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| H. John Hawkinson | H. John Hawkinson: | ||||||||
| Main Page | H. John Hawkinson built his reputation by turning profits on undervalued and languishing | ||||||||
| companies. He played an instrumental role in several major corporate reorganizations and | |||||||||
| Info for Students | mergers. In 1968, he joined a small group of venture capitalists in funding a high-tech | ||||||||
| manufacturer called Intel – now the largest microcomputer chip maker in the world. | |||||||||
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| Hawkinson grew up in Iowa during the Great Depression and worked hard to finance his | |||||||||
| Current Scholars | college education. He graduated from The University of Iowa in 1936, and then entered the | ||||||||
| world of investment banking with the Chicago firm of Halsey, Stuart, and Co. After serving in | |||||||||
| Placement Results | World War II, Hawkinson returned to Halsey, Stuart. | ||||||||
| Articles & Photos | As his career developed, he moved on to positions with Central Life Assurance of Des | ||||||||
| Moines and, subsequently, Supervised Investment Services (SIS), a mutual fund | |||||||||
| Henry B. Tippie | management company. | ||||||||
| College of Business | |||||||||
| SIS thrived due to the creation of new and diverse mutual funds and favorable investment | |||||||||
| Application Form | performance. As the company’s assets under management increased, its growth piqued the | ||||||||
| interests of several potential investors. After being acquired by the Kemper Corporation, the | |||||||||
| new entity became Kemper Financial Services, and Hawkinson served as its president until | |||||||||
| his retirement in 1977. | |||||||||
| Hawkinson was a lifetime honorary director of The University of Iowa Foundation and a life | |||||||||
| member of the UI Alumni Association. He received the University’s Distinguished Alumnus | |||||||||
| Award in 1988. | |||||||||
| Hawkinson Advisory Board: | |||||||||
| Marvin A Pomerantz | Missy Morain | ||||||||
| Keith Cook | Robert Sherman | ||||||||
| Sharon Kress | Jim Ledinsky | ||||||||
| Judy Lefferdink | |||||||||