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Date	1851 - present
Areas Of Involvement	Land-grant universities • public education
Notable Alumni	Elvin Charles Stakman • Nick Clegg • James Hong • Tony Dungy • Melvin Calvin • Henry Fonda • Ron Johnson • Tim Pawlenty • Hubert Humphrey • Norman Ernest Borlaug • Maria Schneider • Yanni • Brian K. Kobilka • Walter Mondale • James Rosenquist • Duane Hanson • Louis Ignarro • Seymour Cray • Kate Millett • Carl Rowan • Everett McKinley Dirksen • Whitney Young • Patricia Schroeder • Carl Stokes • Lars Peter Hansen • Daniel L. McFadden • Eric Sevareid • Norman E. Shumway • Roy Wilkins • Edward B. Lewis • Christiaan Barnard • Donald Kent Slayton • Walter H. Brattain
Related People	Maria Louise Sanford

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