Purdue's president, trustees chairman inducted into The Indiana Academy
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Their induction was announced at a dinner during the organization's 36th annual symposium at the Skyline Club in Indianapolis.
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Jischke has been president of Purdue since 2000. He was nominated by James C. Shook, president of Coldwell Banker-the Shook Agency, and James K. Risk III, CEO of Kirby Risk Electrical Supply.
Supporting the nomination were Purdue alumnus Jerry Semler, chairman of the board of OneAmerica Financial Partners (formerly American United Life Insurance), and Robert L. Koch II, CEO of Koch Enterprises Inc. and president of The Indiana Academy.
"Mr. Koch and I can think of no one in the state of Indiana more highly deserving and qualified for this award than Dr. Jischke," Shook wrote in his nomination letter.
Semler, a co-chairperson for the Indianapolis portion of the $1.5 billion Campaign for Purdue and a member of The Indiana Academy board of regents, also had high praise for Jischke.
"His greatest measure is the manner and speed with which he has literally transformed Purdue University into one of the premiere universities in the country," Semler wrote in his nomination letter. "Martin Jischke truly exemplifies what The Indiana Academy is all about."
McGinley has been a member of the Purdue board of trustees for 17 years, the last 13 as chairman. He was nominated for the honor by Jischke, with supporting documentation provided by Semler and N. Clay Robbins, president of the Lilly Endowment Inc.
"His leadership, foresight, focus and determination have clearly propelled Purdue to a level of preeminence among the great universities of the world," Jischke wrote in his nominating letter. "It is because of his leadership that Purdue focused on a strategic approach to management.
"The strategic plan that now is propelling the university to unprecedented growth and excellence began with Tim's vision of a greater Purdue."
Earlier this year, Jischke was selected by President Bush to serve on the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology.
He currently serves as chairman of the Association of American Universities, which represents the top 62 research universities in North America, and is the current chair of the Big Ten Council of Presidents and Chancellors. Jischke also is on the board of the American Council on Competitiveness and the national board of Campus Compact, an organization of university presidents and college deans that helps students learn about citizenship through community-service opportunities. The Indiana Chamber of Commerce honored Jischke in November with its Volunteer of the Year Award.
Jischke was named Purdue's 10th president after serving for nine years as president of Iowa State University. His experience in higher education also includes 17 years as professor and dean at the University of Oklahoma and five years as chancellor of the University of Missouri-Rolla.
He was the founding president of the Global Consortium of Higher Education and Research for Agriculture. He served as chairman and board member of the National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges and as a board member of the American Council on Education, National Merit Scholarship Corp., and the Kellogg Commission on the Future of State and Land-Grant Universities.
Jischke received his bachelor's degree in physics from the Illinois Institute of Technology and his doctorate in aeronautics and astronautics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Trained as a fluid dynamicist, Jischke has expertise in heat transfer, fluid mechanics, aerodynamics and problems related to high-speed aircraft and spacecraft.
The Illinois Institute of Technology and the National Agricultural University of Ukraine have awarded Jischke honorary doctoral degrees. During 1975-76 he served as a White House fellow and special assistant to the U.S. Secretary of Transportation.
McGinley, an Indianapolis native, is the managing partner and principal owner of House Investments Inc., a real estate investment company he started in Indianapolis in 1978. Previously, he was executive vice president for finance for National Homes, and in 1973 became co-founder and president of Jonathan Group, a residential development and construction firm.
He also served as a White House Fellow under President Lyndon B. Johnson and later was a special assistant to the Secretary of Labor. McGinley was deputy assistant Secretary of Labor from 1967-69 before running for Congress in 1970.
He received the Sagamore of the Wabash in 1969 and 1996. McGinley graduated from Purdue in 1963, receiving a bachelor's degree in chemical engineering. He received his MBA from the Harvard Graduate School of Business.
McGinley has received numerous awards from Purdue, including Distinguished Engineering Alumnus in 1972, Outstanding Chemical Engineering Alumnus in 1994 and a John Purdue Club Service Award in 1995.
In addition, McGinley serves on the boards of directors for Waterfield Mortgage, the Indiana Chamber of Commerce, Vectren Corp., Adorn and Key Bank in Indianapolis.
Also inducted at the ceremony were Kathryn G. Betley of Indianapolis, Beurt SerVaas of Indianapolis, and Phillip M. Summers of Washington, Ind.
The Indiana Academy, founded in 1970 by the Independent Colleges of Indiana Foundation, encourages the development of business, public service, higher education, the arts and sciences, literature, and the general culture of the state through recognition of individual leadership, achievement and philanthropy.
Writer: Kim Medaris, (765) 494-6998, kmedaris@purdue.edu
Sources: T.J. McGovern, The Indiana Academy, (317) 236-6083, tmcgovern@icindiana.org
Martin C. Jischke, (765) 494-9708
J. Timothy McGinley, (765) 494-9710
Purdue News Service: (765) 494-2096; purduenews@purdue.edu
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