling in both football and track at the University of Iowa.
- Reza Aslan
Reza Aslan earned a Bachelor of Arts in Religion from Santa Clara University, a Master of Theological Studies from Harvard University, a Master of Fine Arts in Fiction from the University of Iowa, and is currently a Doctoral Candidate in History of Religions at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Until recently, he was both Visiting Assistant Professor of Islamic and Middle East Studies at the University of Iowa and the Truman Capote Fellow in Fiction at the Iowa Writers' Workshop.
- Nate Kaeding
Nate Kaeding (born March 26, 1982) is an American football placekicker who currently plays for the San Diego Chargers of the NFL. He was drafted by the San Diego Chargers in 2004 in the 3rd round with a pick acquired from Rivers-Manning Trade. The Coralville, Iowa native played college football at the University of Iowa, where he won the Lou Groza Award in 2002.
- Simon Estes
In the opera world, the name Simon Estes is synonymous with success. He has performed with every major international opera company as well as performing as a recitalist and orchestral bass-baritone. Currently an adjunct professor and distinguished artist-in-residence at Iowa State University, Estes was born in Centerville, Iowa, is a graduate of The University of Iowa and has taught at The Julliard School.
- Jane Smiley
Jane Smiley (born September 26, 1949) is a Pulitzer Prize-winning American novelist. Born in Los Angeles, California, Smiley grew up in Webster Groves, Missouri, a suburb of St. Louis, and graduated from John Burroughs School. She obtained a A.B. at Vassar College, then earned a M.F.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Iowa. While working towards her doctorate, she also spent a year studying in Iceland as a Fulbright Scholar.
- Robert Bly
All content of this site, unless otherwise noted, is copyright 2001 Robert Bly . All Rights Reserved. Any duplication, in any form without the written consent of the copyright holder is prohibited. A Short Biography of Robert Bly Robert Bly was born in western Minnesota in 1926 to parents of Norwegian stock. He enlisted in the Navy in 1944 and spent two years there.
- Charles Wright
Charles Wright was born in Pickwick, Tennessee on August 25th 1935. He spent his youth and early adulthood in eastern Tennessee and western North Carolina. In 1957, Wright went to Davidson College where he earned his bachelor's degree. He then joined the U.S. Army where he served in the army intelligence unit for four years.
- Robert Gallery
Robert Gallery (born July 26, 1980 in Masonville, Iowa) is an American football player who currently plays offensive tackle for the Oakland Raiders of the NFL. Gallery played college football at the University of Iowa before being selected with the second overall pick in the 2004 NFL Draft.