When Dali Came To Iowa

In 1952, Salvador Dali gave ten presentations at schools and museums in the US, beginning with a lecture on "Revolution and Tradition in Modern Painting" at the Iowa State Teachers College (now the University of Northern Iowa) in Cedar Falls, on the evening of Wednesday, February 6. His visit had been arranged by Herbert V. Hake, chairman of the college's Lecture-Concert Series Committee, who had chosen Dali as a replacement for Edward R. Murrow, the celebrated CBS new analyst, who was unable to appear. More…