269x The Tippie College of Business, better known as "Tippie", is the business school located at the University of Iowa in Iowa City, Iowa. Established as the College of Commerce in 1921, Tippie is one of the oldest and top ranked business schools in the United States. The college is named after 1949 graduate, Henry B. Tippie—marking the first academic division at the University of Iowa to be named after an alumnus. The college is located in the Pappajohn Business Building, which is named after Des Moines venture capitalist, John Pappajohn, a 1952 graduate of the college.