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Date	1847 - present
Areas Of Involvement	public education
Notable Alumni	Caitlin Clark • Wilbur Schramm • Jorie Graham • James A. Van Allen • Leon Festinger • Ana Mendieta • Joy Harjo • Juan Felipe Herrera • Flannery O’Connor • Albert Bandura • Ann Patchett • A.M. Homes • Charles Wright • Gene Wilder • Robert Bly • Bharati Mukherjee • Jim Yong Kim • Patricia Barber • Ernest G. Bormann • David Fairchild • James Alan McPherson • Jane Smiley • Elizabeth Catlett • Stephen Dobyns • Michael S. Harper • Albert Goldbarth • Gail Godwin • Oswald Mbuyiseni Mtshali • Tess Gallagher
Related People	Caitlin Clark • Wilbur Schramm • Dan Gable

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