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<html> <head> <title>Drake University</title> <meta name="googlebot" content="noodp"> <meta name="robots" content="noodp"> <link rel="apple-touch-icon-precomposed" href="/silly-nndb-icon.png" /><style type="text/css">  </style><script type="text/javascript" src="/sortable.js"></script> <link rel="stylesheet" href="/style.css" /> </head> <body bgcolor=#ffffff> <center> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr><td valign=top><table width=550 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0> <tr><td bgcolor=white><table width="100%" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" background="/nndb.gif"> <tr> <td rowspan="2" align="left" valign="top"><a href="http://www.nndb.com/"><img src="/title.gif" width="260" height="50" border=0 alt="NNDB"></a></td> <td><table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="6"> <tr align="center"> <td width="25%" nowrap>This is a beta version of NNDB</td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right" valign="middle"> <form action="http://search.nndb.com/search/nndb.cgi" method="get"> <input type="hidden" name="nndb" value="1"></input> Search: <select name="omenu"> <option value="unspecified" selected>All Names</option> <option value="living">Living people</option> <option value="dead">Dead people</option> <option value="bands">Band Names</option> <option value="books">Book Titles</option> <option value="movies">Movie Titles</option> <option value="fulltext">Full Text</option> </select> for <input name="query" value="" size=24 maxlength=96> <input type=submit value="Search"> </form></td> </tr> </table>        </td></tr> <tr><td bgcolor=red height=2></td></tr> <tr bgcolor=F0F0F0><td bgcolor=F0F0F0 style="padding: 15px 15px 15px 15px;"><table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 width=100%><tr><td bgcolor=F0F0F0> Drake University EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION Location: <a href="/geo/480/000069273/" class=proflink>Des Moines, IA</a> Founding Date: 1881Team: BulldogsEnrollment: 5000Official Website: <a href="http://www.drake.edu/">http://www.drake.edu/</a>STUDENTS <table border=1 class="sortable bordered" id="sort_student"> <tr><th>Name</th><th>Occupation</th><th>Birth</th><th>Death</th><th>Known for</th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/312/000026234/">Steve Allen</a></td> <td><center>Talk Show Host</center></td> <td align=right><tt>26-Dec-1921</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>30-Oct-2000</tt></td> <td>The Tonight Show</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/778/000206160/">Rose Bampton</a></td> <td><center>Singer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>28-Nov-1907</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>21-Aug-2007</tt></td> <td>Operatic soprano</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/231/000127847/">Herbert M. Baum</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>6-Dec-1936</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>CEO of Dial Corporation, 2000-05</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/596/000168092/">Robert D. Blue</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>24-Sep-1898</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>13-Dec-1989</tt></td> <td>Governor of Iowa, 1945-49</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/158/000120795/">Terry E. Branstad</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Nov-1946</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Governor of Iowa</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/546/000168042/">Mark S. Cady</a></td> <td><center>Judge</center></td> <td align=right><tt>12-Jul-1953</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Justice, Iowa Supreme Court</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/422/000172903/">Johnnie Carson</a></td> <td><center>Diplomat</center></td> <td align=right><tt>7-Apr-1943</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>US Asst. Secy. of State for Africa</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/125/000169615/">Jeffrey C. Crowe</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1947</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Chairman of Landstar System</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/006/000122637/">Chet Culver</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>25-Jan-1966</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Governor of Iowa, 2007-11</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/860/000126482/">Craig S. Donohue</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1961</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>CEO of Chicago Mercantile Exchange</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/920/000140500/">Michael J. Elston</a></td> <td><center>Government</center></td> <td align=right><tt>7-Feb-1969</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Assistant US Attorney, 1999-2005</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/807/000160327/">Michael Emerson</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>7-Sep-1954</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Ben Linus on Lost</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/310/000124935/">Lawrence K. Fish</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1944</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>CEO of Citizens Financial Group</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/208/000049061/">Jason Gedrick</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>7-Feb-1965</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Promised Land</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/444/000172925/">Guy M. Gillette</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>3-Feb-1879</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>3-Mar-1973</tt></td> <td>US Senator from Iowa, 1949-55</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/691/000114349/">Susan Glaspell</a></td> <td><center>Playwright</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1-Jul-1882</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>27-Jul-1948</tt></td> <td>Provincetown Players</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/918/000173399/">Zach Johnson</a></td> <td><center>Golf</center></td> <td align=right><tt>24-Feb-1976</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Winner of 2007 Masters</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/753/000127372/">L. Daniel Jorndt</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1941</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>CEO of Walgreens, 1998-2002</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/553/000168049/">Louis A. Lavorato</a></td> <td><center>Judge</center></td> <td align=right><tt>29-Sep-1934</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Iowa Chief Justice, 2000-06</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/283/000168776/">Cynthia L. Lesher</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1948</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Xcel Energy executive</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/424/000044292/">Ira Levin</a></td> <td><center>Novelist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>27-Aug-1929</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>12-Nov-2007</tt></td> <td>Rosemary's Baby</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/987/000126609/">William H. Longfield</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1938</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>CEO of CR Bard, 1995-2003</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/294/000365196/">Lauro Martines</a></td> <td><center>Historian</center></td> <td align=right><tt>22-Nov-1927</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>The Social World of the Florentine Humanists</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/676/000206058/">Sherrill Milnes</a></td> <td><center>Singer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>10-Jan-1935</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Operatic baritone, Metropolitan Opera</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/078/000171562/">Seth Barnes Nicholson</a></td> <td><center>Astronomer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>12-Nov-1891</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>2-Jul-1963</tt></td> <td>Four satellites of Jupiter</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/081/000039961/">Jim Nussle</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>27-Jun-1960</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>OMB Director</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/468/000159988/">Ronald L. Olson</a></td> <td><center>Attorney</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1941</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Munger Tolles & Olson</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/232/000174707/">Ronald D. Pearson</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1940</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Hy-Vee Drugstore</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/505/000044373/">Jeremy Piven</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>26-Jul-1965</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Ari Gold on Entourage</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/162/000120799/">Robert D. Ray</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>26-Sep-1928</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Governor of Iowa, 1969-83</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/323/000167819/">Patience D. Roggensack</a></td> <td><center>Judge</center></td> <td align=right><tt>7-Jul-1940</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Justice, Wisconsin Supreme Court</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/376/000140953/">Neal Smith</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>23-Mar-1920</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Congressman from Iowa, 1959-95</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/804/000140384/">Sara Taylor</a></td> <td><center>Government</center></td> <td align=right><tt>15-Sep-1974</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>White House political director, 2003-07</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/000/000167496/">Marsha K. Ternus</a></td> <td><center>Judge</center></td> <td align=right><tt>30-May-1951</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Iowa Chief Justice</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/933/000358856/">Fred L. Turner</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>6-Jan-1933</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>7-Jan-2013</tt></td> <td>CEO of McDonald's, 1974-87</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/559/000129172/">Patricia K. Vincent</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1959</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Executive at Xcel Energy</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/723/000025648/">Sam Wanamaker</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>14-Jun-1919</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>19-Dec-1993</tt></td> <td>Rebuilt Globe Theatre</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/549/000168045/">David Wiggins</a></td> <td><center>Judge</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1951</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Justice, Iowa Supreme Court</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/253/000023184/">David L. Wolper</a></td> <td><center>Film/TV Producer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>11-Jan-1928</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>10-Aug-2010</tt></td> <td>Roots</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/772/000171259/">Larry D. Zimpleman</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1951</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>CEO of Principal Financial Group</td> </tr> </table> TEACHERS AND PROFESSORS <table border=1 class="sortable bordered" id="sort_teacher"> <tr><th>Name</th><th>Occupation</th><th>Birth</th><th>Death</th><th>Known for</th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/354/000099057/">George Gallup</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>18-Nov-1901</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>26-Jul-1984</tt></td> <td>Founder, The Gallup Organization</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/781/000171268/">Therese M. Vaughan</a></td> <td><center>Government</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1957</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Iowa Insurance Commissioner, 1994-2004</td> </tr> </table> ADMINISTRATORS AND TRUSTEES <table border=1 class="sortable bordered" id="sort_administrator"> <tr><th>Name</th><th>Occupation</th><th>Birth</th><th>Death</th><th>Known for</th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/232/000174707/">Ronald D. Pearson</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1940</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Hy-Vee Drugstore</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/162/000120799/">Robert D. Ray</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>26-Sep-1928</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Governor of Iowa, 1969-83</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/781/000171268/">Therese M. Vaughan</a></td> <td><center>Government</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1957</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Iowa Insurance Commissioner, 1994-2004</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/772/000171259/">Larry D. Zimpleman</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1951</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>CEO of Principal Financial Group</td> </tr> </table> COACHES <table border=1 class="sortable bordered" id="sort_coach"> <tr><th>Name</th><th>Occupation</th><th>Birth</th><th>Death</th><th>Known for</th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/611/000166113/">Tom Davis</a></td> <td><center>Basketball</center></td> <td align=right><tt>3-Dec-1938</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Iowa Hawkeyes Head Coach, 1986-99</td> </tr> </table> Do you know something we don't? <a href="http://commentary.nndb.com/submit/feedback/?id=68448" rel="nofollow">Submit a correction or make a comment about this profile</a> Copyright ©2016 Soylent Communications </td></tr></table> </td></tr> </table> </td> <td width=180 align="center" valign="top" style="padding: 0px 0px 8px 25px;"><div class="contentf"><center><a href="http://mapper.nndb.com/" class="fotmlink" style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; color: #dd0000;">NNDB MAPPER</a> <a style="color: #0000ff" href="http://mapper.nndb.com/maps/668/000001665/"><img src="http://mapper.nndb.com/t/668/1665/s1665.jpg" width=128> Corporate Power Nexus</a> Requires Flash 7+ and Javascript.</center></div> <div class="contentf"><center>BibliographiesNNDB has added thousands of bibliographies for people, organizations, schools, and general topics, listing more than 50,000 books and 120,000 other kinds of references. 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