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Alfred Grindle

He drew plans for 825 East Eighth Street for Indiana University football coach Ewald O. Stiehm, who let contracts and supervised construction himself.

Anselm Strauss

From there he moved to Indiana University (1946–1952), where he met and collaborated with Alfred Lindesmith; in 1949, they published their very influential book, Social Psychology.

Chester Burleigh Watts

He was born in Winchester, Indiana and he attended the Indiana University where he studied astronomy.

He was awarded an honorary Doctor of Sciences degree from Indiana University in 1953.

CNN Sports Illustrated

Though CNN/SI could boast of exclusives such as the tape of Indiana University player Neil Reed, appearing to be choked by former coach Bob Knight, the channel reached about only 20 million homes, not enough to receive a rating by Nielsen Media Research, which was a killer with sponsors.

Columbus Indiana Economic Development Board

The Economic Development Board provided additional funding for “Production of Columbus, Indiana: Different by Design”, a production of WTIU, Indiana University in association with Spellbound Productions, Inc.

Crooked Zebra

Bob Knight, former head basketball coach at Texas Tech University and Indiana University, calls Crooked Zebra “Entertaining, exciting and an easy read.

Dane Fife

Fife is the former head coach of the Indiana University–Purdue University Fort Wayne (IPFW) Mastodons men's basketball team and former college assistant coach at Indiana University.

Daniel Guilet

Guilet retired from performing in 1969, after which he taught at Indiana University, the Manhattan School of Music, the Royal Conservatory of Music in Montreal, Oklahoma University and Baylor University.

Daniel Katzen

Prof. Katzen received a B.M. "With Distinction" from Indiana University, where he was a student of Philip Farkas and Michael Höltzel and a M.M. from Northwestern University, where he studied with Dale Clevenger.

David Elson

In March 2010, Indiana University head football coach Bill Lynch announced that Elson will be a defensive quality control coach.

David J. Elliott

He was subsequently appointed assistant, associate, and full professor of music education at U of T. At several points during his career at Toronto he also served as a Visiting Professor at other university music schools, including the University of North Texas, Indiana University, the University of Limerick, Northwestern University, and Rutgers.

Diane Elam

Elam was also professor of English literature and critical and cultural theory at Cardiff University in Wales, at Indiana University in Bloomington, and at Bryn Mawr College in Pennsylvania.

Dick Bennett

His daughter Kathi Bennett is currently head women's basketball coach at Northern Illinois and is a former head women's basketball coach at Indiana University.

Egbert B. Gebstadter

:Having spent the last several years in the Computer Science Department of Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana, he has recently joined the faculty of the Psychology Department of the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan, where he occupies the Walgreen Chair in the College of Literature, Science and the Arts.

Erminie Wheeler-Voegelin

She taught in anthropology, history, and folklore at Indiana University, Bloomington, beginning in the fall of 1943.

Faith Soloway

She studied theater at Indiana University and performed improv comedy regularly, along with leaving school to tour with Second City.

Fort Wayne Flames

Retaining Mahlock as GM, the team hired former three-time Indiana University All American, 1978 Hermann Trophy winner, NASL player, and United States Olympian Angelo DiBernardo to become the third Head Coach of the franchise.

Fort Wayne Fury

Former members of the team include former Indiana University standout Damon Bailey, NBA guard/forward Stephen Jackson, former multiple-time World Heavyweight Championship (professional wrestling) wrestler Kevin Nash, Mikki Moore, Lloyd Daniels and Percy Miller, better known as the rapper, "Master P".

Fred Householder

Fred Walter Householder, Jr. was an American linguist at Indiana University at Bloomington, Indiana.

Fritz T. Epstein

In 1962, he joined the faculty of Indiana University as professor and curator of the Slavic collections.

Garnett S. Stokes

Upon graduation, she was the first in her family to attend college and enrolled at Indiana University at Kokomo before transferring to Carson Newman College in Jefferson City, Tennessee, majoring in psychology.

Green Feather Movement

It began on March 1, 1954 with five college students at Indiana University who surreptitiously tacked a green feather to every bulletin board on campus.

Harvey N. Middleton

Middleton took short courses for additional training at Harvard University; the University of London, England; the University of Michigan; Indiana University; and Michael Reese Hospital in Chicago.

Indiana University

Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) is the premier urban campus of Indiana University.

International Forestry Resources and Institutions

IFRI utilizes the Institutional Analysis and Development (IAD) framework, created at the Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis at Indiana University by Elinor Ostrom and her colleagues.

Ivan Renko

Ivan Renko was a fictitious Yugoslav basketball player created by Bobby Knight when he was the head coach for the Indiana University Hoosiers.

Jerry Slocum

In 2006, Slocum donated over 30,000 puzzles to the Lilly Library at Indiana University, marking the first time a major collection of puzzles was made available in an academic setting.

Jessica Suchy-Pilalis

She studied harp at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee with Jeanne Henderson, with Edward Druzinsky of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, The Eastman School of Music with Eileen Malone and Indiana University with Susann McDonald, specializing in harp and music theory.

John Lucaites

John Louis Lucaites is a professor of Rhetoric and Public Culture at Indiana University.

John Michael Hayden

A two-time Parade Magazine All-American at Trinity High School in Louisville, Kentucky, Hayden matriculated at Indiana University in 2002.

Larry Gene Heien

In 1967 he received the master degree in Slavic languages and in 1969 a double major PhD in Russian language and literature and higher education administration from Indiana University(doctoral thesis “A psycholinguistic study in the organization and presentation of grammatical principles”).

Lloy Ball

Ball also played basketball and was recruited by Bobby Knight to play the game at Indiana University.

Marci Shore

She was also a postdoctoral fellow at the Harriman Institute, an assistant professor of history and Jewish studies at Indiana University, and the Jacob and Hilda Blaustein Visiting Assistant Professor of Judaic Studies at Yale.

Melia Watras

Watras attended Indiana University, where she studied with Abraham Skernick and Atar Arad, earning Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees and the prestigious Performer’s Certificate.

Nick Cullather

Cullather graduated from Indiana University (AB 1981) before working as press secretary for US Representative Lee H. Hamilton in the 1980s.

Nikodem Popławski

Poplawski received his M.S. degree in astronomy from the University of Warsaw (1999) and his Ph.D. degree in physics from Indiana University (2004).

Pansy Kidd Middle School

In 1912, Pansy Ingle came to Poteau, a graduate of Indiana University with a Masters' Degree in English and Library Science.

PAST Foundation

The adult field schools have partnered with the Ohio State University, California State Parks, the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary, Nebraska Wesleyan University, Oklahoma Historical Society, Indiana University, and East Carolina University providing participants with rigorous field experience and the partners with published reports and searchable databases.

Quasar Equatorial Survey Team

The Quasar Equatorial Survey Team is a joint venture between Yale University, Indiana University, and Centro de Investigaciones de Astronomia (CIDA) to photographically survey the sky.

Rob Kling

Rob Kling, PhD (born August 1944, died 15 May 2003 - age 58) was a North American professor of Information Systems and Information science at the School of Library and Information Science (SLIS) and Adjunct Professor of Computer Science, Indiana University, USA.

Schuyler F. Otteson

Schuyler Franklin Otteson was a past dean of the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University.

Shelby County, Kentucky

His oldest, John Ketcham, moved to Indiana, become involved in politics, and laid the groundwork for the creation of Indiana University.

Simeon K. Wolfe

Born near Georgetown, Indiana, Wolfe attended Floyd County schools, and was graduated from the law department of Indiana University in 1850.

Stacey Cole

She recorded individual season highs of kills (28 v. Wester Illinois), attacks (3 games; 46 v. IUPUI, 4 games; 66 v. Western Illinois, 5 games; 60 v. UMKC), Digs (14 v. Oral Roberts), Aces (4 games, 6 v. Western Illinois; 5 games, 6 v. UMKC).

Sumit Ganguly

Sumit Ganguly is a Professor of Political Science at Indiana University and the currently holds that university's Rabindranath Tagore Chair in Indian Cultures and Civilizations.

Terence Moore

Prior to going to San Francisco, Terence spent three years at the Cincinnati Enquirer, where he covered Indiana University and Purdue University sports, the Cincinnati Reds and Xavier University basketball.

Willi Apel

He taught at Harvard from 1938 to 1942, but moved on to spend twenty years at Indiana University beginning in 1950.


see also

Indiana University School of Law

Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law (IU McKinney), located on the campus of Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis