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- Some people believe that a Burlington judge, David Rorer, suggested the nickname based on a character in The Last of the Mohicans by James Fenimore Cooper. The name also got support from James G. Edwards of Fort Madison.
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The legal name of the university is the State University of Iowa, but the Board of Regents approved using "The University of Iowa" for everyday usage in October 1964. The first faculty offered instruction at the university beginning in March 1855 to students in the Old Mechanics Building, located where Seashore Hall is now.
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The State University of Iowa is established on February 25, 1847—59 days after Iowa became a state—as the second official act of the General Assembly of Iowa. Inside what is now known as “Old Capitol,” Iowa lawmakers declare that the fledgling school will serve as the state’s institution of higher learning, one that will provide the ...
The University of Iowa borrowed its nickname from the state of Iowa years ago. The term "Hawkeye" originally appeared in the novel, The Last of the Mohicans , written by James Fenimore Cooper . In the book, the protagonist Natty Bumppo is given the word "Hawkeye" as a nickname from the Delaware Indians.
The state of Iowa’s nickname is the Hawkeye State, and the University of Iowa borrowed its athletic nickname from the state many years ago. It is not clear how Iowans became Hawkeyes, but the nickname was first recorded in 1859.
