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Ivy Tech Community College
Contact: Amanda J. Billings

Phone: (812) 330-6222

E-mail: abillings7@ivytech.edu

November 4, 2003

Bloomington Resident Elected to Ivy Tech Foundation Board

Bloomington, IN. Local Bloomington businessman, Bill C. Brown, was elected to the board of directors of Ivy Tech Foundation during the foundation's annual meeting on October when a new slate of officers and five new members were elected.

The officers include board chairperson Mark Hagerman, president of Hagerman Construction Corp., Fort Wayne; first vice chair Cornelia Brown, president of Creative Communications, Munster; second vice chair Donald Thomas, retired businessman, Kokomo; treasurer Fred Rubey, retired bank officer, Terre Haute; secretary Leigh Allen, principal real estate broker, Fischer Homes, Greendale; assistant secretary William Morris, vice president for administration, Ivy Tech Community College Central Office, Indianapolis. The officers' one-year terms begin Nov. 1.

In addition to Bill C. Brown, the following new members were also elected to a three-year term on the board:

· Terry Bowen, president, Bowen Family Foundation, Indianapolis

· Ronald Fauquher, senior vice president, Ontario Systems, Muncie

· Richard Morrison, retired school administrator, South Bend

· Phil Roby, COO, National Bank of Indianapolis.

No strangers to the Bloomington campus of Ivy Tech Community College, both Bill C. Brown and his wife, Patty, were honored in November last year by the College by naming the outdoor plaza at the campus the "Bill C. and Patty Brown Plaza," in honor of the Browns' contribution toward the acquisition of the land for the new campus. The gift enhanced the state college's plans for the new facility that opened in August last year at 200 Daniels Way, on Bloomington's west side. In a second ceremony, the Early Childhood Education office suite on the second floor of the Ivy Tech building was dedicated to Patty Brown, in honor of her dedication and commitment to early childhood education.

Comments Ivy Tech-Bloomington Chancellor John Whikehart: "Bill C. and Patty Brown's gift enhanced the College's plans for our new facility that opened in August last year at 200 Daniels Way, on Bloomington's west side. We are enormously grateful for their generosity. Bill's appointment to the Ivy Tech Foundation Board demonstrates yet again his long-term commitment to improving the lives of Hoosiers through education."

Ivy Tech Foundation supports the mission of Ivy Tech Community College by partnering with donors to invest in Ivy Tech students, faculty and programs in an effort to build stronger communities and a better Indiana. For more information about the Ivy Tech Foundation, contact Keith Klein at (812) 330-6067 or email kklein@ivytech.edu. Ivy Tech State College-Bloomington is located on the corner of State Road 48W and Daniels Way on the west side of Bloomington.