Virgil Melvin Hancher

Virgil Melvin Hancher (September 4, 1896 – January 30, 1965) was the thirteenth President of the University of Iowa, serving from 1940-1964.

Academic offices
Preceded by Chester Arthur Phillips (acting) Eugene Allen Gilmore	President of the University of Iowa 1940-1964	Succeeded by Howard Rothmann Bowen

Presidents of University of Iowa

Dean Totten Spencer Leonard Black Leonard Thacher Slagle Pickard Schaeffer Currier MacLean Bowman Macbride Jessup Gilmore Phillips Hancher Bowen Boyd Spriestersbach Freedman Remington Rawlings Nathan Coleman Boyd Skorton Fethke Mason

Persondata
Name	Hancher, Virgil Melvin
Alternative names
Short description	Thirteenth President of the University of Iowa
Date of birth	September 4, 1896
Place of birth
Date of death	January 30, 1965
Place of death