//Plaque removed due to former student creating zoo exhibit involving man

Plaque removed due to former student creating zoo exhibit involving man

Iowa State University President Wendy Wintersteen has announced a plaque was removed from near the university’s LeBaron building after discovering its namesake’s history of racism. W.T. Hornaday attended Iowa State University from 1872 to 1873 and later became the first director of the Bronx Zoo from 1899 to 1926. Wintersteen referenced a 2006 article from the New York Times that details how Hornaday “created a