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Distinguished Alumni Award Winner Profile

Mr. & Mrs. Owen Elliott

1967 Service Award

Mr. and Mrs. Owen Elliott, Cedar Rapids, whose gift of art to the University stimulated development of the University's new center for the arts.

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Since 1963, the University of Iowa has annually recognized accomplished alumni and friends with Distinguished Alumni Awards. Awards are presented in seven categories: Achievement, Service, Hickerson Recognition, Faculty, Staff, Recent Graduate, and Friend of the University.

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