Hawkeye Community College's Founding Board
A dedicated crew of elected officials charted a firm course for Iowa's fastest growing vocational-technical Institute. The nine members came from all walks of life and met once a month for a general meeting and often during each month for committee meetings.
| District | Board Member | Vocation | Dates Served |
| 1 | Emil L. Koch, DVM | Veterinarian | 1966–1979 |
| 2 | Walter Fredrick, Jr. | Assistant to the president, Wartburg College | 1966–1986 |
| 3 | T. Cooper Evans | Farmer—Engineer | 1966–1974 |
| 4 | James T. Martin, Sr. | Owner, Elm Park Plumbing & Electric | 1966–1991 |
| 5 | Wallace Reed | Attorney | 1966–1969 |
| 6 | James D. Kirk | Operations Manager, Iowa Public Service | 1966–1969 |
| 7 | Harold Brock
Chairman | Manager, Product Engineering, John Deere Research Center | 1966–1980 |
| 8 | R. Lawrence Kilgore | Vice President, National Bank of Waterloo | 1966–1968 |
| 9 | Harlan W. Van Gerpen | Design Analysis—Technical Services Dept., John Deere Research Center | 1966–1983 |
Pictured above: School board chairman Harold Brock, pictured at the head of the table, presides at a meeting of the 1969 Hawkeye directors. Pictured from top right: Travis Martin, Harlan Van Gerpen, James Martin, Sylvester Haughton, Don Lippold. Pictured from top left: John Allen, Walter Fredrick, James Kirk, Wallace Reed, George Bennett.