Sutherland C. Dows, after whom the fine arts complex at Coe College is named was also one of the midwest's best known utility executives.  Sutherland Cook Dows was born in Cedar Rapids on July 3, 1891  https://public.coe.edu/historyweb/trustees_dows_sutherland.htm 

Colonel Dow's time and energies were

directed tothe field of electrical power development and transportations.At

the timeof his death he was president of the Iowa Railway & Light Company,

presidentof the Cedar Rapids & Iowa City Railway, president of the Iowa

ElectricCompany and president of the Central States Electric Company. He was one of the chief figures in the electrical public utilities field. https://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/dow/1801/ 

Its always going up  Iowa Utilities Board doesn't work for the people they work for their corporate buddies there

https://iub.iowa.gov/ 

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