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. Iowa State alum Brock Purdy went from the final pick in the NFL Draft to a Super Bowl starting quarterback in just two seasons — one of the league’s most unlikely rise-to-fame stories.
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