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Home Eight Over 80 Awards Eight Over 80 Award Winner Willard L. Boyd

The University of Iowa Eight Over 80 Award

Willard L. "Sandy" Boyd (81LHD)

The UI professor emeritus of law and president emeritus also served as president of the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago. In 2000, he founded the Larned A. Waterman Iowa Nonprofit Resource Center, which supports nonprofits that provide vital services to their communities throughout the state.

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