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Date 1851 - present
Areas Of Involvement land-grant universities • public education
Notable Alumni Elvin Charles Stakman • Nick Clegg • Melvin Calvin • Henry Fonda • Hubert Humphrey • Norman Ernest Borlaug • Tim Pawlenty • James Rosenquist • Walter Mondale • Maria Schneider • Brian K. Kobilka • Duane Hanson • Yanni • Seymour Cray • Everett McKinley Dirksen • Kate Millett • James Hong • Carl Rowan • Louis Ignarro • Ron Johnson • Whitney Young • Lars Peter Hansen • Carl Stokes • Daniel L. McFadden • Eric Sevareid • Norman E. Shumway • Christiaan Barnard • Edward B. Lewis • Patricia Schroeder • Donald Kent Slayton • Walter H. Brattain • Tony Dungy
Related People Maria Louise Sanford

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