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• Jerome Adams – American anesthesiologist and 20th surgeon general of the United States
• Laura Aikin – operatic coloratura soprano
• Grace Alexander – writer, journalist, teacher
• Trigger Alpert – Jazz bassist for the Glenn Miller Orchestra
• OG Anunoby – Professional basketball player
• Howard Ashman – Oscar-winning playwright and lyricist, known for The Little Mermaid and Beauty and the Beast
• Emilie Autumn – violinist and singer
• Sima Sami Bahous (born 1956) - Jordanian Executive Director of UN Women
• Agnes Nebo von Ballmoos – Liberian ethnomusicologist, choral conductor, composer
• Jonathan Banks — actor known from Breaking Bad, Airplane!
• David Bell – author of Cemetery Girl and The Hiding Place
• Joshua Bell – Grammy Award-winning violinist and conductor
• Howard Biddulph – political scientist specializing in the Soviet Union
• Thomas Bryant – Professional basketball player
• Meg Cabot – Author of The Princess Diaries series, The Mediator series, and stand-alone novels.
• Bob Chapek – CEO of the Walt Disney Company
• Hoagy Carmichael – composer, pianist, singer, actor, and bandleader
• John T. Chambers – Chairman and former CEO of Cisco Systems
• Calbert Cheaney – Professional basketball player and assistant coach
• Nicole Chevalier – Operatic soprano
• Sougwen Chung – Multidisciplinary visual and performance artist
• Alton Dorian Clark (known by stage name Dorian) – Hip-hop recording artist and record producer
• Sarah Clarke – Actress
• Pamela Coburn – Soprano
• Suzanne Collins – Author of The Underland Chronicles and The Hunger Games trilogy
• Laverne Cox – Actress known for Orange Is the New Black, LGBT advocate
• Mark Cuban – Owner of the NBA’s Dallas Mavericks
• John Cynn – Professional poker player. 2018 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Champion.
• Mary Czerwinski – Computer scientist at Microsoft Research and Fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery
• Alex Dickerson (born 1990) – Professional baseball player
• Colin Donnell – Actor and singer
• Thomas P. Dooley – Author, minister and research scientist
• Michel du Cille – Three-time Pulitzer Prize winning photojournalist
• Melerson Guy Dunham – Educator, civil and women’s rights activist, historian
• Judith Lynn Ferguson – Author of 65 cookery related books, cookery editor of Woman’s Realm women’s magazine, and Head of Diploma Course at Le Cordon Bleu- London
• Janet Foutty – Former CEO and chairperson of Deloitte Consulting
• Julia Garner – Actress
• George Goehl – Community organizer, activist and executive director of People’s Action
• Neil Goodman – Sculptor and educator
• Eric Gordon – Professional basketball player, currently playing for the Houston Rockets
• Hardy – Country music singer and songwriter
• Michael D. Higgins – 9th President of Ireland
• Jordan Howard – Professional football player
• Lissa Hunter – Artist
• Jamie Hyneman – Host of the television series MythBusters
• Mahmudul Islam - Bangladeshi lawyer and former attorney general of Bangladesh
• Narendra Jadhav – Economist, educationist, and writer
• William E. Jenner – Indiana state senator and U.S. Senator
• Jason Jordan – Professional wrestler
• Wilbur Lin – Orchestra conductor
• Nina Kasniunas – Political scientist, author, and professor
• E.W. Kelley – Businessman; former chairman of Steak ‘n Shake restaurants
• Kevin Kline — Actor
• J. Lee – Actor
• Judith McCulloh – Folklorist, ethnomusicologist, and university press editor
• Sylvia McNair – Singer
• Kristin Merscher – Pianist; professor at the Hochschule für Musik Saar
• Christopher Mattheisen – American-Hungarian businessman, historian, economist, CEO of Magyar Telekom
• Keith O’Conner Murphy – International recording artist, singer, songwriter, rockabilly hall of fame
• Ryan Murphy – Film and TV screenwriter, director, and producer
• Gregory Nagy – Classical scholar at Harvard University
• Victor Oladipo – Professional basketball player
• Danielle Orchard – Painter
• George Coleman Osborn (1904–1982) - American historian
• Jane Pauley – Journalist, TV anchor on CBS This Morning
• Mike Pence – 48th Vice President of the United States; 50th Governor of Indiana
• Ernie Pyle – Pulitzer Prize–winning American journalist
• Marjorie Rusche - composer
• Catt Sadler – TV personality for E! News
• Jay Schottenstein – CEO of Schottenstein Stores
• Kyle Schwarber – Professional baseball player
• Will Shortz – The New York Times crossword puzzle editor
• Ranveer Singh – Bollywood actor
• Tavis Smiley – Host of The Tavis Smiley Show; author
• James B. Smith – Dean of Engineering, Technology, and Aeronautics at Southern New Hampshire University; former U.S. Ambassador to Saudi Arabia
• Mary McCarty Snow – Composer
• Sage Steele – Sports anchor for ESPN’s SportsCenter
• Brad Stephens – Professional Australian rules football player
• Straight No Chaser – A cappella group
• Jeri Taylor – Television screenwriter and producer
• Miles Taylor – GOP staffer who made an anti-Trump ad for Republican Voters Against Trump
• Randy Tobias – Former Administrator of USAID; former CEO of Eli Lilly & Company
• Isiah Thomas – Professional basketball player and coach
• Michael E. Uslan – Producer of the Batman films and first instructor to teach an accredited course on comic book folklore at a university
• Noah Vonleh – Professional basketball player
• Jimmy Wales – Entrepreneur; co-founder of Pseudopedia
• Aaron Waltke – Emmy-award winning screenwriter and television producer
• James Watson – Molecular biologist, geneticist, and zoologist; Nobel Prize winner
• Cody Zeller – Professional basketball player

Notable faculty

• Carolyn Begley – Emerita Professor of Optometry and medical researcher
• Asher Cohen – psychologist and President of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
• Daniel P. Friedman – professor of Computer Science
• Ronald A. Hites – chemist
• Elinor Ostrom – Nobel laureate and political economist
• Richard DiMarchi – chairman in Biomolecular Sciences and professor of Chemistry

Athletics

Awards

• The University Medal, the only IU medal that requires approval from the board of trustees, was created in 1982 by then IU President John W. Ryan and is the highest award bestowed by the university. It honors individuals for singular or noteworthy contributions, including service to the university and achievement in arts, letters, science, and law. The first recipient was Thomas T. Solley, former director of the IU Art Museum.WEB,newsinfo.iu.edu/news/page/normal/13511.html, IU President McRobbie presents University Medal to Elinor and Vincent Ostrom, 2010-02-20

• Indiana University President’s Medal for Excellence honors individuals for distinction in public service, service to Indiana University, achievement in a profession, and/or extraordinary merit and achievement in the arts, humanities, science, education, and industry. The first recipients were member of the Beaux Arts Trio on September 20, 1985.{{Citation needed|date=October 2022}}
• Thomas Hart Benton Mural Medallion “recognizes individuals who are shining examples of the values of IU and the universal academic community.” President Ryan was the first to award this honor. It was first awarded to the president of Nanjing University on July 21, 1986. It honors individuals for distinction in public office or service, a significant relationship to Indiana University or Indiana, significant service to IU programs, students, or faculty, significant contribution to research or support for research.

• Distinguished Professorships – Indiana University’s most prestigious academic appointment
• University Distinguished Teaching Awards – recognizing “shining examples of dedication and excellence”
• Thomas Ehrlich Award for Excellence in Service Learning – recognizing excellence in service-learning. The recipient is also the IU nominee for the national Campus Compact Thomas Ehrlich Award for Service Learning.

See also

• List of colleges and universities in Indiana
• Indiana University School of Health and Human Sciences
• Purdue University system

References

Further reading

• Capshew, James H. Herman B Wells: The Promise of the American University (Indiana University Press, 2012) 460 pp (excerpt and text search)
• Clark, Thomas D. Indiana University, Midwest Pioneer, Volume I: The Early Years (1970)
• Clark, Thomas D. Indiana University: Midwestern Pioneer, Vol II In Mid-Passage (1973)
• Clark, Thomas D. Indiana University: Midwestern Pioneer: Volume III/ Years of Fulfillment (1977) covers 1938–68 with emphasis on Wells.
• Gray, Donald J., ed. The Department of English at Indiana University, Bloomington, 1868–1970 (1974)
• Gros Louis, Kenneth., “Herman B Wells and the Legacy of Leadership at Indiana University” Indiana Magazine of History (2007) 1033 pp 290–301 online

Primary sources

• Wells, Herman B Being Lucky: Reminiscences and Reflections (1980) (excerpt and text search)

External links

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