University of Iowa
From Rofflehaus
The University of Iowa is the first state university established in Iowa City in 1847, only two months after Iowa was admitted as the 29th State as a symbol of Iowa's committment to higher education.
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[edit] Programs and Colleges
[edit] Notable Alumni
- Gene Wilder, Actor in many movies and films, particularly known amongst college students as "The Waco Kid" in Blazing Saddles.
- Tom Brokaw, never actually graduated, but is well known for flunking out after spending the majority of his time in The Airliner.
[edit] Notable faculty and adminstrators
Retired and former faculty
- Philip Greeley Clapp, director of school of music 1919-53
- Walter Jessup, president 1916-34
- Lester Longman, chairman of the art deparment 1936-58
- Edward C. Mabie, director of theatre arts 1925-56
- Carl Seashore, dean of the graduate college 1908-37
- James Van Allen, head of physics and astonomy department 1951-85
- Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., faculty for University of Iowa Writers' Workshop, 1965-66
