University of South Dakota

The University of South Dakota is a public university in South Dakota, founded in 1862. It is located in Vermillion, South Dakota. USD is the flagship of South Dakota's public university system; it is home to the state's only medical school and law school, as well as schools of business, education, fine arts, and liberal arts. USD is governed by the South Dakota Board of Regents, and its current president is Jim Abbott.

Notable alumni

• Tom Brokaw, retired NBC News anchorman
• Dan Crippen, former Director of the Congressional Budget Office
• Joe Foss, figher ace, television personality, Commissioner of the American Football League, President of the National Rifle Association, and Governor of South Dakota
• Bill Janklow, former governor of South Dakota
• Tim Johnson, U.S. senator from South Dakota
• Ernest Orlando Lawrence, inventor of the cyclotron
• Allen Neuharth, founder of USA Today
• John Thune, U.S. senator from South Dakota