Darrell Wyrick papers

Collection

Identifier: RG99.0069

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Scope and Contents

These papers include biographical information and fundraising records of the University of Iowa Foundation from 1962 to 1999. Folders regarding "The Club" pertain to a faculty dinner club established at the University of Iowa on November 11, 1905.

Dates

Creation: 1962 - 2015

Creator

Wyrick, Darrell D. (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

Biographical / Historical

Darrell D. Wyrick served as the first president of the University of Iowa Foundation from January 1962 until mid-1998. Mr. Wyrick retired in mid-1998, after guiding many fundraising campaigns, such as to build the first UI Museum of Art and to restore Old Capitol.

Wyrick was born in Fort Madison, Iowa, on October 4, 1933. In high school, he was elected 1951 senior class president and was valedictorian of his class. Wyrick earned Bachelor of Science (1956) and Master of Science degrees in chemical engineering at the University of Iowa. He married Shirley Lee Brown, of Altoona, Iowa, in February 1956, and the couple had three children, Craig, Anne and Lane.

Darrell Wyrick died May 14, 2015.

Additional biographical information about Darrell D. Wyrick is available in the citation for induction into the University of Iowa Distinguished Engineering Alumni Academy. https://wayback.archive-it.org/823/20220105212359/https://engineering.uiowa.edu/alumni/awards/honor-wall/distinguished-engineering-alumni-academy-members/darrell-d-wyrick