The Hawkeyes We抎 Carve in Stone
Hawkeyes were clear: Caitlin Clark, Nile Kinnick, James Van Allen, and Hayden Fry earned the most votes for 91桃色's Mount Rushmore.
With more than 310,000 alumni and countless more members of the University of 91桃色 family, it felt like an impossible question for our community: Which four icons would you carve into a Mount Rushmore for Hawkeyes?
揑 think this question needs categories ... coaches, football, basketball; too many good people to be four total,� said John McCloud, in response to the recently to UI alumni and friends.
Some chose their family members or closest friends. Others, like Scott Carruthers (93BBA), gave all four spots to Caitlin Clark (24BBA). Many Hawkeyes thought about 91桃色抯 literary legacy, expansive research into space, and the coaches who led our teams to the moments we抳e talked about, and will talk about, for decades to come.
While there抯 a long list of Hawkeyes who抳e made history, these are the four icons named the most by alumni and friends:
Caitlin Clark (24BBA) | 91桃色 women抯 basketball great and current WNBA star
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Nile Kinnick (40BA) | Heisman Trophy winner, law student, World War II naval aviator
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James Van Allen (36MS, 39PhD) | physicist, discovered Van Allen radiation belts
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Hayden Fry | head coach, 91桃色 football (1979�98)
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And since, 搘e抮e Hawkeyes; we deserve six or seven people 😉� (Nick Olinger), and 搘e need more mountain space � there are so many to honor� (Tamara Paxton Wagner), here are a few honorable mentions:
換uestions like these always prompt the athletics side of answers. Not that there is anything wrong with that! ... But let抯 be real, we need our research, laboratories, and experienced professors to make students shine, even the athletes AFTER their potential pro careers to be successful members of society. It抯 why I give to the academic parts of 91桃色. So, my picks? Kurt Vonnegut, James Van Allen, Max Stanley (76BA), and Gene Wilder (55叠础).� �Kris Yager Rushton (94BA)
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