• Source: List of Drake University people

This is a list of notable alumni and faculty of Drake University.




President


1881–1882: George Thomas Carpenter
1882–1893: George Thomas Carpenter (as chancellor)
1894–1897: Barton O. Aylesworth (as acting chancellor)
1897–1902: William Bayard Craig (as chancellor)
1902–1903: Hill McClelland Bell (as vice chancellor)
1903–1918: Hill McClelland Bell
1918–1923: Arthur Holmes
1922–1923: Daniel Walter Morehouse (as acting president)
1923–1941: Daniel Walter Morehouse
1941–1964: Henry Gadd Harmon
1966–1971: Paul Frederick Sharp
1972–1985: Wilbur C. Miller
1985–1998: Michael Ferrari
1998: Robert D. Ray (as interim president)
1999–2015: David Maxwell
2015–present: Earl F. Martin
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Notable alumni






= Politics and military

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Brenna Bird, Iowa Attorney General (2023–)
Robert D. Blue, Governor of Iowa (1945–1949)
Terry Branstad, former Governor of Iowa (1983–1999, 2011–2017) and United States ambassador to China (2017–2020), longest-serving state governor in U.S. history
Bonnie Campbell, lawyer, former Iowa Attorney General (1991–1995) and gubernatorial candidate
Johnnie Carson, career diplomat
Merwin Coad, Iowa Congressman (1957–1963)
Joe Crail, California Congressman (1927–1933)
Chet Culver, former Governor of Iowa (2007–2011)
Cassius Clay Dowell, Iowa Congressman (1915–1935, 1937–1940)
Abby Finkenauer, former Iowa Congresswoman (2019–2021)
Guy Gillette, Iowa Congressman (1933–1936) and Senator (1936–1945, 1949–1955)
Robert K. Goodwin, Iowa Congressman (1940–1941)
Adam Gregg, lieutenant governor of Iowa (2019–present)
Carl W. Hoffman, U.S. Marine Corps Major general
Ron Kouchi, president of the Hawaii State Senate
Darrell R. Lindsey, Medal of Honor recipient
Zach Nunn, U.S. Representative-elect from Iowa’s 3rd district (2023–)
Jim Nussle, former Iowa Congressman (1991–2007) and director of the Office of Management and Budget
Stephen Rapp, former United States Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues in the Office of Global Criminal Justice
Clark R. Rasmussen, served in the Iowa House of Representatives from 1965 to 1967
Robert D. Ray, Governor of Iowa (1969–1983)
David N. Senty, retired U.S. Air Force Major General
Neal Smith, former Iowa Congressman (1959–1995)
Sara Taylor, former Deputy Assistant to the President and Director of Political Affairs in the George W. Bush administration
Hubert Utterback, Iowa Congressman (1935–1937)
Frederick T. Weber, Naval aviator who died at the Battle of Midway
David Young, former Iowa Congressman (2015–2019)




= Law

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Mark Cady, lawyer, Chief Justice Supreme Court of Iowa (2011–2019)
Roxanne Conlin, lawyer, former United States Attorney for the Southern District of Iowa (1977–1981), and Iowa senate and gubernatorial candidate
Robert Cowen, senior judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
George Gardner Fagg, United States federal judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Cleon H. Foust, Indiana Attorney General (1947–1949)
Joseph C. Howard Sr., Judge, United States District Court for the District of Maryland (1979–2000)
Louis A. Lavorato, lawyer, Chief Justice Supreme Court of Iowa (2000–2006)
Ronald Olson, partner in the Los Angeles office of the law firm of Munger Tolles & Olson LLP
Wendy J. Olson, United States Attorney for the District of Idaho (2010–2017)
Marsha Ternus, lawyer, Chief Justice Supreme Court of Iowa (2006–2010)
Terry Trieweiler, Montana Supreme Court Justice, Montana Lawyer of the Year




= Arts and literature

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Joanne Aono, artist
Rose Bampton, principal singer at Metropolitan Opera during 1930s and 1940s
Bruce Brubaker, musician
Bill Bryson, author
Marsha Wilson Chall, children's author
Gwen M. Davidson, artist
Mark Doty, poet
Susan Glaspell, author
Joseph Hermann, conductor, clarinetist and music educator; president of American Bandmasters Association
Stanley Hess, artist, instrument maker, educator
Syleena Johnson, R&B singer, actress, and reality television personality
Ira Levin, author of Rosemary's Baby, The Boys from Brazil, The Stepford Wives, Deathtrap
Sherrill Milnes, operatic baritone
Carol Morris, actress and Miss Universe 1956
Dick Oatts, jazz saxophonist
Phil Stong, author of State Fair, novel filmed three times
Matthew Stover, author of fantasy and science fiction, including novelization of Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith
Roger Williams, musician and composer
Bart Yates, author




= Entertainment and media

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Steve Allen, comedian, actor and first host of The Tonight Show (attended, did not graduate)
Lew Anderson, musician and voice of Clarabell the Clown
John August, screenwriter
Steve Bannos, film actor and writer
Mary Bock, journalist
Joseph Chaikin, founder of the Open Theater, theater director, actor, author
Lee Ann Colacioppo, nee Fleet, editor of the Denver Post
Julee Cruise, singer and actress
Mark DeCarlo, actor, comedian, host of Taste of America television show, cartoon voice actor
Anna DeShawn, media personality and podcaster
Jerry Douglas, writer and director, notably of gay pornographic films
Michael Emerson, two-time Emmy Award-winning actor
Bridget Flanery, actress
Lambert Hillyer, silent film director
Dave Mallow, voice-over artist for television, film, animation, commercials, video games
Al McCoy, sports broadcaster, voice of the Phoenix Suns
Clark R. Mollenhoff, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist
Jeremy Piven, three-time Emmy Award-winning actor (attended, did not graduate)
Ray Rizzo, three-time Pokémon Video Game World Champion
Wynn Speece, "Neighbor Lady", WNAX radio station
Kazuki Takahashi, creator of Yu-Gi-Oh! (attended, did not graduate)
Jim Uhls, screenwriter, including the script for Fight Club
Sam Wanamaker, actor and director
Larry Whiteside, award-winning sportswriter
Rex Wockner, journalist
David L. Wolper, television and film producer




= Business

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Archie R. Boe, former chairman and CEO of the Allstate Corporation; former president of Sears, Roebuck
George A. Cohon, founder of McDonald's Restaurants of Canada Limited and McDonald's in Russia
Kenneth A. Macke, former CEO and chairman of Dayton Hudson Corporation (since renamed Target Corporation)
John M. Mathew, president and chief executive officer of Wick Communications Company
Dwight D. Opperman, former CEO of West Publishing Company, after whom Drake's law library is named
Johnny C. Taylor Jr., president and CEO of Society for Human Resource Management
Fred L. Turner, former chairman of McDonald's




= Science and academia

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Jon Bowermaster, oceans expert, journalist, filmmaker and adventurer
W. Dean Eastman, award-winning educator
Cuthbert Hurd, computer pioneer
Rachelle Keck, academic administrator
Thomas Kunz, researcher notable for insights into bat ecology
Timothy Ley, hematologist, oncologist and cancer biologist
William A. Staples, president of the University of Houston–Clear Lake
Brian Wansink, Cornell University professor and author of Mindless Eating: Why We Eat More Than We Think
Harley A. Wilhelm, Manhattan Project scientist and co-inventor of the Ames Process for purifying uranium, co-founder of the Ames Laboratory for the U.S. Dept. of Energy




= Athletics

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Chris Ash, football coach, former head coach at Rutgers University
Lucas Bartlett, professional soccer player
Tom Bienemann, former NFL defensive end for the Chicago Cardinals
Johnny Bright, member of the College and Canadian Football Hall of Fame
Waldo Don Carlos, retired NFL center for the Green Bay Packers
Billy Cundiff, NFL placekicker
Keno Davis, basketball coach, 2008 Associated Press College Basketball Coach of the Year
Versil Deskin, former NFL player
Dave Doeren, head football coach at North Carolina State University
Pat Dunsmore, former NFL player
Ezra Hendrickson, professional soccer player and coach
York Hentschel, CFL player and 3-time Grey Cup champion
Maury John, Hall of Fame basketball coach: Final Four (1969), and Elite 8 (1970 and 1971)
Zach Johnson, professional golfer, winner of the 2007 Masters and 2015 Open Championship
Karl Kassulke, former NFL player
Wayne Kreklow, retired professional basketball player
Kevin Little, 1997 world indoor champion, 200-meter dash
Lewis Lloyd, retired professional basketball player
John Lynch, former NFL player
Pug Manders, former NFL player
Willie McCarter, former NBA player
Dennis McKnight, former NFL player
McCoy McLemore, former NBA player
Jerry Mertens, former NFL player
Duane Miller, former NFL player, Drake Football record holder
Dick Nesbitt, former NFL player
Bob Netolicky, professional basketball player
Charlie Partridge, football coach, former head coach at Florida Atlantic University
Mike Samples, former Canadian Football League player
Eric Saubert, professional American football player
Boris Shlapak, professional football and soccer player for the Baltimore Colts and Chicago Sting respectively
Lee Stange, former MLB pitcher and MLB pitching coach
Bill Stevenson, CFL all-star and record 7-time Grey Cup champion
Ann Swisshelm, two-time Olympic curler
Dan Turk, former NFL player; transferred after his sophomore season
Dani Tyler, softball player and 1996 Olympic gold medalist
Rick Wanamaker, winner of the 1971 Pan American Games decathlon
Willie Wise, professional basketball player
Felix Wright, former CFL and NFL safety




Notable faculty


Chester C. Cole, Drake University Law School founder and professor, University of Iowa College of Law co-founder and professor, Chief Justice of the Iowa Supreme Court
George Gallup, Head of Journalism Department (1928–1931)
Frank Irving Herriott (1868–1941), professor of economics (1903–1919), political science and sociology (1903–1941)
Jacqui Kalin (born 1989), American-Israeli professional basketball player
Robert Kibbee (died 1982), Chancellor of the City University of New York
Edward Mansfield, Iowa Supreme Court justice and adjunct law professor
Milman Parry, professor of Greek and Latin, 1928-29
Ione Genevieve Shadduck (1923–2022), led women's physical education program in the late 1970s
Lewis Worthington Smith, Professor of English
Terri Vaughan, visiting professor in the College of Business and Public Administration
Francis Wilhoit, Political Science professor
George G. Wright, Iowa Supreme Court justice, Drake University Law School professor, University of Iowa College of Law co-founder, United States Senator from Iowa
Oleg Zatsarinny, Senior Research Scholar and Lecturer (Atomic Physics)




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