This list of University of Iowa alumni includes notable current and former students of the University of Iowa.
Academia
Michael J. Budds, Musicologist and professor at the University of Missouri School of Music, inducted into the Missouri Music Hall of Fame Edwin Adams Davis – M.A. from Iowa; historian of Louisiana; father of Louisiana state archives; Louisiana State University professor Shardé M. Davis – Assistant Professor in the Department of Communication at the University of Connecticut . James R. Dow – emeritus professor of German at Iowa State University R. William Field – Associate Professor, College of Public Health, University of Iowa Elnora M. Gilfoyle – occupational therapist; Dean of the College of Applied Human Sciences and Provost/Academic Vice President at Colorado State University Michael P. Johnson – emeritus professor of sociology, Pennsylvania State University James Kennedy – professor of the history of the Netherlands at the University of Amsterdam Otto Kraushaar – former president of Goucher College, long-time professor in philosophy at Smith College Minnette Gersh Lenier – teacher who used stage magic to improve students' learning skills Cindy Lovell – educator and writer; executive director of the Mark Twain Boyhood Home & Museum and Mark Twain House Robert Moyers – Founder of Center of Growth and Development at University of Michigan Tina Passman - classical scholar Jewel Prestage – Dean of the School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs at Southern University. First African-American woman to earn Ph.D. in Political Science W. Ann Reynolds – chancellor of the California State University and City University of New York Noliwe Rooks - associate director of the African-American program at Princeton University, W.E.B. Du Bois Professor of Literature at Cornell University, chair of and professor in the Africana Studies Department at Brown University, founding director of the Segrenomics Lab at Brown University Jim Rossi – law professor at Vanderbilt University Clifford V. Smith, Jr. – 4th chancellor of University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee William A. Staples – president of the University of Houston–Clear Lake John E. Visser – President of Emporia State University, 1967–1984 Pramod P. Wangikar – Chemical Engineer and professor at Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
Business
Helen Brockman – fashion designer
John Bucksbaum – former chairman and chief executive officer of GGP Inc. Jim Foster – founder of the Arena Football League Paul P. Harris – lawyer and founder of the first Rotary Club Scott Heiferman – founder and CEO, Meetup.com; founder, Fotolog.com Howard R. Hughes, Sr. – father of aviation pioneer and film producer Howard Robard Hughes, Jr. and builder of his fortune that started his empire Kerry Killinger – chairman and CEO of Washington Mutual Bill Perkins – hedge fund manager, film producer Richard J. Schnieders — former chairman, president, and CEO of Sysco C. Maxwell Stanley – engineer, entrepreneur, philanthropist; founder of Stanley Consultants and The Stanley Foundation; co-founder of HON Industries Ted Waitt – co-founder of Gateway, Inc. Frank R. Wallace (pen name of Wallace Ward), 1957, entrepreneur, publisher, writer, and developer of the Neo-Tech philosophy
Government and politics
Cindy Axne, former United States Congresswoman
Theodore J. Bauer – former head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention