People of Distinction

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Trivia

Central Building was renamed Beardshear Hall, after William M. Beardshear, in 1938. ↩
His 17-year term was the longest of Iowa State’s first 10 presidents. ↩
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. ↩
W. Robert Parks was Iowa State’s longest serving president (1965-1986). ↩
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. ↩
Griffith J. Buck developed over 85 varieties of roses, including “Blue Skies” rose, a hybrid blue rose. ↩
Dr. Errington was considered an international authority on the phenomena of predation and automatic mechanisms of population regulation. ↩
Ada Hayden was the first woman to earn a Doctor of Philosophy degree at Iowa State University. ↩
In 1905 Holden became the first director of Iowa extension, eight years before the Smith-Lever Act established a national extension program in 1914. ↩
Anson Marston was the first Dean of Engineering at Iowa State. ↩
Louis H. Pammel was instrumental in the creation of Iowa’s state park law and served as the first president of the Iowa State Board of Conservation. ↩
Margaret Sloss is the first woman to enter and graduate with a DVM (1938) from Iowa State’s College of Veterinary Medicine. ↩
Tama Jim Wilson served as Secretary of Agriculture (1897-1913) under three presidents (McKinley, Roosevelt, and Taft). ↩