People of Distinction

University Presidents

This gallery features university presidents. After selecting a president, please view the transcripts for details.

William M. Beardshear
William M. Beardshear
William Chamberlain
William Chamberlain
Gordon Eaton
Gordon Eaton
Charles Edwin Friley
Charles Edwin Friley
Gregory Geoffroy
Gregory Geoffroy
James H. Hilton
James H. Hilton
Raymond M. Hughes
Raymond M. Hughes
Leigh S.J. Hunt
Leigh S.J. Hunt
Martin Jischke
Martin Jischke
Seaman A. Knapp
Seaman A. Knapp
W. Robert Parks
W. Robert Parks
Raymond A. Pearson
Raymond A. Pearson
Steven Leath
Steven Leath
Albert Boynton Storms
Albert Boynton Storms
Adonijah S. Welch
Adonijah S. Welch

Honorable mentions

  • Charles E. Friley1
  • James H. Hilton2
  • Wendy Wintersteen3 (Current President since 2017)

Faculty and Staff, 1869-1980

This gallery features faculty and staff from 1869 to 1980. After selecting a faculty, please view the transcripts for details.

Charles Edwin Bessey
Charles Edwin Bessey
Griffith J. Buck
Griffith J. Buck
Joseph Lancaster Budd
Joseph Lancaster Budd
Charles Harvey Brown
Charles Harvey Brown
Christian Petersen
Christian Petersen
Barbara Ellen Forker
Barbara Ellen Forker
Ada Hayden
Ada Hayden
Perry G. Holden
Perry G. Holden
Seaman A. Knapp
Seaman A. Knapp
Margaret Sloss
Margaret Sloss
Anson Marston
Anson Marston
Precious Mabel Nelson
Precious Mabel Nelson
Herbert Osborn
Herbert Osborn
Philip Homer Elwood
Philip Homer Elwood
Raymond Allen Packer
Raymond Allen Packer
Louis H. Pammel
Louis H. Pammel
Anna Richardson
Anna Richardson
Orland Russell Sweeney
Orland Russell Sweeney
Winifred R. Tilden
Winifred R. Tilden
Mary Beaumont Welch
Mary Beaumont Welch
James "Tama Jim" Wilson
James "Tama Jim" Wilson
Max S. Wortman, Jr.
Max S. Wortman, Jr.
Henry Gilman
Henry Gilman
Nellie Naylor
Nellie Naylor
Edward Switzer Allen
Edward Switzer Allen
Paul Lester Errington
Paul Lester Errington
John "Jack" Shelley
John "Jack" Shelley
Charles Henry Stange
Charles Henry Stange

Honorable mentions

  • John Vincent Atanasoff
  • Robert E. Buchanan
  • Wise Burroughs
  • Kenneth Carlander
  • George Washington Carver
  • Damon Von Catron
  • O.H. Cessna
  • Dorothy St. John Cooke
  • M.S. Coover
  • Charles Curtiss
  • Jay Brownlee Davidson
  • H. Summerfield Day
  • Ercel Eppright
  • Solon “S.A.” Ewing
  • David S. Fairchild
  • Elizabeth Storms Ferguson
  • James L. Geddes
  • Herbert J. Gilkey
  • Charles Handy
  • Earl O. Heady
  • Helen LeBaron Hilton
  • Elizabeth Hoyt
  • Dorothy Bean Kehlenbeck
  • Oscar Kempthorne
  • Henry Herbert Kildee
  • Steve Knudsen
  • Max Levine
  • Jay Lush
  • Catherine MacKay
  • William G. Murray
  • Damaris Pease
  • Col. Harold Pride
  • Maria Roberts
  • J.C. “Shorty” Schilletter
  • William Schrampfer
  • George Snedecor
  • Lauren Soth
  • Frank Spedding
  • Millikan Stalker
  • Edgar Stanton
  • Edith Sunderlin
  • Pearl Swanson
  • William Switzer
  • Lois Tiffany
  • LeRoy C. “Cap” Timm
  • Waldo Wegner
  • Harley Wilhelm
  • Clyde Williams
  • William H. Wynn
  • Daniel Zaffarano

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Wes Buchele

This is a historic exhibit and the information provided within it may be out of date. Please contact the Special Collections and University Archives Department with questions about Iowa State history (archives@iastate.edu).

Trivia

  1. His 17-year term was the longest of Iowa State’s first 10 presidents. ↩

  2. James H. Hilton was the first Iowa State University President to graduate from Iowa State. In 1923, he received a B.S. in animal husbandry. As of Nov. 20, 2017, Hilton is no longer the only Iowa State University President to graduate from Iowa State. Wendy Wintersteen, 16th president, earned her Ph.D. from Iowa State in 1988. ↩

  3. Wendy Wintersteen is the first female Iowa State University President and the second to graduate from Iowa State. In 1988, she received a Ph.D. in entomology. ↩

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