1960s

Hamilton Cravens received his PhD from the University of Iowa in 1969. He taught at the University of Ohio for several years before moving on to teach at Iowa State University, where he remained for over 40 years. As a recipient of several Fulbright awards, Cravens taught in Germany at Gottingen University from 1988 to 1989 and at Bonn University in 1997 and in the Netherlands at the Roosevelt Study Center in 2007. He authored many books and articles, the most notable of which are the books The Triumph of Evolution and Before Head Start, which are considered classics in his field.

Ann Leger-Anderson earned her PhD from the University of Iowa in 1968, specializing in American history. Following graduation, she devoted her career to Canadian prairie women’s history; she was one of the first historians to work in this field. Leger-Anderson taught history courses for a few years at Idaho State University before moving on to the University of Saskatchewan in 1966, where she remained until her retirement in 2004. Beyond her work as a professor, Leger-Anderson also contributed to her field by getting involved in organizations such as the Editorial Board of the Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan, Canadian Plains Research Centre, and Canadian Committee on Women’s History.  The UIowa History Department’s Dissertation Fellowship is named after Leger-Anderson.

Glenn H. Smith (1967)
Philbrook Wilder Smith (1967)

Victor M. Batzel earned his PhD from the University of Iowa in 1967 with a focus in 19^th century Britain, though he later worked in the fields of European and Eastern European history and the philosophy of history. He worked as a professor of history at the University of Winnipeg for over 30 years; he also filled several administrative positions, including on the Senate Board of Regents, CAUT president, and Chair of the History Department. After retiring, he volunteered with the Manitoba Chamber Orchestra and gave lecture for Creative Retirement.

Joseph Harper Cash received his PhD from the University of Iowa in 1966 and went on to teach history at Eastern Montana College from 1965 to 1968. He was a research associate at the Institute for Indian Studies at the University of South Dakota from 1967 to 1968, directed historical research efforts and taught courses at Duke University and the University of South Dakota throughout the 1970s, and published a book, Working the Homestake, in 1973.

Faye Emma Harris (1965)
Robert L. Brady (1965)
Thomas P. Dilkes (1964)
Don S. Kirschner (1964)
Willard I. Toussaint (1963)
George A. Schultz (1963)
Clifton E. Hart (1962)
Arthur E. Soderlind (1961)
Harold Wilson (1961)
Harry W. Morris (1960)