List of University of Northern Iowa people

This list includes notable alumni, faculty, and staff of what is now the University of Northern Iowa.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

Alumni

• Bess Streeter Aldrich, novelist
• Terry Allen, former Missouri State head football coach
• Eddie Berlin, former NFL player
• Bruce Charlesworth, filmmaker and photographer
• John R. Dinger, former U.S. Ambassador to Mongolia (2000–2003)
• Jane Elliot, social activist
• Paul Emerick, professional rugby player and three-time Rugby World Cup veteran
• Ali Farokhmanesh, former professional basketball player, made famous shot to beat Kansas
• LJ Fort, Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker
• Joe Fuller, former NFL player
• Mike Furrey, former NFL player
• Charles Grassley, current U.S. Senator
• Gil Gutknecht, former U.S. Congressman
• Ryan Hannam, former NFL player
• Mike Hawker, Alaska State Representative, 2002–present
• Robert John Hibbs, Medal of Honor recipient, 1966, Vietnam War
• Roger Jepsen, former U.S. Senator
• David Johnson, NFL running back for the Arizona Cardinals
• Chris Klieman, head coach of Kansas State University football
• Bonnie Koloc, vocalist, recording artist
• Pamela Levy, American-Israeli artist
• Jason Lewis, nationally syndicated talk host
• Greg McDermott, current Creighton University head men's basketball coach
• C. Edward McVaney, co-founder and former CEO of the JD Edwards Corporation, an enterprise resource planning company purchased by PeopleSoft in 2002
• Brad Meester, former NFL player
• Brian Meyer, member of the Iowa House of Representatives ^[1]
• Abinadi Meza, performance artist
• Brian Mitchell, arena football drop kick record holder
• Nick Nurse, basketball coach
• Bryce Paup, 1995 NFL Defensive Player of the Year, 4-time Pro Bowler
• Tom Pettit, television news correspondent for NBC
• Chris Pirillo, former host of TechTV's Call for Help show, founder of Lockergnome
• Nancy Jo Powell, current United States Ambassador to India; former U.S. Ambassador to Nepal, Pakistan, Ghana and Uganda
• Steve Proffitt, senior producer, National Public Radio
• Dorothy Jean Ray, anthropologist
• William P. Robinson, president of Whitworth University
• Dean Schwarz, ceramic artist
• Warren Allen Smith, writer
• Mary Ellen Solt, poet
• Phyllis Somerville, film, theatre and television actress
• Mark Steines, co-host of Entertainment Tonight
• Bill Stewart, jazz musician
• Tyree Talton, former NFL player
• Ed Thomas, high school football coach ^[2]
• Krista Voda, NASCAR on Fox announcer
• Kurt Warner, two-time NFL MVP, MVP of Super Bowl XXXIV
• Joey Woody, national champion US hurdler

Notable faculty

• Donna Alvermann, former professor of education, now distinguished professor and researcher in education at the University of Georgia
• Jeremy Beck, composer, Associate Professor of Composition & Theory (1992–1998)
• Herb Hake, television personality
• James Hearst, poet and former professor
• Miguel Franz Pinto, vocal coach, conductor, and pianist
• Loree Rackstraw, literary critic and memoirist
• Leland Sage, former professor
• Norm Stewart, former men's basketball coach who went on to become a coach at the University of Missouri
• Robert James Waller, alumnus, former professor and Dean of College of Businesses Administration, author of The Bridges of Madison County

References

1. "Newly elected state Rep. Brian Meyer, D-Des Moines, takes oath of office today | des Moines Register Staff Blogs". Archived from the original on November 8, 2013. Retrieved November 8, 2013.
2. "Edward Arthur Thomas, 58, Parkersburg". The Daily Freeman Journal. June 25, 2006. Archived from the original on January 16, 2014. Retrieved January 14, 2014.