Policy Council

Committees

Distinguished Alumni
Past Recipients
Past Recipients of the Distinguished Alumni Award
Year
Recipient
IU Degree(s)
Title at Time of Award
2009 YoungHwan Kim PhD '94 Professor of Education and Chair of Educational Technology Division, Pusan National University, South Korea
2009 Joseph Russell MS '68, EdD '70 Executive VP & Consultant, DLM Virginia Corporation
2009 H.A.R. Tilaar MS'66, EdD'67 Professor Emeritus, State University of Jakarta
2008 Dennis C. Hayes BS’74 Senior Vice President, NAACP
2008 Rodney P. Kirsch MS’82 Senior Vice President, Development & Alumni Relations, Penn State University
2008 Hazel R. Tribble MS’75 Elementary School Teacher, Indianapolis Public Schools
2007 B. James Dawson EdD 84 President, Coker College
2007 Michael Hanes BS 70, MS 72, PhD 73 President & CEO, Whitaker Center
2007 Nathaniel Jones BS 73, MS 77, EdS 82 Superintendant of Schools, Pike Township, Indianapolis
2007 Patricia Lather PhD 83 Professor, School of Educational Policy and Leadership, The Ohio State University
2006 Bonita S. Beaumont BS 76 Kindergarten Teacher, Center for Inquiry, Indianapolis Public Schools
2006 Carole L. Hahn EdD 73 Professor of Educational Studies, Emory University
2006 Sharon Robinson Kurpius PhD 78 Professor of Counseling and Counseling Psychology, Arizona State University
2005 Victor Boschini EdD 89 Chancellor, Texas Christian University
2005 Dale Fuqua PhD 80 Regents Professor, College of Education, Oklahoma State University
2005 Sivasailam "Thiagi" Thiagarajan PhD 71 President & CEO, The Thiagi Group
2004 Rick Crosslin MS 81 Grade 4 Teacher at Chapel Glen Elementary School, currently on sabbatical with The Childrens Museum as School Liaison for Science Learning
2004 Bonnie Litwiller EdD 68 Professor Emeritus of Mathematics, University of Northern Iowa
2003 Cynthia Cleveland BS 74, MS 76 CEO, Broadthink
2003 Thomas Oakland PhD 67 Professor, University of Florida
2003 Toby Strout MS 74, PhD 91 Director, Middle Way House, Inc.
2002 Yvonna S. Lincoln EdD 78 Professor of Higher Education, Texas A&M University
2002 Nancy L. Roser MS 70, EdD 70 Priscilla Pond Flawn Professor of Early Childhood and Professor of Language and Literacy Studies at the University of Texas, Austin
2001 Adeng Chaedar Alwasilah PhD 91, MS 87 Dean of the Faculty of Languages and Fine Arts Education, Indonesia
2000 Sue Marquis Bishop PhD 83, MS 67 Dean, College of Nursing and Health Professionals, UNC - Charlotte
2000 Arthur W. DeCabooter EdD 71, MS 69 President, Scottsdale Community Collge, AZ
1999 S. Kern Alexander EdD 65 President, Murray State University
1999 E. Scott Huebner BS 76, MS 77, PhD 83 Professor of Psychology, University of South Carolina
1999 Earline Rogers BS 57, MS 71 Indiana State Senator, District 3
1999 Jimmy Ross EdD 76 Director of the Bloomington IU Office of Student Aid (Retired)
1998 Joan Kowal MS 74, EdD 86 Superintendent, School District of Palm Beach County (FL)
1998 Charlie Nelms MS 71, EdD 77 IU Professor of Education, Vice Chancellor for Academic Support & Diversity
1997 James Chung - Yuan Wang MS 77 Chairman of Wang Film Productions Co., Ltd., Taipei, Taiwan
1997 Lynn Luckow MS 74 President & CEO of Jossey-Bass Publishers
1997 Paula M. Rooney MS 75, EdD 78 President, Dean College in Franklin, Mass.
1997 Judith A. Fraps BS 69 Teacher - Title 1 Math/Reading, Metropolitan School District of Washington Township, 97 Indiana Teacher of the Year
1996 Jack Humphrey MS 56, EdD 62 Project Director, Middle Grades Ready Network
1996 Ronda Talley PhD 79 Assistant Executive Director for Education, Director of American Psychological (APA) Center for Psychology in Schools & Education
1995 James Lyons MS 56, EdD 63 Dean Emeritus Stanford U, Director MA in Higher Education
1995 Sylvia Swinton MS 42, EdD 56 Retired, Interim President of Allen University
1995 Lawrence Tyree EdD 72 President at Santa Fe Community College
1994 Myron Coulter MS 59, EdD 59 Chancellor, Western Carolina University
1994 Francis Mustapha MS 73, Spcist Ed 79 Teacher, Science, R. Nelson Snider HS, Fort Wayne, IN; Indiana Teacher of the Year
1993 Samuel Robinson EdD 74 Executive Director of The Lincoln Foundation
1993 Beverly Simone MS 73, EdD 86 President, Madison Area Technical College
1993 Jerrold Kemp EdD 56 Retired Professor of San Jose State University
1992 Ida G. Medlyn BS 49, MS 66, EdD 79 Retired Counselor
1992 Louis C. Stamatakos BS 50, MS 51, EdD 58 Student Affairs Administrator, Professor Emeritus Higher Ed Michigan St
1992 Valora Washington PhD 78 Assistant Dean, Associate Professor, Howard University
1991 James D. Beck BS 50, MS 51, EdD 59 Professor Education, Howard University
1991 Margaret Ellen Jay BS 68, MS 69 Library Media Teacher, Page Elementary School & Catholic University Adjunct Faculty
1991 Doris A. Trojcak MS 68, EdD 69 Department of Education, University of Missouri
1991 Janice Farmer Weaver BS 53, MS 57, EdD 64 Dean/Professor of Education, Glassboro St. College
1991 Kenneth Woodruff BS 55, MS 56 Director of Adult Education
1991 Beeman N. Phillips MS 50, EdD 54 Department of Educational Psychology, University of Texas
1990 Madeline Marcelia Garvin BS 73 English & French H.S. Teacher & GT program coordinator
1990 Thomas L. Good MS & PhD Curriculum & Instruction Professor at U of Missouri
1990 G. Thomas Houlihan BS Superintendent of Graville County, N.C.
1990 Sharon Burmeister Lord MS & EdD Head of the West Virginia Department of Human Resources
1990 Anita Medsker BS & MS Kindergarten Teacher at Croninger Magnet School
1989 Karl Hertz EdD 73 Superintendent Mequon-Thiensville School District
1989 James Mecklenburger EdD 75 President, The Mecklenburger Group
1989 Maggie Samudio BS 76, MA 86, Professional License 88 Special Education Teacher
1988 Harmon Baldwin BS 46, MS 50, EdD Superintendent, Monroe County School Corporation, IN, retired
1988 Jacqueline Greenwood MS 72 Principal, Arlington H.S., Indianapolis, Women of the Year
1988 Gary Quehl MS 62, EdD 65
1987 Russell L. Abel EdD 71
1987 Helen Layman Hollingsworth MS 63 Retired, Writing Skills Teacher, Batchelor Middle School, IN
1987 Mohammad Abdulqadir Yousuf MS 54, PhD 56 Director of Regional Office of Education
1986 H. Dean Evans EdD 66 Indiana State Superintendent of Public Instruction, retired
1986 Marilyn Sue Kesler EdD 64 Orchestra Teacher, Okemos Public Schools, MI
1985 Emily Feistritzer PhD 73 Director, Center for Education Information, Washington D.C.
1985 W. James Popham EdD 58 Professor, Graduate School Education, University of California
1984 K. Forbis Jordan EdD 61 Senior Specialist in Education, Library of Congress, Washington DC
1984 Wesley J. Lyda PhD 43
1984 Sue Hays Talbot BS 66, MS 71, EdD 92 Formerly-First Grade Teacher, Bloomington, IN.  Currently - Director, IUB Hoosiers for Higher Education
1983 Helen Blackledge BS 30 Retired Coach/PE Teacher, Columbia City, IN
1983 Phil Eskew MS 33 Commissioner Emeritus
1983 Robert Freeman BS 57, MS 59, EdD 65 Superintendent, Dekalb County School System, GA
1982 Gene Schwilck EdD 56 President, Danforth Foundation
1981 Dolores Hernandez EdD 60 Director, UPISMED
1980 Philip Peak PhD 55 Professor Emeritus of Education
1979 Austin Walker MS 48 Retired Superintendent, Warren Township Schools
1978 Harry Davidson MS 37 Retired Superintendent, Executive Director, Greater Battlecreek Foundation
1977 Fay Arganbright MS 46 Associate Professor Emeritus, Education