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This list includes notable alumni, faculty, and staff of what is now the
University of Northern Iowa.
Alumni
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Bess Streeter Aldrich, novelist
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Terry Allen, former Missouri State head football coach
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Eddie Berlin, former NFL player
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Bruce Charlesworth, filmmaker and photographer
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Jordan Schmelzer, Drummer for Machine Gun Kelly (2023-present)
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John R. Dinger, former U.S. Ambassador to Mongolia (2000–2003)
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Paul Emerick, professional rugby player and three-time
Rugby World Cup veteran
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Ali Farokhmanesh, former professional basketball player, made famous shot to beat Kansas
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LJ Fort, Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker
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Joe Fuller, former NFL player
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Mike Furrey, former NFL player
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Charles Grassley, current U.S. Senator
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Gil Gutknecht, former U.S. Congressman
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Mike Hawker, Alaska State Representative, 2002–present
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Robert John Hibbs,
Medal of Honor recipient, 1966,
Vietnam war
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Ryan Hannam, former NFL player
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Roger Jepsen, former U.S. Senator
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David Johnson, NFL Running Back for the Arizona Cardinals
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Chris Klieman, head coach of
Kansas State University football
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Bonnie Koloc, vocalist, recording artist
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Pamela Levy, American-Israeli artist
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Jason Lewis, nationally syndicated talk host
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Greg McDermott, current
Creighton University head men's basketball coach
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C. Edward McVaney, co-founder and former CEO of the
JD Edwards Corporation, an enterprise resource planning company purchased by
PeopleSoft in 2002
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Brad Meester, former NFL player
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Brian Meyer, member of the
Iowa House of Representatives
[1]
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Abinadi Meza, performance artist
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Brian Mitchell, arena football
drop kick record holder
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Nick Nurse, basketball coach
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Bryce Paup, 1995 NFL Defensive Player of the Year, 4-time Pro Bowler
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Tom Pettit, television news correspondent for NBC
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Chris Pirillo, former host of TechTV's "Call for Help" show, founder of Lockergnome
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Nancy Jo Powell, current United States Ambassador to India. Former U.S. Ambassador to Nepal, Pakistan, Ghana and Uganda
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Steve Proffitt, senior producer, National Public Radio
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Dorothy Jean Ray, anthropologist
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William P. Robinson, president of
Whitworth University
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Dean Schwarz, ceramic artist
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Warren Allen Smith, writer
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Mary Ellen Solt, poet
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Jane Elliot, social activist
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Phyllis Somerville film, theatre and television actress
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Mark Steines, co-host of
Entertainment Tonight
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Bill Stewart, jazz musician
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Tyree Talton, former NFL player
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Ed Thomas, high school football coach
[2]
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Krista Voda,
NASCAR on Fox announcer
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Kurt Warner, two-time NFL MVP, MVP of
Super Bowl XXXIV
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Will Wilkinson, political writer and policy analyst
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Joey Woody, national champion U.S. hurdler
Notable faculty
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Donna Alvermann, former professor of education, now distinguished professor and researcher in education at the
University of Georgia
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Jeremy Beck, composer, Associate Professor of Composition & Theory (1992–98)
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Herb Hake, television personality
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James Hearst, poet and former professor
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Miguel Franz Pinto, vocal coach, conductor, and pianist
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Loree Rackstraw, literary critic and memoirist
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Leland Sage, former professor
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Norm Stewart, former men's basketball coach who went on to become a coach at the
University of Missouri
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Robert James Waller, alumnus, former professor and Dean of College of Businesses Administration, author of
The Bridges of Madison County
References