Science & Engineering
ISU alumni in science/engineering...
Clayton Anderson (MS ’83 aerospace engr), NASA astronaut
*John Vincent Atanasoff (MS ’26 math), co-inventor of the electronic digital computer
Steve Bales ('64 aero engr), retired NASA scientist, guidance officer for Apollo 11 lunar landing
*Bert Benjamin (1893 mech engr), inventor, Farmall tractor
*Clifford Berry ('38 elec engr), co-inventor of the electronic digital computer
Wesley Buchele (PhD ’54 ag engr), inventor, round hay baler
*Griffith Buck (’48 horticulture, MS ’49, PhD ’53), developed roses that could survive low temperatures
*George Washington Carver (1894 ag, MS 1896), honored scientist
*Mildred Day (’28 home ec), created recipe for Rice Krispies Treats
Kay Eliason (’51 ag engr), construction manager, Great Alaska Pipeline
John Gustafson (MS '80 math, PhD '82), inventor of Gustafson's Law of parallel computing
Darleane Christian Hoffman (’48 chem, PhD ’51), honored scientist
Donald Langenberg ('53 physics), former director, U.S. National Science Foundation; chancellor, University of Maryland system
*Samuel Massie (PhD ’46 chem), honored scientist
Ed McCracken ('66 electrical engr), creator of Silicon Graphics, Inc.
*Conde McCullough (’10 civil engr), noted bridge architect
Bruce Roth (PhD ’81 organic chem), inventor, cholesterol-lowering drug Lipitor
Subra Suresh (MS '79 mech engr), director, U.S. National Science Foundation
Lois Tiffany (’45 botany, MS ’47, PhD ’50), national fungi expert
*Thomas Whitney (’61 elec engr, MS ’62, PhD ’64), inventor, pocket calculator
*Harley Wilhem (PhD ’31 chem), co-inventor, process for large-scale uranium production
Elizabeth Degarmo Yetley (’63 comm nutrition, MS ’70, PhD ’74), lead scientist, U.S. Food and Drug Administration
*indicates deceased
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