University of Iowa alumnus John F. Allen (66BBA) watched from the tunnel at Kinnick Stadium as the Hawkeye Marching Band sang “Alma Mater, Iowa” before taking the field to the Iowa Fight Song. The performance, which he found even “more inspiring than the football game,” helped support Allen’s decision to make a transformational gift that would benefit all 295 members of the band.

The first-year undergraduate student is performing in her first season with the Hawkeye Marching Band as their feature twirler.