EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION

Founded 1881 as Dakota Agriculture College.

Location:
Brookings, SD

Founding Date:
1881

Motto:
You can go anywhere from here

Team:
Jackrabbits

Enrollment:
10,000

Official Website:
http://www.sdstate.edu/

STUDENTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Gene Amdahl	Engineer	16-Nov-1922	10-Nov-2015	Parallel computing pioneer
Sigurd Anderson	Politician	22-Jan-1904	21-Dec-1990	Governor of South Dakota, 1951-55
David A. Christensen	Business	c. 1935		CEO of Raven Industries, 1971-2000
Tom Daschle	Politician	9-Dec-1947		US Senator from South Dakota, 1987-2005
David E. Gilbertson	Judge	29-Oct-1949		South Dakota Chief Justice
Richard F. Kneip	Politician	7-Jan-1933	9-Mar-1987	Governor of South Dakota, 1971-78
Mike Rounds	Politician	24-Oct-1954		US Senator from South Dakota
Theodore W. Schultz	Economist	30-Apr-1902	26-Feb-1998	Investment in Human Capital

TEACHERS AND PROFESSORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin	Politician	3-Dec-1970		Congresswoman from South Dakota, 2004-11

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