Indiana University Alumni Association: 150th Celebration and Kickoff Event

The beginning of Indiana University took place in 1820 when the newly established Monroe County was chosen as the site for Indiana seminary. Members of the Constitutional Convention to develop leaders before a class of graduated a new charter in 1828 created The Indiana. And on October 5th Andrew Wylie was named president. Ten years after awarding a total of 58 degrees president while he persuaded the legislature to change the designation to Indiana University. During the crisis failures from 1838 to 1854 the institution struggled to survive an epidemic of cholera a chronic lack of finances in a disinterested legislature that in 1840 requested the camp of Indianapolis threatened its very existence president while he died while in office and he was followed by Alfred Ayers who served

became president in 1853 in the very next year he faced the greatest threat yet to the existence of the frontier University. A fire in the middle of the night destroyed the university's only building in its entire contents. Powerful loyalties had been established and students met a little band in the room and resolved to stand by the university. Gentlemen. I trust that your travels from low level Terre Haute Newcastle and green council were not too tiring as usual. It's a hot day here in southern Indiana no doubt. So are all of you have traveled by the New Albany Salem railroad. Those who came by horseback. Did you find proper parking for your horses.

It's getting a bit crowded on the street. The university might consider expanding its facilities for horses and carriages. Getting here from Monroe county surveyors office wasn't easy. I sure hope I don't get a parking ticket. Parking is one of our smaller problems today. I have summoned you together because as you can see we face a crisis of great magnitude. All role Mint this year. Is 58 and the university has graduated two hundred eighty citizens from Indiana Kentucky and beyond. If we want these degrees to be a value we must gather our alumni collectively and find an answer to our situation. We recommend it that we formally organize all on I into a society of alumni that will meet each year

in Bloomington address the needs of our university. I can offer my services as your secretary. I would be willing treasurer. We have named a committee of three that will prepare a list of names residency and occupations of all our alumni. This information will be published in the next annual University catalogue. Another committee of three will be in charge of conferring with speakers to address our association. We will meet each year in Bloomington the commencement time. We have decided to elect Matthew Monroe Campbell of Louisville. As President we need someone from outside of Bloomington to serve in this capacity. And since he isn't here today to object. He's our man. Abraham Lincoln was inaugurated to the presidency of the United States in March 1860. The immediate effect of his election was a country plunged into

civil war siphoned off students and professors who became both Union and Confederate soldiers at least 260 professors. The university was divided in much the same way as the country and enrollment numbers were stagnant at seventy eight students for the duration of the more than 500000 Americans died and more than 300000 were wounded. The war ended on April 9 1865. Five days later President Lincoln was assassinated. In 1867 the trustees voted four to three to admit Sara park Morrison the daughter of trustee John Jay Morrison of Salem Indiana. As I use first female student the following year 12 more women attended I that was the same year the first issue of the student appeared which later became the Indiana Daily Student. Miss Morrison completed her degree work in

1869 and was welcomed as the first woman to become a member of the society following the Civil War. The U.S. Congress passed the Land Grant Act. For counties in Indiana were competing for the location of Indiana's land grant college. Monroe was one of them. Alumni organized in cooperation with the board of trustees. They use their influence to secure the location of the agriculture college at Bloomington. The seat of the State University. Their efforts were unsuccessful. When John Perdue a wealthy Pennsylvania born Lafayette merchant offered to add one hundred thousand dollars in damage to the battleground Institute's bed provided the college was located near Lafayette and that the school bear his surname. The competition between the universities was best established in these formative years. The society of alumni participated in commencements electing a poet laureate and inviting one of their members to give lectures during the week of ceremonies. In 1876. Forty seven men and women graduated from the university

in its 56 year history. You had awarded a total of one thousand degrees. This class was the first known to hold a reunion in 1881. Alumni met in Indianapolis and in Washington D.C. to impress upon the state legislature the importance of placing the university on a more permanent funding basis. The resulting in an act of 1883 set up the first regular tax fund which was built into I use first endowment. No sooner had this been accomplished than fire destroyed the new building on campus with losses estimated at one hundred eleven thousand dollars. Financial help to rebuild came about when Bloomington alumni successfully influenced the Monroe County Board of permit. It was in a bond issue decision which guaranteed that the institution would remain in town. In two years. The university was moved from the old 11:08 her campus to the 40 acre Benjamin Dunn property.

By 1885 Wiley and Owen Hall's were holding classes. The Indiana University Board of Trustees was reorganized in February 1891. The legislature passed the McCullough bill that added three alumni trustees to service members of the board. Ballots were cast by three hundred fifty seven alumni in attendance at the annual meeting and they elected Edwin corps from the Rowe County James Henry Jordan of Morgan County and Isaac Laden from Floyd County. Just four years later in 1895 Marcellus Neil received his AB degree in mathematics from my you the first African-American to do so. This is a side he began publishing a weekly newsletter sent to all alumni in 1898. In his first issue its objective was expressed as follows. The alumnus is to be the official organ of the graduates of Indiana University under the direction and control of the society of alumni alumni met in the new Kirkwood hall in 1902 and became

aware of a growing need. The newest project which started out to be a Women's Building had raised fourteen thousand dollars and when I went to work and by 19 0 4 had gifts in hand totaling $100000 when the project grew beyond just a gymnasium for women it was renamed the student building alumni began holding their annual meetings there in 1906. The next alumni contribution to the Bloomington campus was the well house which incorporated the stone archways from the old campus. When he was the Society's president in 1980 Theodore Afros gifted the structure as a memorial to the class of 1875. University Vice President William O'Brien was president of the alumni association in 1895 when he was named the university's president in 1903. There were no paved roads. Five administrative offices in Owen Hall had telephones and the water supply continued to be of major concern. President Bryan continued to have an

active role in the society. It was at the society's June meeting in 1913 that he recommended three changes. Create a full time university funded position of alumni secretary establish an alumni Council and produce an alumni magazine. These changes were proposed at the beginning of Mrs. Kate Milner rabs term the first female to serve as alumni association president. The first objective to get accomplished was an alumni magazine. The Indiana quarterly published in 1914 and sent four times a year to all alumni. The first issue had the following charge to alumni from President Brian. This is the one thing which I would have an alumnus of the university fully understand. I would have him realize the first rate ness of at least one university scholar. I would have him realize that he is himself bound to help make that kind of first rate

miss a living fact in his own community. The alumnus who does this is not simply a man who once took a degree. He is a living member of the university. Share in its essential work of complete social in life. It took a year to find the first alumni secretary described by his classmates in the 1910 R. butis as aggressiveness spelled with a capital A. The pride of Peru the inventor of the Gatling gun style of oratory at his first meeting. The name of the organization was changed to Indiana University Association of alumni and former students and an alumni Council was created. The university in a college report of 1918 was a grim reminder of the impact of World War 1 was having of the 107 deaths. Forty two were soldiers killed in France. In 1900 Humphrey

Barber was selected as alumni secretary and he served one year. That was the same year that Francis Elizabeth Marshall I use first African-American female graduate earned her a B in English. The university was 100 years old in 1920 and Frank LaBelle became alumni secretary. A tremendous outpouring developed in response to the war and citizens were searching for ways to honor the brave men and women who had given their lives to protect freedom. The memorial fund drive was organized during the summer of 19 21 cochairman for President Bryan and William Alexander. And the goal had reached 1.5 million dollars. Alumni and friends of the university honored those who had given their lives for freedom in World War One by contributing 1.6 million dollars to the memorial fund drive. The campus came to life again and a new generation of students found their way to Bloomington one of them was George full on highway known to everyone as

Dixie. This nineteen twenty two are you grad in addition to earning his law degree was leader manager and director of the Dixie highways college orchestra. Among his many musical activities Dixie was credited as being one of the writers of the first Jordan River reviews in one thousand twenty one in one thousand twenty five. Mr. highway became the sixth alumni secretary of the association. Memorial Stadium was the first project completed from the memorial fund campaign at the dedication of one thousand twenty five. And first football game played there a contest between Indiana and Purdue a tradition was established. The game ended in a 0 0 tie. So both I and the letters were put on the old oaken bucket. After graduating from I you with a law degree in 1926 Hoagy Carmichael set up shop as a lawyer in Florida. Fortunately his legal career didn't last long. In 1927 the Bloomington native was

back in his home town with music on his mind. He held forth at the book entertaining audiences regularly at this campus hangout. That year he wrote Stardust one of the greatest tunes in American songwriting history. He went on to pan dozens of other songs including heart and soul whole buttermilk sky and Georgia on my mind about his sister Georgia. The second memorial fund project was the Indiana Memorial Union dedicated in 1932 on June 12th. The Alumni Association met in the James Woodburn room of the new building. Constitutional changes were slow in coming for the alumni association but in 1934 some of the items adopted were the Jews. The alumni Council was renamed the Executive Council. But schools were allowed to form subsidiary associations with representation on the council. The School of Dentistry in Indianapolis and the Brigham Law School were the first to

petition for constituent society status subscription fees were dropped and annual dues were established at two dollars 50 cents for single 350 for joint a single life membership was fifty dollars. In 1932 a committee was appointed by the council to investigate establishing a separate foundation to handle gifts to the university. The group included McMurtry Edward S. von Trast George highway and John S. Hastings in 1936 the Indiana University Foundation was founded with George highway as its director. These responsibilities were added to his position of alumni secretary by one thousand twenty five. The Alumni Association performed an important service for the university in the planning and implementation of commencement with the graduating classes beginning to number in the thousands. It became necessary to hold the June ceremony in the memorial studio. It took until October of 1938 to publish Volume 1 number one

of the Indiana alumni magazine with an annual subscription price of three dollars at the campus really hadn't changed all that much. Freshman still asked the same questions. Why is it called the Jordan River. Why is the yearbook called the art. Why is it called the well house when there's no well. And why doesn't the books. Dixie retired at the end of 1947. He had served as alumni secretary for 22 years and concurrently as executive secretary of the I-You foundation for 11 of those years. The United States lost more than 300000 soldiers in World War 2. One of them was are you grad Ernie Pyle. He had received the Pulitzer Prize for his reporting from the front lines and his alma mater had awarded him an honorary degree. He was killed on the Pacific island of is Shima April 18

1945 just months before the conflict ended more than 10000 alumni serve their country in the alumni magazines were filled with pictures and personal accounts of them in military uniform. At the close of the war by direction of the university's board of trustees Mr. highway prepared and delivered to next of kin personal citations for the four hundred twenty one alumni killed in combat. Represented by gold stars on the university's service flag. Claude rich became alumni secretary in 1948. He and President Welles were distant cousins. Together they accomplished a lot for their alma mater post-war in Romans escalated to 14000 and the university was hard pressed to meet the needs of its doubled in Rome. To garner support Mr. Rich again a FIDE contacts in every county. In all there were 125 people making the case for increased funding to the state legislature. 1948 was the same year that Dr.

Welles began his role less Sadek was at the Christmas Eve on campus party at the Indiana Memorial Union. The annual giving campaign of the I-You foundation in one thousand forty seven reported seven hundred fifty totaling fourteen thousand dollars. Lawrence wheeler. A professor of journalism and director of communications at I was named the first full time executive director of the foundation in 1948. The Alumni Association has just begun an organization that now stood on its own its first offspring. By the early 1950s it became apparent that athletics was an expensive business and the university needed help covering the expenses of athletic scholarships. When an appeal by the IAU Foundation had disappointing results the association came up with a plan as a subset of alumni clubs or city clubs were formed for the sole purpose of supporting IUF lettuce. Eleven members of the Fort Wayne club met in 1954 to form the first group.

Five years later 53 clubs with nearly 20 700 members had raised almost fifty three thousand dollars for athletic scholarships. Once again the association became an incubator for a program that would rest a critical need in 1058 Mr. Rich presented a project of radio coverage for football and basketball games to the executive council with cooperation from the Department of radio and TV. The athletic department and the association and with graduate student Dick Enberg doing the play by play. The radio network became self-supporting after only three years. Radio broadcasting rights were sold to farm heroes in 1973. Once again the association had spawn an important program for the university. After 10 years of cautiously observing other associations embarking on the alumni tour business are you a sponsored its first alumni trip in the summer of 1967. Thirty eight travelers participated in a European tour

clearing a profit of nearly sixteen hundred dollars. That wasn't exactly a warm up for what followed Mr. Rich said it was the hardest job he ever had to do for Indiana University. The US the the the everything was the euphoria created by a football team playing in the Rose Bowl in January 1968 resulted in one of the largest nonmilitary movements of people in the country's history. And he was the chief coordinator of all activities. In 1968 when Mr. Rich relinquished his duties as alumni director the association was fiscally sound a nationally recognized for his comprehensive programs. It was a time of transition in university leadership. President Starr had resigned. Dr. Wells was named interim president and Joseph

Sutton took office during 168. Frank Jones was chosen to head the association in 1068. His college days were interrupted by military service and World War Two. In return to campus to complete his degree in 1948 and joined the association staff in 1952. During his years as a staff member he had direct experience in almost every aspect of the organization. The association had developed to the point where it was time to incorporate at the December 1968 meeting of the Executive Council a motion was passed recommending that the alumni association become a separate legal entity. The corporate name was to be Indiana University Alumni Association. In December 1968 President and Purdue president agreed to merge their schools programs one month later the Indiana General Assembly created IUPUI Maynard Hein then dean of the School of Dentistry was named the first chancellor a position he held until

1973. In April 969 a director was named in the office of alumni relations has opened on the Indianapolis campus. The schools of medicine dentistry and law had active constituent societies with representation on the executive council the first IUPUI commencement held at the state fairgrounds was coordinated through this office in June of 1070 commencements were held at Assembly Hall in Bloomington but additional ceremonies were taking place at IUPUI and on the new regional campuses. Classes have been offered by the university in South Bend since 1922. The extension Center was established in 1933 and by 1940 had an enrollment of 500 students in one thousand sixty one Northside hall open to fifteen hundred students in the first commencement for twenty nine students was held in 1967. One year later it officially became Indiana University South Bend. I us we became a constituent society and the

alumni association in 1974 the first regional campus to do so. By you classes were being offered in the area as early as one thousand twenty two. When the city of Gary donated twenty seven acres in 1955 it became the campus known as Indiana University Northwest. Groundbreaking for Tamarac hall occurred in 1957 the first commencement was held in May of 67 the I-You Northwest alumni association was established and became a constituent society in 1976. The Kokomo campus was founded in 1945 with classes in the former cyberbully mansion. The present campus held its first classes in September of 965 for 600 students. The first four year degree was awarded in 1970. Are you Kokomo alumni association was chartered in 1977 as a constituent society. Groundbreaking for the first building on the IPF campus Kettler hall occurred in one thousand sixty one. The Indiana Purdue Fort Wayne

campus was officially organized in 1964 and began awarding degrees in one thousand sixty seven. However you had an extension Center in downtown Fort Wayne for many years prior to this date the IPF w Alumni Association became a constituent society in 1978. Se began holding classes in 1041. Groundbreaking occurred on April 4th 1971 for the new campus that served nine Indiana counties and three in Kentucky. The IAU southeast alumni association was chartered in 1978. Are you eastern Richmond became a regional campus in 1971. White Water hall was dedicated in 1975 in the I-You East alumni association was chartered in one thousand eighty nine making it the youngest regional campus constituent society. Groundbreaking for the Hayes Hall library classroom occurred in 1990 and in 1994 commencement was held on the new Hayes Hall Plaza.

The management of the historic Woodburn house near downtown Bloomington was assigned to the alumni association in 1970 in 1981. The Woodburn guild was established to provide support for the associations mission initial project was to refurbish the historic house. Dr. Wells lived there for the first 20 years of his 25 year presidency. Organized in 1913 the Iman's Association has called the alumni association its home their dues paying member ship has longstanding programming that consists of honoring 50 year I.M. homecoming. And then you will golf outing and each year presenting three of its members with Zora Clevenger award. The associations first African-American president Dr. Edward high lead in the creation of the Neil Marshall alumni committees as part of each alumni club. This program for African-American graduates was named for the first black man and woman to earn

degrees at the institution. The club shifted to a constituent society in 1982 with 400 charter members. Frank Jones left the association on January 1st 1987 but he didn't retire. He worked full time on the bicentennial celebration of the Northwest Ordinance a project involving all Big Ten universities. Mr. Jones contributions to the association were recognized by the American alumni Council during the years from 1969 through 1983. The association received 11 awards for excellence prior to being named the association's executive secretary Jerry tarde he was vice president of the Foundation and director of the campaign for Indiana his professional career at the university began in 1968 in the personnel department located in a building at 1000 East 17th Street. The same structure that coincidentally would later become the devolved alumni center.

His work at the foundation began in 1970 when he was hired to run the I-You student foundation. When President John Ryan retired in June 1987 he noted that more degrees of it granted during his 16 years as president than in the previous one hundred fifty year history of the university. He was followed by Tom early shoe mediately partnered with the association on new initiatives in 1993. Jerry tarty and the I-You Foundation president Kurt Simek began the process of establishing their combined database of computerized information on alumni and friends of the university. Alumni foundation information system known as eighth has broadened access to information to the schools and departments of the university by the year 2003. The system is maintaining a remarkable eight who. We have fifty four thousand six hundred seventeen records it included. Are you graduates friends of the university and more than 100000 records of

corporate supporters president early she was faced with the challenge of getting the university's message to the legislature not a new problem. He hired a consulting firm that assisted in the organization of a grassroots endeavor. In August 1991 past Alumni Association president Sue Talbot was hired to create Hoosiers for higher education. In two years the organization had 80 100 members signed on to help in 1996. HEG was moved to the government relations office and thus became the associations for the offspring. Funding for alumni clubs in 1988 went from individual collections at each site to a dues allocation based upon membership numbers. The number of alumni living abroad reached 10000 look at it in 152 countries. New sites were developed in Pakistan and India. Oman and United Arab Emirates which brought the total to 17 international plugs in October 2002. International alumni

gathered on the Bloomington campus for the first international alumni reunion recognizing service contributions made by volunteers has always been vital to the growth of the association. At the winter meeting of the Executive Council in 1993 a new honor was established the Presidents awards continue to be presented annually to an outstanding volunteer from each of the eight campuses present of her which served as I use president for seven years. In July 1994 he was followed by Myles Brand. During its 150 years the association had been in several locations on campus in 1991 renovations forced it to leave the Indiana Memorial Union where it had been for 60 years. With support from President early vice president hen Gros Morris the association was granted the site at 1000 East 17th Street existing 30000 square foot building built in 1963 was transformed in a renovation project that took a year.

The cost was covered by gifts amounting to five point seven million dollars from alumni and friends and more than 1000 of them attended the dedication on cream and crimson weekend in June 1997. The project fulfilled a career dream of Mr. tarty who had from the beginning of his tenure set his sights on creating this center as a home for all alumni. During this period the university community was diminished by the loss of four leaders alumni of the institution whose combined years of service totaled more than 200. Dr. George Bonanno executive vice president and president of the foundation. Mr. William Armstrong president of the IAU foundation. Claude rich alumni secretary of the association and director of university relations and Dr. Herman B wells university chancellor and former president under their leadership Indiana University. Not only was scholarly beautiful and fiscally sound.

It was for students and alumni alike a friendly institution. Vision and dedication of these men built the base for a multi campus university that makes higher education opportunities accessible to all citizens of the state. Another lost university community in 2001 Mr tardy lost his battle with cancer on September 7. Interim President of the Association John Hobson organized the memorial service which was scheduled for September. It had to be delayed while the entire country came to grips with a direct attack on the United States on September the 11th. On September 19 students from the Association sponsored a group Straight No Chaser and ladies first performed at a memorial service in the Musical Arts Center Auditorium. Mr. Carty was remembered by family friends and colleagues for his family devotion to friends passion for golf and dedication to Indiana University.

So here we are at the end of 2003. Myles Brand heads the NCAA jury Beppe served seven months as interim president of the university and Adam Herbert has been our university leader. You know only five months. There are now almost four hundred fifty four thousand living graduates of our university. You know only 600000 degrees have been awarded by use since eight hundred twenty alumni reside in 152 countries. There are 161 alumni clubs constituent societies and affiliate groups all over the world. The future of the association looks very bright very bright. We are vital we continue to be vital to the success of our university. We have a remarkably qualified dedicated staff that serves each of our campuses and our entire university. In recent months we took three actions that will strengthen the association financially.

We sold the property that was shiny bluffs in the coming year we will turn over management of that wonderful family camp Camp broaches to the IAU School of Physical Education and tourism management. And we have embarked upon a relatively short but much needed campaign for an operating endowment. We are blessed with outstanding volunteer leadership in the board of managers the Executive Council and our club's constituent societies in affiliate groups worldwide. Growth is the key word for our future growth of staff qualities in staff numbers and growth in programming and services to our alumni and our university. The IAU Alumni Association had its birth in the Civil War which shook the very foundation of this country a great many people died in that conflict to ensure that unity and freedom prevailed over chaos and oppression. Over

the last 150 years the association has brought the many members of the I-You family together and kept them together. It is indeed fitting to conclude this overview of our history by introducing our new university president Adam Herbert's administration opens a new and exciting chapter in this life of Indiana University one that will be characterized by growth excellence and even greater achievements. For 150 years the chief executive of the alumni association and the president of the university have had a very close working relationship and I look forward to continuing that with Dr. Herbert. Please welcome our president Dr. Adam Herbert. Ah. Thank you. I want you to know that Karen and I although we've

only been here for four months share your passion for this special institution that we now very proudly call our new home. Your dedication to Indiana University and work on her behalf are two of the most important reasons that this university is the great institution that it is today. I you a lot nicer sation helps the university strengthen the quality of its academic programs it helps us to improve the quality of life for the citizens of our state in this nation. It also helps I-You foster diversity and global understanding. We are going to continue to enhance the academic quality and reputation of Indiana University. This is a great university we're going to make it even more distinguished we're going to be ranked without question. Among the 10 best public universities in America how are we going to do that first. And I think particularly important coming

back to the fundamental values of this institution we're going to focus very strongly on the liberal arts as the foundation of our use academic strength. Our goal is to build more programs of national and international distinction where they are in many areas. There are others that we can raise to even higher levels and we're going to do that. We're going to retain our outstanding faculty while simultaneously recruiting more world class scholars to join this exciting community. We're also going to expand and support faculty research and you'll be hearing about the fact that we challenge the School of Medicine over the next five years to double the volume of externally funded research that is very aggressive. But we must be aggressive in our quest to build one of the very best universities in America. We also intend to improve and expand the physical infrastructure of the campus. We've already figured we need about one and a half million square feet of new space to accommodate the aspirations that we have with regard to

our research agenda. And I hope that all of you will agree that this final point is extremely important. But we want to do is focus not only on the knowledge that students have up here but we also want to continue to focus priority attention on the character of our students. The world this country has seen too many examples of what happens with regard to corporate leadership when they spokes operate in a fashion that does not reflect the Hoosier values that we cherish so deeply and so when we see the Enron's and other companies like that we I think must be really dedicated to the proposition that our students must and all of their actions demonstrate the highest ethical and moral values. Those are fundamental to what we are about as an institution. Your Board of Trustees has made a very simple and clear statement to me

and I hope all of us. We are one university where one university with eight campuses and we must act. In that fashion that requires greater collaboration at risk. It demands greater communication. It demands greater focus on our core values on our commitment to make this a better state for all of us to live and work within. Third we're going to focus on advancing Indiana to an even greater extent and what this means is that we must be active partners in the process of fostering economic growth and development. And you're going to hear even more about that over the course of the next decade. The video reminded me of one other objective that we should have. It's not one of my top priorities but it is important because it helps to bring alumni together. We are going to re-establish a winning tradition of football at Indiana

University. Words aloud will not do justice to your generosity and also to your loyalty. But we want you to know how grateful we are all that you do. And I want you to know what a difference you make in the life and the future directions of this wonderful university that we proudly call home. Thank you so very much. Ah. Cysts.