Dole: Service as ‘giving back’

Wells Visionary Awards given to five

By Rose McIlveen and Barbara Coffman

Dole was on the IU campus to deliver a lecture sponsored by the IU Foundation and the Union Board at the IU Auditorium. Later, she attended a dinner at which the IU Foundation honored five people for professional accomplishments and service to humanity with the Herman B Wells Visionary Awards.

The award recipients were Dr. Lawrence H. Einhorn, IU Distinguished Professor of medicine; Eugene B. Glick, president, Gene B. Glick Co., Indianapolis; Judith Hamilton, chief executive officer and president, Classroom Connect, San Francisco; Donald Marsh, chairman of the board, president and CEO, Marsh Supermarkets, Muncie; and Darwin Wiekamp, executive consultant for National City Bank, South Bend, and chairman of Cast Products Corp., a division of Dehco Inc.

Named after the university’s late chancellor, the Herman B Wells Visionary Awards were created to honor individuals with demonstrated vision, entrepreneurial spirit and a record of outstanding achievement. “Herman B Wells led Indiana University for 63 years, as president and chancellor,” said Curt Simic, president of the IU Foundation. “He made it one of the world’s great universities. At the same time, he became a national and international leader in education. This award recognizes those with his exceptional qualities.”

IU President Myles Brand, who serves as chairman of the board of the IU Foundation, joined Simic in presenting honorees with framed awards and crystal books. The crystal book was chosen to signify Wells’ love of learning and is inscribed with the honoree’s name and the statement: “Those who dream on a grand scale, and have the perseverance to realize those dreams, can change the world.”

In her remarks at the IU Auditorium, Dole challenged women in the audience to choose careers in public service. She recalled her entry into the Harvard Law School as one of 24 females admitted to a law class of 550. One of her professors asked her “What are you doing here?” and added later that at law school they set aside one day a year to recognize the females enrolled. “They called it Professor Leach’s Ladies Day.”

She voiced concern about what has happened to America in the last three or four decades, explaining that there were those who wanted more freedom and more tolerance. “Our intentions were good, but we have turned into a society that no longer blushes. Now we have hand-outs instead of jobs. We are a good and noble people, but what have we done with those simple gifts? Though we can never return to an age of innocence, we’ve got to trust ourselves and our values.”

On the subject of education, Dole said she believed that America “must choose education over social engineering. Also, we want our children to know that honesty isn’t the best policy. It is the only policy, and integrity is not out of style.” Dole, who has declared her candidacy for U.S. Senate from North Carolina, said she favors local control for schools. Her prescription also includes more parental participation and more discipline.

Asked if America is ready for a female president, Dole answered, “A resounding yes!”

For biographies of the Visionary Award recipients, go to this Web site:

http://www.iuinfo.indiana.edu/ocm/releases/HermanBAward.htm