Virgil Melvin Hancher

Virgil Melvin Hancher (September 4, 1896 – January 30, 1965) was the thirteenth President of the University of Iowa, serving from 1940 to 1964. Hancher Auditorium at the university was named for him.

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