Benz was a journalism professor, Gallup a university graduate and founder of the Gallup Poll, and Hancher the president of the University of Iowa from 1940 to 1964.
Gallup is a graduate of The University of Iowa, where he was editor of The Daily Iowan, an independent newspaper which serves the university campus. He earned his B.A. in 1923, his M.A. in 1925 and his Ph.D. in 1928. He was an American pioneer of…