FEATURES
// Game Changers
// The Daniels Decade
// Live. Work. Play.
RED BRICK
DEBRIS
// Travel
// Class Notes
// Memoriams
GAME CHANGERS
Female Boilermakers reflect on the impact Title IX—now celebrating its 50th anniversary—had on women’s sports at Purdue.
THE DANIELS DECADE
Mitch Daniels’s accomplishments as Purdue’s 12th president have resulted in a collective giant leap for the university.
LIVE. WORK. PLAY.
The Discovery Park District at Purdue is intentionally built for families to thrive, talent to grow, technologies to launch, and businesses to collaborate.
RED BRICK
Portfolio of Innovation
Purdue’s next big move will reimagine the School of Management into a new School of Business.
Handcrafted Legacy
A commencement tradition is back in action thanks to a skillful Purdue Global administrator.
Digging Deep
Volunteers beautify campus during the Purdue for Life Foundation’s annual Day of Service.
Powered by Purpose
Eli Lilly and Company creates new opportunities for Purdue students.
Capitalizing on Opportunity
A realignment of IUPUI creates a stronger Purdue presence in Indianapolis.
A Sound Investment
A wealth management advisor pays it forward to Purdue.
WHAT CAN YOU IMAGINE AT PURDUE?
We are dreamers and doers.
Risk-takers and barrier breakers.
We are Boilermakers.
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DREAM
Walt Disney (HDR’1920), right, visited Purdue’s campus in 1949 to premiere So Dear to My Heart at Elliott Hall of Music. He was accompanied by Clarence Nash, the voice of Donald Duck, and the film’s young stars, Bobby Driscoll and Luana Patten.
Proceeds from ticket sales benefited the Walt Disney Scholarship, which was established by Disney to support Purdue students. He contributed to the university until his death in 1966 and provided assistance for more than 60 students.
Charles Woodward (ME’53, MS IE’56) was the first recipient of the Walt Disney Scholarship at Purdue. He sent Disney a letter of thanks, and Disney responded with the note shown here.
Charles Woodward (ME’53, MS IE’56) was the first recipient of the Walt Disney Scholarship at Purdue. He sent Disney a letter of thanks, and Disney responded with the note shown here.
Although he did not attend Purdue, Disney had an appreciation for the university and for higher education. The Purdue community rallied around him and held Walt Disney Day in conjunction with the premiere of his film.
President Frederick L. Hovde (HDR E’75) presented Disney with a special degree in 1949, and the Class of 1920 elected him as an honorary member. The university also honored Disney with a distinguished service award, noting the following on the citation:
“To Walt Disney, artist, producer, director, and creator, but, above all, welder of the arts of painting, music, and the drama into a new unity that has made a world public sensitive to the values inherent in motion pictures, Purdue presents this citation to show its recognition of his effectiveness in bringing pleasure to a humanity that needs a healing power of laughter and beauty.”
DREAM
Walt Disney (HDR’1920), right, visited Purdue’s campus in 1949 to premiere So Dear to My Heart at Elliott Hall of Music. He was accompanied by Clarence Nash, the voice of Donald Duck, and the film’s young stars, Bobby Driscoll and Luana Patten.
Proceeds from ticket sales benefited the Walt Disney Scholarship, which was established by Disney to support Purdue students. He contributed to the university until his death in 1966 and provided assistance for more than 60 students.
Charles Woodward (ME’53, MS IE’56) was the first recipient of the Walt Disney Scholarship at Purdue. He sent Disney a letter of thanks, and Disney responded with the note shown here.
Charles Woodward (ME’53, MS IE’56) was the first recipient of the Walt Disney Scholarship at Purdue. He sent Disney a letter of thanks, and Disney responded with the note shown here.
Although he did not attend Purdue, Disney had an appreciation for the university and for higher education. The Purdue community rallied around him and held Walt Disney Day in conjunction with the premiere of his film.
President Frederick L. Hovde (HDR E’75) presented Disney with a special degree in 1949, and the Class of 1920 elected him as an honorary member. The university also honored Disney with a distinguished service award, noting the following on the citation:
“To Walt Disney, artist, producer, director, and creator, but, above all, welder of the arts of painting, music, and the drama into a new unity that has made a world public sensitive to the values inherent in motion pictures, Purdue presents this citation to show its recognition of his effectiveness in bringing pleasure to a humanity that needs a healing power of laughter and beauty.”
DEBRIS
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