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IU to honor outstanding faculty and students during annual Founders Day observance March 4
Feb. 14, 2001
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- Indiana University will honor its outstanding faculty and students at its annual Founders Day ceremony on Sunday, March 4. The program will begin at 2 p.m. in Assembly Hall on the Bloomington campus.
Fifteen IU professors and an associate instructor will be recognized for their outstanding teaching, research or service to the university. The award recipients teach on IU's Bloomington, Indianapolis, East, Fort Wayne, Northwest, South Bend and Southeast campuses and at Indiana University Purdue University Columbus.
Receiving the President's Award will be Jay R. Howard, associate professor of sociology and assistant dean for budget and planning at IUPU Columbus; Patrick J. Ashton, associate professor of sociology at IUPU Fort Wayne; Charles P. Gallmeier, associate professor of sociology at IU Northwest; and Suzanne Konzelmann, associate professor of economics at IU South Bend.
The Frederic Bachman Lieber Memorial Award, the oldest of IU's teaching honors, will be presented to Sharon L. Sims, associate professor of nursing and chair of the Department of Family Health in the IU School of Nursing at IUPUI. The Herman Frederic Lieber Memorial Award, also for outstanding teaching, will go to Robin K. Morgan, professor of psychology at IU Southeast.
The Frederic Bachman Lieber Award was established in 1954 by Katie D. Bachman in honor of her grandson. The Herman Frederic Lieber Award was originally sponsored by the IU Foundation and is now sponsored by Mrs. Herman Lieber of Indianapolis.
Mary E. Fell, associate professor of English at IU East, will receive the Sylvia E. Bowman Award. Bowman, a respected scholar and author, gave 34 years of service to IU as a professor, academic administrator, and chancellor for regional campus administration. The Bowman Award, established in 1994, honors exemplary faculty members in discipline areas related to American civilization.
Brian Powell, director of graduate studies and a professor in the Department of Sociology at IU Bloomington, will receive the Wilbert Hites Mentoring Award. The award was established by Ronald A. Hites, Distinguished Professor of Public and Environmental Affairs at IU Bloomington, in honor of his late father. Hites Award recipients must display outstanding mentoring qualities that provide students or colleagues with the academic support, advice and encouragement needed to establish their own career and educational goals.
The W. George Pinnell Award for Outstanding Service will be given to Susan Eklund, professor of education, Byron A. Root Professor in Aging, director of the IU Center on Aging and Aged, and associate dean of the faculties.
The University Faculty Council established the Pinnell Award in 1988, honoring the memory of the former executive vice president of the university who also served during his career as president of the IU Foundation and dean of IU's Kelley School of Business. Pinnell was known for his stewardship, leadership, initiative and service to the university, the state and the national government. The award recognizes faculty members or librarians who have shown exceptional breadth of involvement and depth of commitment in service to the university, their profession or the public.
Recipients of the John W. Ryan Award for Distinguished Contributions to International Programs and Studies will be Richard A. Fredland, professor of political science and adjunct professor of environments for health/nursing; and Lawrence S. Davidson, co-director of the Global Business Information Network, co-chair of the Global Experience Program in the Kelley School of Business, and professor of business economics and public policy.
The Ryan Award was initiated in 1991 and named for the man who was president of IU from 1971 to 1987. Ryan, now president emeritus, was instrumental in fostering IU's commitment to excellence in international education. The award honors faculty members or librarians who have made exceptional contributions to the university's international programs and studies.
Cathy L. Foos, associate professor of philosophy at IU East, will receive the Thomas Ehrlich Award of Service, which is presented annually to an IU professor at one of the eight campuses who has demonstrated excellence in service learning. The award, named after IU's president from 1987 to 1994, will be presented for the first time this year.
Three professors will be elevated to the rank of Distinguished Professor: Giorgio Tozzi, professor and the Henry A. Upper Chair in Music at IU Bloomington; Robert A. Harris, chairman of the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and the Showalter Professor of Biochemistry in the IU School of Medicine; and Victoria L. Champion, Mary Margaret Walther Professor of Nursing, associate dean for research and director of clinical research in the IU School of Nursing.
Receiving the Lieber Memorial Teaching Associate Award will be Camilla Saulsbury, an IU Bloomington doctoral student in sociology. Established in 1961, the Lieber awards have been presented each year to outstanding teachers among the university's graduate students who combine their programs of advanced study with instructional employment in their schools and departments.
Certificates for students who have earned academic honors will be distributed immediately following the March 4 ceremony at a reception in the John Mellencamp Pavilion.
(George Vlahakis, 812-855-0846, gvlahaki@indiana.edu)