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John S. Dodds (Aug. 10, 1885-Nov. 3, 1950), better known as Jack Dodds, was a professor of civil engineering at Iowa State College. He was in charge of all the freshmen engineering surveying classes. Under his direction, Farwell Brown surveyed the campus during his student days at Iowa State College in the early 1930s. Dodds was very active in the Ames community. He served on the city's first Zoning Board of Adjustment, beginning on June 1, 1925. He was a city councilman for ward one, 1926-1928, and a councilman at large, 1930-1939. Dodds and wife Josephine (Oct. 5, 1889-Feb. 4, 1983) lived at 1123 Burnett Avenue and 218 West Eighth Street. They are both buried in the Iowa State University Cemetery.