LeRoy Dunn (2003) - Hall of Fame

LeRoy Dunn

Induction:
2003
Class:
1956

LeRoy Dunn held bragging rights as one of the best tacklers in UNI gridiron history.

After completing his early education in Manly, Iowa, he continued his education at UNI, then called Iowa State Teachers College. He received his bachelor's degree in physical education in 1956, then his master's in 1960 and his doctorate in 1963 in the areas of driver and traffic safety education.

From 1952-55, he became one of ISTC's most successful players, earning all-conference honors in 1953, 1954 and 1955. He was honored as the conference MVP in 1955 when he also was named a Williamson RatingÕs first team All-American at tackle.

Following his schooling, Dunn coached football, basketball and track at the Iowa Training School for Boys from 1956-59. He taught driver and traffic safety education at Michigan State University from 1959-62., then served as director of safety and transportation and professor of driver and traffic safety education at State University College, Oswego, New York, from 1962-68.

Dunn then was appointed executive chief of the traffic safety program and educational advisor for the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration of the U.S. Department of Transportation in 1968. During his career, he held numerous positions in various professional organizations, including serving as chairman of the Campus Safety Committee of the National Safety Council, was a local president and state district president of the Oswego Junior Chamber of Commerce, served on the board of directors of the Capitol Hill Kiwanis Club and as chairman of the Driver Education Committee of the National Academy of Sciences.

He was voted one of New York state's Ten Outstanding Jaycees in 1965 and was awarded a Junior Chamber of Commerce International Senatorship in 1967. He received the Federal Highway Administrator's Incentive Awards Program "Special Achievement Award" in 1973. He published nearly 50 articles on driver education and safety.