1998 NIACC Outstanding Alumnus

Donovan Haxton, Jr. graduated from Mason City High School in 1959, and from Mason City Junior College (NIACC’s predecessor) in 1961. He then attended the University of Iowa where he received a degree in Astronomy. He is Senior Research Specialist at the Hubble Space Telescope Operations Control Center at Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, and adjunct professor in Astronomy at Howard Community College in Maryland.