IU Foundation honors six exemplary staff employees

Clapacs

Crow

Mahan

Meadows

Richey

Mary Ellen Anderson, director of admissions for IU Bloomington, was the first recipient of the Jerry F. Tardy “Pride of Indiana” award, named after the late head of the IU Alumni Association. She has worked for the IUB Office of Admissions for a quarter century and as director for five years. Curt Simic, president of the foundation, praised Anderson for her “decades of remarkable dedication and service to Indiana—and the thousands of students, parents, friends and alumni she has touched with her exceptional abilities.”

Terry Clapacs, vice president and chief administrative officer at IU, was chosen as fifth recipient of the Bill Armstrong Ambassador Award, created to honor those individuals within the university who have been instrumental in creating friendships and alliances across the spectrum of society that have contributed to IU’s effectiveness and well-being. The award is named after the late Bill Armstrong, a former IU Foundation president.

Clapacs joined IU in 1966 and has been in his current position since 1990. He also is serving as the interim athletics director at IUB.

Amy Mahan, Web developer, received the W. George Pinnell Award for Excellence. In her two and a half years with the foundation, she has helped create several new Web sites, including the foundation’s public site and sites for the Women’s Colloquium, the Sarah Parke Morrison Fund and the Big Ten Development Officer’s Conference.

She was recognized for her ability to integrate the technical, creative and functional aspects of a project to create Web sites. Pinnell, the namesake for the award, was president of the foundation from 1983 to 1988.

Ellen Crowe, director of development publications and communications at the foundation’s office at IUPUI, has been awarded the Thomas E. Cosgrove Award for Teamwork. Crowe, who was praised for her ability to keep people focused, committed and involved, is the 11th recipient of the award, named after the special assistant to Bill Armstrong who later took on other responsibilities including coordinating the building of Showalter House.

Leigh Richey, a donor relations associate, was awarded the Miriam Sturgeon Award for Partnership. During her four years with the foundation, Richey has increased the level of services and the resources available to foundation staff in Bloomington and expanded services to assist development officers at other IU campuses. The award is named in honor of a former foundation employee.

Sam Meadows, a custodian with the foundation’s facilities department, received the Edward C. Von Tress Award for Commitment, named in memory of an executive associate for special projects at the foundation. Meadows was commended for the meticulous care he gives to foundation properties, especially the recently renovated Showalter House, the foundation’s Bloomington home.

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