Daniel Bassill’s work helping inner city youth connect with tutors/mentors has been featured in past IWU magazine articles and was recognized in 2001 when IWU awarded an honorary PhD recognizing his work. Since 2011 Daniel has continued the work under a Tutor/Mentor Institute, LLC structure, with far fewer resources than in past years, but with the same strategies. On October 21, 2015 his use of GIS maps was featured in a Chicago Tribune column by Dawn Turner. You can view the article here. This is a blog Daniel has been writing since 2005 to share ideas, information and strategy that others can use to help build and sustain programs that would help inner city kids move through school and into college, then jobs and careers.

John Ady ’62 was inducted into the Arizona Veteran’s Hall of Fame (AVHOF) Class of 2015. Ady served in the United States Army Reserve, the Massachusetts Army National Guard and the Illinois Army National Guard from August 1962 to January 1993. His awards and decorations include the Legion of Merit from the U. S. Secretary of Defense. The AVHOF recognition is awarded for service to the community since leaving the military.

Patricia J. Wynne ’67 illustrated the book A Natural History of Wine by Ian Tattersall and Rob DeSalle, published by Yale University Press.

Sam Anliker ’61, director and founder of the Bloomington High School Barbershoppers, was part of Bloomington’s “Hotbed of Harmony,” according to the Barbershop Wiki Project. 

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Pam Muirhead ’68 and Jack Muirhead ’62 had conversations with Eric Gardner ’89 to help him with his book, Black Print Unbound.

You can view the book and its overview here.