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Below are some highlights of the influential people who have passed through the halls of the Iowa Memorial Union throughout the years.
![a speaker talking in the IMU](/sites/imu.uiowa.edu/files/styles/square__1024_x_1024/public/featured_images/n-MITCH-ALBOM-large570__FitMaxWzI1OTIsMTQ1OF0.jpg?h=75571ebe&itok=MR56Xe4S)
Mitch Albom
Visited: December 4, 2003 & October 12, 2006
![Maya Angelou](/sites/imu.uiowa.edu/files/styles/square__1024_x_1024/public/featured_images/xmaya-angelou__FitMaxWzI1OTIsMTQ1OF0.jpg.pagespeed.ic.sMJluTmRg-.jpg?h=c055ce33&itok=hvVrIH9c)
Maya Angelou
Visited: February 6, 1987 & September 30, 1994
![Bono from U2](/sites/imu.uiowa.edu/files/styles/square__1024_x_1024/public/featured_images/Bono-fashion-week__FitMaxWzI1OTIsMTQ1OF0.jpg?h=0b497b3f&itok=gKfcoVB7)
Bono
Visited: December 2, 2002
![Tom Brokaw](/sites/imu.uiowa.edu/files/styles/square__1024_x_1024/public/featured_images/110906-tom-brokaw-js-605__FitMaxWzI1OTIsMTQ1OF0.jpg?h=dbf93195&itok=d5mBm0y6)
Tom Brokaw
Visited: May 2, 2008
![George HW Bush](/sites/imu.uiowa.edu/files/styles/square__1024_x_1024/public/featured_images/gty-george-hw-bush-82256688-jef-130307-wmain__FitMaxWzI1OTIsMTQ1OF0.jpg?h=7a6e80fd&itok=p8SdBw92)
George H.W. Bush
Visited: December 11, 1987
![President Jimmy Carter](/sites/imu.uiowa.edu/files/styles/square__1024_x_1024/public/featured_images/image-1009715013__FitMaxWzI1OTIsMTQ1OF0.jpg?h=7005a07f&itok=CoOAxMwR)
Jimmy Carter
Visited: April 18, 2007
![Geraldine Ferraro](/sites/imu.uiowa.edu/files/styles/square__1024_x_1024/public/featured_images/Geraldine-Ferraro-FIXED-Thumbnail-RightSize__FitMaxWzI1OTIsMTQ1OF0.jpg?h=7885aa2e&itok=wqXzrCbo)
Geraldine Ferraro
Visited: November 1, 1984
![Jonathan RW Temple](/sites/imu.uiowa.edu/files/styles/square__1024_x_1024/public/featured_images/rw-temple-headshot-best__FitMaxWzI1OTIsMTQ1OF0.jpg?h=8b7966f8&itok=BDr9LSFm)
Temple Grandin
Visited: April 18, 2012
![Joyner Kersee](/sites/imu.uiowa.edu/files/styles/square__1024_x_1024/public/featured_images/joyner-kersee__FitMaxWzI1OTIsMTQ1OF0.png?h=f03a77ef&itok=9NJS4GoJ)
Jackie Joyner-Kersee
Visited: August 25, 1994
![John F Kennedy](/sites/imu.uiowa.edu/files/styles/square__1024_x_1024/public/featured_images/topics-jfk-395__FitMaxWzI1OTIsMTQ1OF0.jpg?h=6a8289fc&itok=ZnfTTJpO)
John F. Kennedy
Visited: November 21, 1959
![Coretta Scott King](/sites/imu.uiowa.edu/files/styles/square__1024_x_1024/public/featured_images/Coretta-Scott-King-Dexter-Avenue-Church-Choir-HD-768x432-16x9__FitMaxWzI1OTIsMTQ1OF0.jpg?h=344a3b0b&itok=gEXJV96D)
Coretta Scott King
Visited: March 7, 2001
![Dr. MLK, Jr](/sites/imu.uiowa.edu/files/styles/square__1024_x_1024/public/featured_images/amin20130120105934737__FitMaxWzI1OTIsMTQ1OF0.jpg?h=0afd8502&itok=LCIU7x3R)
Martin Luther King Jr.
Visited: November 11, 1959
![C. Everett Koop](/sites/imu.uiowa.edu/files/styles/square__1024_x_1024/public/featured_images/0226-c-everett-koop-full-600__FitMaxWzI1OTIsMTQ1OF0.jpg?h=c7ed2ea3&itok=O5mXtXPF)
C. Everett Koop
Visited: April 2, 1992
![Nick Kristof](/sites/imu.uiowa.edu/files/styles/square__1024_x_1024/public/featured_images/kristof__FitMaxWzI1OTIsMTQ1OF0.jpg?h=fe6b2a17&itok=sXLHkZDU)
Nick Kristof
Visited: September 13, 2013
![Spike Lee](/sites/imu.uiowa.edu/files/styles/square__1024_x_1024/public/featured_images/spike-lee-solo__FitMaxWzI1OTIsMTQ1OF0.jpg?h=7bebd608&itok=KRuUNjRi)
Spike Lee
Visited: February 13, 1990
![Frank McCourt](/sites/imu.uiowa.edu/files/styles/square__1024_x_1024/public/featured_images/360-frank-mccourt-0716__FitMaxWzI1OTIsMTQ1OF0.jpg?h=8b19e8cb&itok=ah43PBI5)
Frank McCourt
Visited: November 7, 2006
![Seth Meyers](/sites/imu.uiowa.edu/files/styles/square__1024_x_1024/public/featured_images/130512183217-01-seth-meyers-horizontal-gallery__FitMaxWzI1OTIsMTQ1OF0.jpg?h=7a6e80fd&itok=pgiOciwu)
Seth Meyers
Visited: August 22, 2012
![Michael Moore](/sites/imu.uiowa.edu/files/styles/square__1024_x_1024/public/featured_images/Michael-Moore-Fahrenheit-008__FitMaxWzI1OTIsMTQ1OF0.jpg?h=ed7f8256&itok=d856pGhn)
Michael Moore
Visited: April 15, 1996 & April 4, 2001
![Ralph Nader](/sites/imu.uiowa.edu/files/styles/square__1024_x_1024/public/featured_images/140204144353-nad24-ralph-nader-620xa__FitMaxWzI1OTIsMTQ1OF0.jpg?h=d7ca6f3c&itok=t9lLVsXT)
Ralph Nader
Visited: April 18, 1991 & April 10, 1996
![Barack Obama](/sites/imu.uiowa.edu/files/styles/square__1024_x_1024/public/featured_images/Obama-university-iowa__FitMaxWzI1OTIsMTQ1OF0.jpg?h=d27dbe0d&itok=9bSUXmch)
Barack Obama
Visited: October 3, 2007
![Robert Reich](/sites/imu.uiowa.edu/files/styles/square__1024_x_1024/public/featured_images/robert-reich-7101small1__FitMaxWzI1OTIsMTQ1OF0.jpg?h=62791122&itok=w9b_Grz0)
Robert Reich
Visited: September 7, 2011
![Mo Rocca](/sites/imu.uiowa.edu/files/styles/square__1024_x_1024/public/featured_images/MoRoccaBackstage800__FitMaxWzI1OTIsMTQ1OF0.jpg?h=52649bae&itok=mZmoq4lT)
Mo Rocca
Visited: April 21, 2004
![Edward Said](/sites/imu.uiowa.edu/files/styles/square__1024_x_1024/public/featured_images/Edward-Said-Poses-In-His-008__FitMaxWzI1OTIsMTQ1OF0.jpg?h=2ce9aadb&itok=m28Qe6fm)
Edward Said
Visited: March 15, 1987 & September 12, 1991
![Alice Sebold](/sites/imu.uiowa.edu/files/styles/square__1024_x_1024/public/featured_images/622x350__FitMaxWzI1OTIsMTQ1OF0.jpg?h=8d1b9601&itok=4Usgitqe)
Alice Sebold
Visited: March 4, 2009
![Gloria Steinem](/sites/imu.uiowa.edu/files/styles/square__1024_x_1024/public/featured_images/140324133816-21-gloria-steinem-story-top__FitMaxWzI1OTIsMTQ1OF0.jpg?h=7a6e80fd&itok=Ob047i32)
Gloria Steinem
Visited: February 16, 2000
![Neil deGrasse Tyson](/sites/imu.uiowa.edu/files/styles/square__1024_x_1024/public/featured_images/lead-large__FitMaxWzI1OTIsMTQ1OF0.jpg?h=0980a92e&itok=FOAFSRV4)
Neil deGrasse Tyson
Visited: April 15, 2013
![Kurt Vonnegut](/sites/imu.uiowa.edu/files/styles/square__1024_x_1024/public/featured_images/Vonnegut__FitMaxWzI1OTIsMTQ1OF0.jpg?h=07b2faa7&itok=esjBlZkh)
Kurt Vonnegut
Visited: September 4, 2001
![Lech Walesa](/sites/imu.uiowa.edu/files/styles/square__1024_x_1024/public/featured_images/85__FitMaxWzI1OTIsMTQ1OF0.jpg?h=ef37d0e7&itok=QlLQyzDN)
Lech Walesa
Visited: April 1, 1998
![Malcom X](/sites/imu.uiowa.edu/files/styles/square__1024_x_1024/public/featured_images/malcolmxbirthday16x9__FitMaxWzI1OTIsMTQ1OF0.jpg?h=e17363ce&itok=aS_on6zQ)
Malcom X
Visited: December 5, 1969
![Howard Zinn](/sites/imu.uiowa.edu/files/styles/square__1024_x_1024/public/featured_images/howard-zinn__FitMaxWzI1OTIsMTQ1OF0.jpg?h=9a412f92&itok=7m51HVFL)
Howard Zinn
Visited: October 26, 2005