Alumni News

Edson W. Sample, MS’71, who funded one of IU Bloomington’s most cherished landmarks—the Sample Gates—died in early December 2022.

In July 2017, Jose Aponte sat down under one of his favorite trees on the IU Southeast campus with a pistol in his hand. After 24 years serving in the…

The election of Nov. 7, 1967, was a milestone in U.S. political history, as Gary, Ind., chose Richard G. Hatcher, BS’56, as mayor. He would serve as chief executive of…

Philadelphia in the 1960s. The courtroom of Juanita Kidd Stout. If you were a criminal, this is not where you wanted to be. Judge Stout, JD’48, LLM’54, LLD’66, was noted…

As a child, Shirley S. Abrahamson, JD’56, LLD’86, knew she wanted to be a lawyer. “I suppose first I intended to be a teacher, but somewhere at about age 5…

Morgan Terry, BSW’14, MSW’15, a middle-school social worker in Bloomington, Ind., has a heart for kids. At work, she spends her days advocating for students who face food insecurity, housing…

IU’s Distinguished Alumni Service Award recognizes outstanding achievements in a field of endeavor as well as significant contributions to the recipient’s community, state, nation, or university. It is the highest…

In September 2018, members of an IU delegation led by IU President Michael A. McRobbie set out from Beijing to the coastal metropolis of Tianjin and to Nankai University, one…

When World War II ended in 1945, the country welcomed back hundreds of thousands of young men, many of whom had cut their higher education short, or skipped it all…

The Distinguished Alumni Service Award is Indiana University’s highest accolade, reserved annually for alumni. These alums are honored for significant contributions that benefit their community, state, nation, or university. The 2018…

As car washes go, the business model has remained largely unchanged: wash, rinse, and repeat. But Alex Bajzatt, BS’18, the 22-year-old CEO of startup Smart Wash, LLC, is changing that…

Kelley School of Business Dean Idalene “Idie” Kesner, MBA’82, PhD’83, and IU business alums Curtis A. Ferguson, BA’80, and Young-Jin Kim, MBA’84, carried the Olympic flame for part of the…