Notable Alumni Business
Education
Jeff Belskus • President, CEO, Indianapolis Motor Speedway Tony George • Founder, Team Owner, Indy Racing League Jim Lewis • President, Disney Vacation Club Bill Lister • Senior Vice President, General Manager, Roche Diagnostics Will Weng • Journalist, New York Times
Richard E. Helton • President, Vincennes University Robert Jerry • Dean, University of Florida, Levin College of Law Lou Anna K. Simon • President, Michigan State University Ronald L. Vaughn • President, University of Tampa Sandra Westbrooks • Provost and Senior Vice President of Academic Affairs, Chicago State University
Medicine
Athletics
H.R. Cox • Bacteriologist, discovered Rocky Mountain spotted fever treatment and several typhus vaccines Jill Bolte Taylor • 2008 Time Magazine 100 Most Influential People, “The Singing Scientist,” neuroanatomist J. Buzz Von Ornsteiner • Forensic Psychologist, Television Personality
Bruce Baumgartner • wrestler, Olympic Gold Medalist, James E. Sullivan Award Junius “Rainey” Bibbs • professional baseball player Larry Bird • legendary professional basketball player and administrator Tommy John • major league baseball player Thad Matta • Head Coach, Men’s Basketball, Ohio State University Kurt Thomas • Olympic gymnast, James E. Sullivan Award, seven-time World Championship medalist John Wooden • college basketball coaching legend
Government Members of Congress Birch Bayh • U.S. Senator, Indiana (1963–1981); authored 2 Constitutional Amendments Brad Ellsworth • U.S. Representative, Indiana 8th District (2007–2011) Brian D. Kerns • U.S. Representative, Indiana 7th District (2001–2003) John T. Myers • U.S. Representative, Indiana 7th District (1967–1997) Edward A. Pease • U.S. Representative, Indiana 7th District (1997–2001) Diplomats George Washington Buckner • Ambassador to Liberia (1913–1915) Cynthia Shepard Perry • Ambassador to Sierra Leone (1986-1989), Burundi (1989-1993) Judges Gene E. Brooks • Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana (1979-1994); Chief Judge (1987–1994) Noma Gurich • Justice of the Oklahoma Supreme Court, State of Oklahoma Allen Sharp • Senior Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Indiana (1973-2009) Chief Judge (1981–1996)
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Arts and entertainment Joseph Benti • CBS Morning News anchor Bubba the Love Sponge • (born Todd Alan Clem), radio talk show host David Darling • Grammy Award-winning cellist, composer Burl Ives • actor, writer and folk music singer Alvy Moore • movie and television personality
Other Marvella Bayh • Late wife of long-time Indiana Senator Birch Bayh, mother of current Indiana Senator Birch Evans Bayh III, instrumental in establishing Hoosier Girls State Willa Brown • African American aerospace pioneer; first African American woman commercial pilot in United States; first African American female officer in Civil Air Patrol