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UD Pursues Opening the First New Medical School in Iowa in Over 125 Years
The University of Dubuque is officially moving forward with the required approvals and programmatic accreditation process to open a four-year medical school. In recognition of a $60 million gift from John (DHL'17) and Alice (DHL'17) Butler - one of the largest donations to UD in its 172-year history - the new college will be named after the Butler family.
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Lanterns 2025
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Spartans of UDDick Koos
Dick Koos (C'57) played a critical role with NASA in the Apollo 11 mission as a simulation supervisor. With less than two weeks before Apollo 11's famed launch to the moon, during a simulation exercise, he intentionally triggered a simulated computer code alarm that had not been seen before by the Mission Control Center team. This simulation would later prove to be valuable as the same alarm went off during the actual landing mission. After 38 years working for NASA, he retired in 1998.
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