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![First as an educator and later as university president, Walter Jessup won important support to improve and enlarge the University of Iowa. He later led the Carnegie Corporation in New […]](https://www.lib.uiowa.edu/gallery/files/2019/05/Jessup-115x115.jpg "Walter Albert Jessup (1916-1934)")
Walter Albert Jessup (1916-1934)
Posted on May 14, 2019 | No CommentsFirst as an educator and later as university president, Walter Jessup won important support to improve and enlarge the University of Iowa. He later led the Carnegie Corporation in New […] -
![Though he was president of the university for only two years, Thomas Macbride served the campus for more than a half-century as a scholar, conservationist, and administrator. The building that […]](https://www.lib.uiowa.edu/gallery/files/2019/05/MacBride-115x115.jpg "Thomas Huston Macbride (1914-1916)")
Thomas Huston Macbride (1914-1916)
Posted on May 3, 2019 | No CommentsThough he was president of the university for only two years, Thomas Macbride served the campus for more than a half-century as a scholar, conservationist, and administrator. The building that […] -
![The first University of Iowa alumnus to become its president, John G. Bowman was also the school’s first Iowa-born chief administrator. The Davenport native earned a BA in 1899, an […]](https://www.lib.uiowa.edu/gallery/files/2019/05/Bowman-115x115.jpg "John Gabbert Bowman (1911-1914)")
John Gabbert Bowman (1911-1914)
Posted on May 3, 2019 | No CommentsThe first University of Iowa alumnus to become its president, John G. Bowman was also the school’s first Iowa-born chief administrator. The Davenport native earned a BA in 1899, an […] -
![Under the leadership of George MacLean, the University of Iowa moved to the forefront of America’s public universities. The university received a high ranking for the first time in a […]](https://www.lib.uiowa.edu/gallery/files/2019/05/Maclean-115x115.jpg "George Edwin MacLean (1899-1911)")
George Edwin MacLean (1899-1911)
Posted on May 3, 2019 | No CommentsUnder the leadership of George MacLean, the University of Iowa moved to the forefront of America’s public universities. The university received a high ranking for the first time in a […] -
![The Hon. William R. Boyd, a former chairman of the Iowa State Board of Education, once said Charles Ashmead Schaeffer “was the [University of Iowa’s] first president who sensed what […]](https://www.lib.uiowa.edu/gallery/files/2019/05/Schaeffer-115x115.jpg "Charles Ashmead Schaeffer (1887-1898)")
Charles Ashmead Schaeffer (1887-1898)
Posted on May 3, 2019 | No CommentsThe Hon. William R. Boyd, a former chairman of the Iowa State Board of Education, once said Charles Ashmead Schaeffer “was the [University of Iowa’s] first president who sensed what […] -
![A leading educator and administrator, Josiah Pickard assumed the University presidency after heading the public school system in Chicago. He also was a devoted student of history, serving as president […]](https://www.lib.uiowa.edu/gallery/files/2019/05/Pickard-115x115.jpg "Josiah Little Pickard (1878-1887)")
Josiah Little Pickard (1878-1887)
Posted on May 3, 2019 | No CommentsA leading educator and administrator, Josiah Pickard assumed the University presidency after heading the public school system in Chicago. He also was a devoted student of history, serving as president […] -
![Though not trained as an administrator and burdened with poor health, George Thacher successfully led the university toward increased professional training and a higher level of academic distinction. The Homeopathic […]](https://www.lib.uiowa.edu/gallery/files/2019/05/Thacher-115x115.jpg "George Thacher (1871–1877)")
George Thacher (1871–1877)
Posted on May 3, 2019 | No CommentsThough not trained as an administrator and burdened with poor health, George Thacher successfully led the university toward increased professional training and a higher level of academic distinction. The Homeopathic […] -
![The outlook for the University was very discouraging when Silas Totten assumed the presidency in 1859. The treasury was empty, most courses were temporarily closed, land sales to raise funds […]](https://www.lib.uiowa.edu/gallery/files/2019/05/Totten-115x115.jpg "Silas Totten (1859-1862)")
Silas Totten (1859-1862)
Posted on May 3, 2019 | No CommentsThe outlook for the University was very discouraging when Silas Totten assumed the presidency in 1859. The treasury was empty, most courses were temporarily closed, land sales to raise funds […] -
![Though his term as president was brief, James Black gave the university a new impetus with respect to professional instruction. By the time of his departure, the Law and Medical […]](https://www.lib.uiowa.edu/gallery/files/2019/05/Black-115x115.jpg "James Black (1868-1870)")
James Black (1868-1870)
Posted on May 3, 2019 | No CommentsThough his term as president was brief, James Black gave the university a new impetus with respect to professional instruction. By the time of his departure, the Law and Medical […] -
![The University of Iowa was established in 1847 by an act of Iowa’s first General Assembly. Classes, however, did not begin until 1855, the year Amos Dean was selected to […]](https://www.lib.uiowa.edu/gallery/files/2019/02/Dean-115x115.jpg "Amos Dean (1855–1859)")
Amos Dean (1855–1859)
Posted on February 22, 2019 | No CommentsThe University of Iowa was established in 1847 by an act of Iowa’s first General Assembly. Classes, however, did not begin until 1855, the year Amos Dean was selected to […]