Board Says Farewell to Schaefer, Elects New Trustees Matinee Musicale; Indiana Renaissance Fair; Minnetrista Cultural Center; ARC, Hoosier Heartland Chapter; American Red Cross, Hoosier Heartland Chapter; Muncie YWCA; Delaware County Council for the Arts; Advisory Council College of Fine Arts, Ball State University; and much more. Board Chairman Robert Wagner said he was saddened when Schaefer told him that she had decided to retire from the Indiana Tech Board of Trustees. “But as I reflected on her Board service, I also thought about how fortunate we have been to have had her remarkable leadership for so long a time period,” he said. Trustees are looking forward to welcoming new members as of July 1:
President Snyder with Patricia Schaefer, trustee emeritus
After 20 years of service to the university, Patricia Schaefer has retired from the Board of Trustees. To honor her commitment to Indiana Tech’s success, the Board voted in May to name her trustee emeritus. “I think everyone in this room recognizes that the past two decades have been years of remarkable change and progress for Indiana Tech,” President Arthur Snyder told university friends, faculty and staff gathered at a dinner the night before Commencement. “Pat has been at the forefront of this change, and the school will be forever grateful for her involvement.” Schaefer joined the Board in 1992, following in the footsteps of her father, Ed Schaefer. Patricia Schaefer was director of the Muncie Public Library from 1959 to 1986. Her other professional experience includes employment with Columbus Public Library, Fort Wayne Fine Arts Foundation, Home Telephone Company, WOWO, and U.S. Rubber Co. She earned an undergraduate degree in music from Northwestern University, a master’s in music from the University of Illinois, and a master’s in library science from the University of Michigan. In 2003, she was awarded an honorary doctorate of library science from Indiana Tech. Schaefer’s extensive civic and professional involvement includes The Nature Conservancy; Wapehani County Girl Scouts U.S.A.; Community Foundation, Muncie and Delaware County; Milton S. Eisenhower Library at Johns Hopkins University; Muncie 26
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■■ Richard J. Schul, BSME 1969, is group vice president-climate technologies for Emerson Electric Corp. in St. Louis. He has 42 years of experience in engineering, manufacturing, marketing, sales and general management at two Fortune 100 companies. In addition to his bachelor’s degree from Indiana Tech, he earned an MBA at University of Dayton. His current civic involvement includes the boards of St. Joseph’s Institute for the Deaf, Boy Scouts of America in Greater St. Louis, and the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Missouri. ■■ Michael P. Browning is senior vice president-finance and CFO of Parkview Health in Fort Wayne. He is a certified public accountant with an MBA from University of Louisville and a bachelor’s degree in accounting from Kentucky Wesleyan College. Browning is a member of the Healthcare Financial Management Association and American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. His current civic involvement includes the YMCA of Greater Fort Wayne Metropolitan Board of Directors and the Parkview Physicians Group Board.
Richard D. Schul
Michael P. Browning
■■ Terry Van Daele, MBA 2004, is the new alumni representative to the Board. Van Daele has served on the Alumni Board since 2009 and has been very active with alumni events. He is the general manager for business development at Precision Die Technologies in Fort Wayne.