CITY

Population:
85013 (2000 census)

County:
Woodbury County

SCHOOLS

School	Founded
Morningside College	1894

COMPANY HEADQUARTERS

Company	Founded
Terra Industries	1964

BIRTHS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Macdonald Carey	Actor	15-Mar-1913	21-Mar-1994	Tom Horton on Days of Our Lives
Vernon E. Clark	Military	7-Sep-1944		US Chief of Naval Operations, 2000-05
W. Edwards Deming	Mathematician	14-Oct-1900	20-Dec-1993	Quality Control guru
Fred Grandy	Actor	29-Jun-1948		Congressman, Gopher on The Love Boat
Alan J. Heeger	Physicist	22-Jan-1936		Metallic polymers
Josephine Herbst	Novelist	5-Mar-1892	28-Jan-1969	Pity Is Not Enough
Harry Lloyd Hopkins	Government	17-Aug-1890	29-Jan-1946	US Secretary of Commerce 1938-40
Ann Landers	Columnist	4-Jul-1918	22-Jun-2002	Syndicated advice columnist
Melvyn Levitsky	Diplomat	19-Mar-1938		US Ambassador to Brazil, 1994-98
Jim Lightfoot	Politician	27-Sep-1938		Congressman from Iowa, 1985-97
David Loebsack	Politician	23-Dec-1952		Congressman, Iowa 2nd
Jerry Mathers	Actor	2-Jun-1948		Beaver in Leave it to Beaver
John Melcher	Politician	6-Sep-1924		US Senator from Montana, 1977-89
Constance Moore	Actor	18-Jan-1920	16-Sep-2005	Show Business
Frances Rafferty	Actor	16-Jun-1922	18-Apr-2004	Ruth Henshaw in December Bride
Abigail Van Buren	Columnist	4-Jul-1918		Dear Abby emeritus

DEATHS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Wiley Mayne	Politician	19-Jan-1917	27-May-2007	Congressman from Iowa, 1967-75

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