2009 Recognition Dinner

The IU School of Education honored some of its most outstanding alumni and introduced the new holder of an endowed chair during the Annual Recognition Dinner on Friday, Sept. 11.

The three recipients of the IU School of Education Distinguished Alumni award include education leaders in Korea and Indonesia as well as the former dean who helped build national recognition for what was then known as the IU Department of Afro-American Affairs. IU Foundation president Gene Tempel received the distinguished alumni award from the Higher Education and Student Affairs program in the School of Education. IU Professor Erna Alant was recognized as the Otting Chair in Special Education.

About the distinguished alumni award winners:
Young Hwan Kim, Ph.D. 1994, is a professor in the Department of Education and chair of the Educational Technology Division at Pusan National University in Korea.
Joseph J. Russell, M.S. 1968, Ed.D. 1970, is executive vice president and consultant of DLM Virginia Corporation Adult Residential Care Communities, brought what then was called the IU Department of Afro-American Affairs to national prominence as its chair and dean.
H.A.R. Tillar, M.A. 1966, Ed.D. 1967, is professor emeritus at the State University of Jakarta and a highly-influential voice for education in Indonesia.

The Higher Education and Student Affairs Department awarded the Robert H. Shaffer Distinguished Alumnus Award to Gene Tempel, M.A. 1973, Ed.D. 1985, who studied under Shaffer. He assumed the presidency of the IU foundation in September 2008 and holds a professorship in philanthropic studies and higher education.

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