Capping back-to-back trips to the Final Four for the Hawks, the team stands as one of the greatest in the state’s history. Known as the ‘Fabulous Five,’ Sharm Scheuerman, Bill Logan, Carl Cain, Bill Seaberg, and Bill Schoof led Iowa to their second consecutive Big Ten title with a 20-6 (13-1) record. Playing in the Iowa Field House, Bucky O’Connor’s team racked up 17 straight wins after starting the season 3-5.

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March 22, 1963 – The Iowa City Press-Citizen reports that Bremers Clothing Store has been destroyed by fire – with arson suspected as the cause.

The Bremer Brothers sold their Iowa-based stores to Julian Brody in 1941, and over the next 20 years, Brody expanded the enterprise to include two stores in both Iowa City and Cedar Rapids. In 1962, Brody sold out to Earle Murphy and Lloyd Berger, but in March 1963, disaster hit as fire totally destroyed Bremers largest store – 120 East Washington Street – in Iowa City.

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March 21, 1908 – Iowa City’s Otto Kuntze – one of America’s best-known mineral collector and dealer – dies suddenly at age 41.

Otto Kuntze – one of America’s best-known mineral collector and dealer – was born in Nordhausen, Germany in 1867, held a degree of Doctor of Philosophy from one of the leading German universities, and was trained as both a geologist and a chemist. Records are a bit unclear, but it appears that Kuntze came to America in the mid-1890’s, settling in Iowa City around 1896/1897 – where he opened a drug store. In those days, there were several very successful family drug store/pharmacies in Iowa City – so, before long, Kuntze decided to put that aside and follow his truest passion – geology and mineralogy. Over the next decade, Kuntze became known as America’s finest mineralogist.

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