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unusual facts about Butler University



Allen Sharp

Born in Washington, D.C., Sharp received a B.A. from Indiana State University in 1953, a J.D. from Indiana University School of Law in 1957, and later received a M.A. from Butler University in 1986.

Arthur C. Cope

He received a bachelor's degree in chemistry from Butler University in Indianapolis in 1929 and a PhD in 1932 from the University of Wisconsin–Madison.

Ben Sippola

Sippola attended Mahtomedi Senior High School in Mahtomedi, Minnesota, and then Shattuck-St. Mary's High School in Faribault, Minnesota, played club soccer for Bangu Tsunami, and was a member of both the Minnesota State and National Region II Olympic Development Teams, before going on to play four years of college soccer at Butler University.

Bona Thompson Memorial Center

The Bona Thompson Memorial Center, formerly the Bona Thompson Memorial LIbrary, is a historic building on the original Butler University campus in the Irvington Historic District of Indianapolis, Indiana.

Butler College

: For the Durham University college, see Josephine Butler College; for the private liberal arts school in Indianapolis, see Butler University; For the El Dorado, Kansas college, see Butler Community College.

Gregor Benko

Benko had almost no formal education, but credits his close relationships with Schonberg and Frank Cooper, founder of the Festival of Neglected Romantic Music at Butler University, as the most important professional associations in his life, and considers each a mentor.

Michael Leckrone

A native of Indiana, Leckrone received his bachelor and masters of music at Butler University where he played basketball his freshman year, backing up Bobby Plump, who was the real life hero on whom the character Jimmy Chitwood in the movie Hoosiers was based.

Switz City, Indiana

Switz City was the hometown of three brothers - Andrew, A. J., and Matthew Graves - who all played college basketball at Butler University.

Tom Carnegie

1986 film Hoosiers, where he portrayed the PA announcer at the championship game held at historic Hinkle Fieldhouse on the campus of Butler University.


see also

John Sorenson

Jon Sorenson (born 1964), American academic and computer scientist at Butler University