Edward Lauer

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Edward H. Lauer was an athletic director for the University of Iowa from 1929-1934. He was the fourth athletic director in school history, and he guided the athletic department through a one-month Big Ten suspension from athletic competition and the first few years of the Great Depression.

Background

Edward Lauer graduated from the University of Michigan in 1916. He was named a professor at the University of Iowa in 1921. In 1927, Lauer was named director of Iowa’s Extension Division.[1]

Athletic director

Chicago, Illinois. At that meeting, Lauer was told that Iowa would be suspended from Big Ten athletic competition on January 1, 1930, due to alleged recruiting violations.[4]

Lauer, who had no known connection to any of the alleged violations, began a long process to get Iowa’s athletic department reinstated.[5] He attended a Big Ten meeting in December 1929, where Iowa’s request for reinstatement was denied.[6] Finally, on February 1, 1930, the suspension of Iowa’s athletic department was rescinded by the Big Ten.[7]

Departure

After five years as Iowa’s athletic director, Lauer resigned in June 1934.[8] Iowa named their football coach, Ossie Solem, to succeed him. Lauer took a job with the University of Washington, where he was named dean of the College of Arts & Sciences.

References

  1. ^ 75 Years With The Fighting Hawkeyes, by Bert McCrane & Dick Lamb, Page 124 (ASIN: B0007E01F8)
  2. ISBN 1-57167-178-1
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  3. ^ 75 Years With The Fighting Hawkeyes, by Bert McCrane & Dick Lamb, Page 105 (ASIN: B0007E01F8)
  4. ^ 75 Years With The Fighting Hawkeyes, by Bert McCrane & Dick Lamb, Page 106 (ASIN: B0007E01F8)
  5. ^ 75 Years With The Fighting Hawkeyes, by Bert McCrane & Dick Lamb, Pages 105-134 (ASIN: B0007E01F8)
  6. ISBN 0-81560-886-1
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  7. ^ 75 Years With The Fighting Hawkeyes, by Bert McCrane & Dick Lamb, Page 118 (ASIN: B0007E01F8)
  8. ISBN 1-57167-178-1
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