INTERESTING FACTS
• During WWII, Iowa State University secretly helped the government purify uranium for the Manhattan Project. • The world’s first computer was invented at Iowa State between 1937-1942, but credit was largely attributed elsewhere until a lengthy court trial in 1973. • George Washington Carver, famous for developing hundreds of uses for crops including peanuts, was the 1st African American student at Iowa State University, and later, its first African American professor. • Famous former Ames residents include Actor Nick Nolte and Professional Baseball Player and Evangelist, Billy Sunday. • Laurel Clark, an astronaut lost in the space shuttle Columbia tragedy was born in Ames. • Olympic wrestling gold medalists, Dan Gable and Cael Sanderson, wrestled and coached at Iowa State University.
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