and publish the Ames Tribune Politicians Ruth Bascom, Mayor of Eugene, Oregon Edward Mezvinsky, former U.S. Congressman; father-in-law of Chelsea Clinton; raised in Ames Bee Nguyen, Georgia (U.S. state) state representative Bob Walkup, Mayor of Tucson, Arizona Lee Teng-hui, President of the Republic of China, ISU graduate Henry A. Wallace, 11th United States Secretary of Agriculture, 10th United States Secretary of Commerce, and 33rd Vice President of the United States, ISU graduate; lived in Ames from 1892 - 1896 Sports Harrison Barnes, NBA player, 2015 NBA champion, 2016 U.S. Olympic gold medalist, Ames HS graduate Joe Burrow, NFL player, 2019 Heisman Trophy Award Winner, 2020 CFP National Championship Winner. Born in Ames, but grew up in The Plains, Ohio Juan Sebastián Botero, soccer player Doug McDermott, basketball player, Ames HS graduate Kip Corrington, NFL player Dick Gibbs, NBA player, Ames HS graduate Terry Hoage, NFL player Fred Hoiberg, retired NBA basketball player; raised in Ames, ISU graduate, former ISU basketball coach, former coach of the Chicago Bulls and current Nebraska men’s basketball coach. Cael Sanderson, U.S. Olympic gold medalist; undefeated, four-time NCAA wrestling champion; former ISU wrestling coach and alumnus Herb Sies, pro football player and coach Billy Sunday, evangelist and Major League Baseball player; born in Ames in 1863 Fred Tisue, Olympian water polo player Scientists George Washington Carver, inventor, Iowa State University alumnus and professor Laurel Blair Salton Clark, astronaut, died on STS-107 Charles W. "Chuck" Durham, civil engineer, philanthropist, civic leader, former CEO and chairman Emeritus of HDR, Inc.; raised in Ames Lyle Goodhue, scientist, lived and studied here 1925–1934 Dan Shechtman, awarded 2011 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for "the discovery of quasicrystals"; Professor of Materials Science at Iowa State University (2004–present) and Associate at the Department of Energy's Ames Laboratory George W. Snedecor, statistician, founder of first academic department of statistics in the United States at Iowa State University Writers and poets Ann Cotten, poet, born in Ames, grew up in Vienna Brian Evenson, author Jane Espenson, writer and producer for television, including Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Star Trek: The Next Generation, grew up in Ames Michelle Hoover, author, born in Ames Meg Johnson, poet and dancer Fern Kupfer, author Joseph Geha, author Ted Kooser, U.S. Poet Laureate; raised in Ames and ISU graduate John Madson, freelance naturalist of tallgrass prairie ecosystems Sara Paretsky, author of the V.I. Warshawski mysteries; born in Ames in 1947