About the Indiana University Alumni Association

• The IU Alumni Association was founded in 1854 in response to a devastating fire that threatened the existence of Indiana University.



• In 2004, the association is celebrating its 150-year history of service of connecting alumni and serving the university.



• During its century-and-a-half in existence; the association was instrumental in developing the IU Foundation, IU Varsity Club, Indiana Sports Network, and Hoosiers for Higher Education.



• Indiana University has more than 460,000 living graduates.



• More than half (50.3 percent) of IU’s graduates live in Indiana.



• Thirty-five percent of Indiana’s teachers, 90 percent of its dentists, 64 percent of its optometrists, 40 percent of its physicians, and 25 percent of its judges are Indiana University alumni.



• The Association awarded more than 200 scholarships totaling approximately $250,000 during 2003, and it has awarded more than $2.6 million in scholarships in its history.



• The Association operates more than 160 groups around the worl 27 constituent societies, 24 affiliate groups, and more than 100 alumni chapters.



• The Association has alumni offices on all eight Indiana University campuses.



• The IUAA welcomes alumni back to IU through Homecoming and a variety of other special events, and it keeps alumni connected to each other and to their alma mater through chapters, travel, lifelong learning, and many other programs and services.

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