Walter Albert Jessup

Walter Albert Jessup (August 12, 1877 July 5, 1944) was the eleventh President of the University of Iowa, serving from 1916-1934. Jessup Hall on the university campus is named for him. He was the 28th initiate of the Iowa Gamma chapter of Sigma Phi Epsilon Fraternity.[1]


Academic offices
Preceded by
Thomas Huston Macbride
President of the University of Iowa
1916–1934
Succeeded by
Eugene Allen Gilmore


  1. Hawkeye Yearbook 1918, Page 317
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