Virgil Melvin Hancher (September 4, 1896 – January 30, 1965) was the thirteenth president of the University of Iowa, serving from 1940 to 1964.
[1] He specialized in corporate law and became a partner at Pope and Ballard in Chicago in 1936.
[5] In 1949, Hancher was a delegate of the American Universities to a conference on Indian-American affairs in New Delhi.
Eisenhower also appointed Hancher in 1956 to a committee to prepare a history on the United States Supreme Court as a memorial to Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.[2][5] In August 1964, he went to India for a two year post as a consultant in higher education for the Ford Foundation.
He had planned in 1966 to return to the University of Iowa as a law professor and educational consultant.
[2] They had two daughters and son, Priscilla, Mrs. Richard Hokmuth and Virgil Jr.[1][2] He was a 33rd degree Mason and a member of the Episcopal Church.
On June 30, 1964, he received an honorary degree of Doctor of Laws from the University of Iowa.
[1] He received the George Washington Honor Medal of the Freedoms Foundation for articles he wrote.
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