[1] Paul Belting, Iowa’s athletic director, abruptly resigned at the end of his five-year contract on April 26, 1929.
[3] On May 25, Lauer attended his first Big Ten meeting of athletic directors in 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.
Lauer took a job with the University of Washington, where he was named dean of the College of Arts & Sciences.