Strong work ethic, determination and perseverance: Jodi (Ostendorf) Cahalan, Ph.D., M.P.H., M.S., PA-C, a DMU alumna and dean of its College of Health Sciences, and Don Cahalan are proud of these attributes that characterize their northern Iowa families. To honor […]
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Angela L. Walker Franklin, Ph.D., who became Des Moines University’s 15th president on March 1, 2011, has worked in higher education for more than 20 years. Promoting her Inauguration on September 24, 2011, she shared her vision, for DMU becoming
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Alfred Lerner quit high school to enlist in the U.S. Army. He continued to benefit his country throughout his life, serving as a member of the New York State Assembly, administrative judge, presiding justice of the New York State Supreme
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A couple committed to creating opportunity for all. Luther T. Glanton Jr. and Willie Stevenson Glanton were lawyers who dedicated their lives to professional leadership and community service. He was the first black judge in Iowa; she was the first black
Sandra Teague was caring, fun-loving, outgoing and relentlessly independent. A racquetball injury and subsequent treatment by a physical therapist opened her eyes to the profession, so she quit her advertising job and went back to school. After completing DMU’s master of
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Howard Graney studied osteopathic medicine not to serve humanity, but rather to escape his job in a tailor shop. His needle-and-thread experiences contributed to his outstanding surgical skills, and the 1933 Des Moines University graduate also became renowned for his
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