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Date: Friday, April 2
Time: 11:45 am - 1:00 pm
Location: Presidents' Room
Speaker: Terry Clapacs
Cost:Members $13
Non-Members $15
Reservations are required.
This program was planned for you by the Luncheon Club (The merged group - formerally the Women's Faculty and Staff and the Men's Faculty Club)
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Terry Clapacs
Retired Indiana University Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer
In a career spanning four decades, Indiana University Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer J. Terry Clapacs has supervised an era of remarkable growth for the university, earning a reputation for incomparable devotion and service to the institution.
Terry, who completed two IU degrees (B.S. ‘65 and M.B.A. ‘68), oversees a variety of units on IU’s eight campuses. His responsibilities include campus master planning, all new building construction and building renovation, physical plants, real estate, human resources, purchasing, risk management, campus police, business diversity, travel management, and environmental health and safety.
His longest service has been in the area of facilities, where he assumed major responsibilities in 1970. Since that time, Terry has overseen the development of approximately two-thirds of what is now IU, including two new campuses, in Richmond and New Albany. The value of improvements completed under his direction exceeds $3 billion, and currently another $750 million in projects are under way.
“It is virtually impossible to look at any Indiana University campus without seeing the impact of Terry Clapacs,” says IU President Michael A. McRobbie. “Terry has overseen the construction of nearly half of the buildings on all Indiana University campuses, choosing architects and designs of the highest quality that add immensely to the beauty and quality of the physical environment. These buildings are central to, and have done much to enhance the teaching, learning, and research missions of IU. He has also worked strenuously to preserve the natural beauty of our campuses, which have received much national recognition. All of us at IU owe Terry our deepest gratitude for his tireless efforts, years of outstanding service, and unwavering commitment to the university’s future success.”
Terry has played an essential role in developing the grounds of all of IU’s campuses, which are widely recognized for their beauty. In fact, IU Bloomington was named one of the five most beautiful campuses in the nation by landscape artist Thomas Gaines in his 1991 book The Campus as a Work of Art. According to William A. Browne Jr., president and founding principal of RATIO Architects, Inc., “Terry has taken great care in preserving the natural campus landscape, emphasizing the importance of maintaining green spaces and pocket parks around campus buildings.”
Curtis R. Simic, past president of the Indiana University Foundation, says, “Terry learned respect for the environment of a university from IU’s beloved former president and chancellor, the late Herman B Wells. I believe the IU campuses are among the most beautiful anywhere—while being equally functional—because of Terry’s sensitivities to the needs of the human spirit, his studious attention to detail, and the careful consistency of the architecture.”
Terry has built for the ages by adhering to high ethical standards in building and planning, working closely with architectural firms to provide design solutions that respond to the functional and aesthetic needs of IU’s campuses, and understanding the rich architectural histories of IU many facilities.
These high standards have yielded a great number of award-winning facilities. Included on that list are the Campus Center, the Medical Research Building and Library, and the Cancer Research Institute at IUPUI, and, at IU Bloomington, the Lee Norvelle Theatre and Drama Center–Neal-Marshall Black Culture Center, the Student Recreational Sports Center, the Chemistry Building Addition, and the Virgil T. DeVault Alumni Center, among many others.
A lifelong sports enthusiast who rode for Delta Upsilon in the Little 500 while an undergrad, Terry has played a key role in developing high-caliber university athletic facilities that have attracted large, nationally known sporting events. He was part of the team that developed the award-winning IU Natatorium at Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI), which hosted the 1984, 1988, and 1992 U.S. Olympic Trials in swimming, diving, and synchronized swimming, among other national and international events. He was also instrumental in developing the IU Track Stadium at IUPUI, which later was the site of the 1983 National Sports Festival, the 1987 Pan American Games, and the 1988 U.S. Olympic Trials.
In addition to serving as athletics director at IU Bloomington, Terry has chaired selection committees to find new men’s basketball and football coaches at IU Bloomington and a new president of the IU Alumni Association.
Terry has been named as a Sagamore of the Wabash by former Indiana Gov. Evan Bayh and inducted into the Goshen Hall of Fame. Recently, he was appointed by Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels to serve on the Indiana Stadium and Convention Authority Board.
Recognized for his calm, cheerful style and optimistic perspective on university matters, Terry deals so often with the public and the media that he has become one of IU’s best-known administrators. He has also earned praise for his command of facts and figures and ability to remember practically everyone that he has ever met.
A native of Cleveland, Ohio, Terry grew up in Goshen, Indiana. He and his wife, Phyllis, a retired high school English teacher, have two children and five grandchildren.
Those who work most closely with Terry have predicted that his services as vice president will be missed in many ways that are not yet realized. According to Deputy Vice President for Administration Paul Sullivan, “Terry has been wonderful to work for, encouraging all of us to do the best we can in our areas and supporting us along the way. I really owe Terry a lot. He has provided me the opportunity to learn many aspects of the university operations, even in some areas that I may have not chosen on my own.” Terry’s colleagues agree that he will be extremely difficult to replace, as his background and knowledge span the depth and breadth of the university. In the decisions he has made and the policies he has implemented, it is evident that he has always been guided by what is best for the university.
More information about Terry Clapacs http://www.indiana.edu/~ceremony/terryclapacs/beautification.shtml
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