UNI Parade Grand Marshals

This page presents a list of UNI Homecoming parade Grand Marshalls. Exactly when this practice began, at least informally, is unclear. The first official Grand Marshall may have been selected in 1962. Grand Marshalls have tended to be respected faculty, alumni, and others whom the university wished to honor because of their distinguished service or contributions.


 

DateGrand Marshal(s)
1962Governor Norman Erbe
1963 
1964President J. W. Maucker, Dean William Lang, and Professor Daryl Pendergraft
1965Former Coach Art Dickinson
1966Governor Robert Fulton
1967Dean Martin Nelson
1968Professor James Hearst
1969Alumni Donald Adams and Tom Pettit
1970Alumnus Walter E. Brown
1971Former President J. W. Maucker
1972Professor Daryl Pendergraft
1973Regent Mary Louise Petersen
1974Professor Daryl Pendergraft and Mayor Jon Crews
1975Former Broadcast Services Director Herb Hake
1976Alumnus T. Wayne Davis
1977Professor James Hearst
1978Professors William Lang and Donald Howard
1979Professor Myron Russell
1980Former Coach Oliver "Hon" Nordly
1981Irene Eaton (Ma Commons)
1982Alumna Muriel Dirks Lounsberry
1983Alumnus Glenn Boysen
1984Alumnus Gary Kelley
1985Des Moines Register columnist Chuck Offenburger
1986Alumni Gary, Jean, and Roy Johnson
1987Alumna Lynne Brady
1988Alumnus Norbert Noecker
1989None (Walter and Gwen McCague Brown were scheduled but unable to attend)
1990Alumni Walter and Gwen McCague Brown
1991Alumnus T. Wayne Davis
1992Alumnus Robert Beach
1993LeRoy Redfern
1994Professor Willis Wagner
1995Edward and Cathy Gallagher
1996Alumnus R. Gordon Hoxie
1997Alumnus Glenn Boysen
1998John "Jersey" Jermier
1999LeRoy and Nancy Redfern
2000Alumna Donna and Eldred Harman
2001President Robert Koob and former Presidents J. W. Maucker, John Kamerick, and Constatine Curris
2002John "Jersey" Jermier
2003Professors Charles and Marleta Matheson
2004Alumnus Mark Steines
2005Alumni Joey and Heather Woody
2006President Benjamin Allen
2007Alumnus Carl Boyd
2008No parade due to road construction
2009 - 2013No parade held
2014William Ruud
2015Ali Farokhmanesh
2016Bob Justis
2017Mark & Cheryl Nook
2018Sandy Stevens

 

Compiled by Gerald L. Peterson, University Archivist, with research by Shanna Taylor and other student assistants, and scanning by Library Assistant Gail Briddle Special Collections and University Archives, September 2005 Updated by Jaycie Vos, University Archivist, March 2019.