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Drake University also hosts the Drake Relays during April. This [[track and field]] event has been held since 1910. Participants come from throughout the Midwest to compete in this three-day event which also helps to draw large crowds of spectators to Des Moines.
== Notable Alumni ==
''Arranged by the program in which they graduated from:''
'''Biology'''
* David Ferguson, AS'73, cardiologist, National Institute of Health, Bethesda, MD
* Karen Gerdes, AS'83, pediatric critical care, Blank Children's Hospital, Iowa Methodist Medical Center, Des Moines, IA
* Thomas Bennett, AS'72, physician and general and forensic pathologist, Pathology Consultants and Yellowstone Pathology Institute, Billings, MT
* Timothy Ley, AS'74, professor of hematology, Washington University, St. Louis, MO
* Utley Noble, AS'85, special agent, Federal Bureau of Investigation - Memphis division, Columbia, TN
* Paul Bush, GR'94, director of forensic pathology, State of Iowa, Des Moines, IA
* Frank Sylvester, AS'97, professor of physiology, University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire
* Lara Lunde, AS'96, internal medicine, University of South Dakota
* Robert Paul, AS'84, cardiology, Iowa Heart, Des Moines, IA
* Lindsey Stephens, AS'98, president, Medihealth Solutions, West Des Moines, IA
'''Business and Public Administration:'''
''various majors represented''
* Hon. Robert Ray, BN'52, LW'54, former Iowa Governor, former president of Drake University, Des Moines, IA
* George Cohon, BN'58, senior chairman, McDonald's Restaurants of Canada and Russia
* Ronald D. Pearson, BN'62, chief executive officer and chairman of the board, Hy-Vee Food Stores Inc., Des Moines, IA
* Larry Katzen, BN'67, managing partner, Arthur Andersen, St. Louis, MO
* Bob Stein, BN'71, partner, Ernst and Young LLB, New York, NY
* Richard Anderson, BN'74, senior vice president of finance, Wellmark Inc., Des Moines, IA
* Jenni Fitzgerald, BN'90, director of basketball operations and assistant women's basketball coach, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
* Timothy S. Webster, BN'83, president and chief executive officer, American Italian Pasta Company, Excelsior Springs, MO
* William Buchanan, BA'57, EA, actuary and chairman of the board, Unified Life Insurance Company, Overland Park, KS
* William Oddy, BA'66, FSA, MAAA, chief executive officer, FBL Financial Group, West Des Moines, IA
* James Brock, BA'69, FSA, EA, senior vice president, Nationwide Global, Columbus, OH
* Mike Gersie, BA'70, FSA, MAAA, FCAS, EA, chief financial officer/senior vice president, Principal Financial Group, Des Moines, IA
* James Wallace, BA'77, FSA, MAAA, president and chief executive officer, GuideOne Insurance, West Des Moines, IA
* Darrell Knapp, BA'81, FSA, MAAA, partner, Ernst & Young LLP, Kansas City, MO
* Brian Clark, BA'88, FSA, MAAA, senior vice president/chief financial officer, AmerUs Life Insurance Co., Des Moines, IA
* Alessandrea Quane, BA'92, MAAA, vice president, American International Group (AIG), Paris, France
* Jeffrey Parker, BN'74, George Hay professor of economics, Reed College, Portland, OR
* Mark S. Cady, BN'75, B.A., LW'78, justice of the Iowa Supreme Court, Des Moines, IA
* Jeffrey Lamberti, BN'85, LW'89, GR '89, attorney, Iowa state senator, and chair of Iowa Senate Appropriations Committee, Ankeny, IA
* Jack Uldrich, BN'86, deputy director of State Office of Strategic and Long-Range Planning and Advisor to Governor Ventura, Minneapolis, MN
* Barbara Oswalt, BN'87, senior utility analyst, State of Iowa, Des Moines, IA
* Russell Smith, BN'88, assistant professor of marketing, Winona State University, Winona, MN
* Jennifer Gerrish-Lampe, BN'94, LW'96, partner, James Law Firm, Des Moines, IA
* Neal Young, BN'97, economic analyst, Minnesota Department of Trade and Economic Development, Minneapolis, MN
* Thomas J. Rossley, BN'82, senior vice president, Lehmann Brothers, Chicago, IL
* Donald Fletcher, BN'67, president, North American Personal Expression Business, Hallmark Cards Inc., Kansas City, MO
* Fred Schiek, BN'59, retired executive vice president and COO, Employers Mutual Casualty Company, Des Moines, IA
* Charles Freund, BN'90, vice president of retirement services, Retirement Counseling Services, Indianapolis, IN
* Kim White, BN'91, brand manager, Eli Lilly and Co., Indianapolis, IN
'''Chemistry'''
* Jason Halfen, AS'92, assistant professor of chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
* Martha White, AS'94, physician, U.S. Navy, San Diego, CA
* Albena Ivanisevic, AS '96, assistant professor, chemistry, Purdue University
* Sara Shaw, AS'99, forensic chemist, State of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
'''Computer Science'''
* David Biel, AS'89, software engineer, Stone and Webster Engineering Corporation, Boston, MA
* Jeff Sass, AS'95, quality engineer, Adobe Systems Incorporated, Minneapolis, MN
* Eric Brandt, AS'97, programming manager, Avatech, Des Moines, IA
* David Loveall, AS'99, currently working for the FBI
'''English'''
* Mark Doty, AS'90, poet, National Book Award winner, professor, University of Houston
* Dr. Chi Doung, AS'89, physician, Kansas City, MO
* Michael McGowan, AS'92, actor/dancer, Minneapolis, MN
* Shawna Kasner-Hannam, AS'97, pharmaceutical sales representative, Eli Lilly and Co., Omaha, NE
* Shari Stenberg, director of composition, Creighton University
* Tanya Beer, AS'96, writer, Environmental Institute, Oklahoma State University
* Sheila R. McCoy, AS'01, 2000 Truman Scholar, president of Phi Alpha Theta History Society, law student, Georgetown University
* Anne Wallestad, AS'98, development consultant, Human Rights Campaign, Washington, DC
* Heidi Williams, AS'77, pastor, Holy Trinity Church, Philadelphia, PA
'''Environmental Science'''
* Page Kluge, AS'01, research assistant, NC
* Sid Juwarker, AS'00, geologist, Des Moines, IA
* Jana Mott, AS'00, assistant project manager, Pinelands Fire Ecology Project
* Sarah Ojiambo, AS'99, Delta Environmental Consultants, Chicago, IL
'''History'''
* Peter Coclanis, AS'74, endowed professor and chair, Department of History, University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill
* Hon. Nancy Stein Nowak, AS'57, federal court judge, San Antonio, TX
* Amy Hoseth, AS'95, communications coordinator, Association of Research Libraries, Washington, D.C.
* Sandy Marshall, AS'96, director of development and associate producer, Metropolis, Arlington Heights, IL
* Sheila R. McCoy, AS'01, 2000 Truman Scholar, president of Phi Alpha Theta History Society, law student, Georgetown University
'''Mathematics'''
* Ruth Gornet, AS'87, assistant professor of mathematics, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX
* Jennifer Meyer, AS'84, assistant professor of management science, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
* Casey O'Donnell, AS'01, Aerospace States Association National Scholarship recipient, doctoral candidate
* John Seal, AS'89, vice president of advanced methods, Burke, Inc., Cincinnati, OH
'''Music'''
* Michael Baitzer, FA'95, assistant opera coach, Julliard School of Music, New York, NY
* Larry Schipull, FA'79, associate professor, Mt. Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA
* Greg Sojka, FA'97, singer, Seattle Opera, Seattle, WA
* Tim Robson, FA'74, deputy director, Case Western Reserve University Library, Cleveland, OH
* Stephanie Johnson, FA, doctoral candidate, Cincinnati Conservatory, Cincinnati, OH
* Janet Young, FA'88, teaching artist, Drake University, Des Moines, IA
* Matthew Masko, FA'98, piano instructor, Waukesha Conservatory of Music, Hartland, WI
* Michael Fischer, FA, piano arranger, minister of music, New England Conservatory
* Sandy DiIulio, FA, piano instructor and corporate partner, Dallas School of Music, Dallas, TX
* D'Ann Tschetter Cord, FA'96, operations manager, Des Moines Symphony, Des Moines, IA
'''Physics'''
* Paula Waschbusch, AS'89, research specialist, Integrated Decisions and Systems, Eagan, MN
* Lawrence Kidder, AS'89, research scientist, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
* Brent Buckalew, AS'97, astronomer/astrophysicist research associate, Rice University, Houston, TX
'''Political Science:'''
* James Gimpel, AS'84, professor, University of Maryland, Jessup, MD
* Suellen Overton, AS'87, GR‘90, attorney, Overton Law Office, Sioux City, IA
* Steve Warnstadt, AS'89, Iowa state representative, Sioux City, IA
* Michael Elston, AS‘91, assistant U.S. attorney and co-chief of the criminal appellate section for the U.S. attorney's office, Alexandria, VA
* Pamela Siege, AS'92, managing editor, West Publications, Minneapolis, MN
* Lori Mach, AS'92, assistant public defender, Philadelphia, PA
* Shari Yost, AS'92, staff, Senator Tom Daschle (D-SD), Washington, DC
* Sean Parnell, AS'96, staff, US Representative Greg Ganske (R-IA), Des Moines, IA
* Kristi Bowman, AS'98, attorney and clerk, US District Court Judge George Fagg, Des Moines, IA
'''Pre-Dentistry'''
* Timothy J. Ley, M.D., AS'74, chief, Hematopoiesis Research Center, Washington University Medical School, St. Louis, MO
* William M. Murphy, M.D., AS'63, Dept. of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
* Peter Robinson, DDS, AS'63, dean, School of Dental Medicine, University of Connecticut, Farmington, CT
* Jeffrey G. Wiese, MD, AS'91, assistant professor of medicine, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA
'''Religion'''
* Ed Fallon, DV'86, Iowa state representative, Des Moines, IA
* Linda Betts, DV'84, staff chaplain, Central Iowa Health System, Des Moines, IA
'''Theater'''
* Michael Emerson, FA'76, actor, winner of a 2001 Emmy award for Outstanding Guest Star in a Dramatic Series for The Practice, New York, NY
* Mickie Paskal, FA'90, owner, Tenner-Paskal Casting Agency, Chicago, IL
* Bridget Flanery, FA'92, guest star, 'Sabrina the Teenage Witch', 'Teen Angel', and 'Sweet Valley High', Los Angeles, CA
* Jean Rosone, FA'76, costume supervisor and costumer, '24', Los Angeles, CA
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