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3 unusual facts about Parsons College


Bart Rossi

University (NY)Fordham University in 1974; and earlier, received his B.A. in psychology at Parson’s College, (Iowa)Parsons College in 1966, his M.A., in clinical psychology at the University of Dayton (Ohio)University of Dayton in 1969, and a M.A. in General-Theoretical psychology at Fordham University, (NY) Fordham University in 1971.

Carol M. Highsmith

Carol Highsmith (then McKinney) graduated from Minnehaha Academy in Minneapolis in 1964, then spent a year in college at the now-defunct Parsons College in Fairfield, Iowa.

Lewis B. Parsons, Jr.

Parsons College was named after his father Lewis B. Parsons, Sr. His grandfather, Charles Parsons, had been an officer in the American Revolutionary War.


Joe Lutz

Following his major league career, Lutz coached high school baseball, football and basketball in Argyle, Iowa and Davenport, Iowa, where he led Davenport's baseball to a state championship, and was an athletic coach at Parsons College in Iowa.


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