Distinguished Alumni Service Award Guidelines

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2006 DASA Recipients

I. Purpose

  1. The purpose of the Distinguished Alumni Service Award is to provide recognition for outstanding achievements by the men and women of Indiana University.

II. Eligibility for Award

  1. Only living alumni of Indiana University are eligible. For purposes of definition, an alumnus is any person who shall have regularly enrolled in any school of Indiana University, or any of its predecessors, and who has remained in attendance at least one semester, and who has earned at least one credit hour toward a degree.
  2. The nominee shall have been outstanding in his/her chosen field of endeavor.
  3. The nominee shall have made significant contributions benefiting his/her community, state, nation, or University.
Note: Since the present rules were approved in 1974 the Selection Committee, because of the original intent of the Award, has not seen fit to select a nominee from the faculty and staff of Indiana University who is still on the active payroll.

III. Nature of the Award

  1. The Award shall consist of a medallion and an illuminated parchment.

IV. Nominations

  1. Nominations may be submitted by 1.) Any school of Indiana University 2.) Any alumnus of Indiana University 3.) Any faculty or staff member of Indiana University.
  2. All nominations must be in writing and accompanied by complete biographical and other pertinent information.
  3. Regular nomination blanks should be used and may be secured from the Alumni Office, Indiana University.
  4. Nominations must be submitted in a sealed envelope and postmarked not later than midnight, December 31.
  5. All nominations shall be addressed to: Coordinator, DASA Alumni Awards, c/o President and CEO, Indiana University Alumni Association, Virgil T. DeVault Alumni Center, 1000 East 17th Street, Bloomington, IN 47408-1521.
  6. All nominations for the Award will automatically be continued in force for the following two successive years. After that they must be resubmitted.

V. Selection of the Recipients

  1. The Alumni Awards Committee shall be composed of seven members, five of whom shall be alumni of Indiana University and two shall be faculty and/ or staff members of Indiana University. The membership of the committee shall remain anonymous, but no members of the Executive Council of the Indiana University Alumni Association shall be eligible for membership.
  2. It shall be the duty of the Alumni Awards Committee to make the final selection of those to receive the Award and to make such recommendations to Indiana University.
  3. The alumni members of the Alumni Awards Committee shall be appointed by the President of the Indiana University Alumni Association and the members representing the University shall be appointed by the President of Indiana University. They shall elect their own chairman.
  4. Each member of the committee shall serve a term of three (3) years. The terms of the alumni members of the original committee shall be as follows: 2 members for 3 years, 2 members for 2 years, and 1 member for 1 year. The terms of the University members shall be 1 member for 3 years, 1 member for 2 years, and none for 1 year. Thereafter, all terms shall expire in that order.
  5. The President and CEO of the Indiana University Alumni Association shall be the secretary and a non-voting member of the committee.

VI. Recipients

  1. The Executive Council of the Alumni Association strongly suggests the Awards be made to individuals in as many fields of endeavor as possible. (Law, Medicine, Business, Science, Music, etc.)

VII. The awards shall be given at the luncheon during Alumni Weekend. The recipients shall be announced shortly before that date.