Bloom Archives
Category: Our Town
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Tyron Cooper: Musical Polymath
When Tyron Cooper was named director of the Indiana University Archives of African American Music and Culture last year, he set a goal: “To…
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Donna Walker: President & CEO, Hoosier Energy
Twenty-three years to the day after she joined Hoosier Energy as executive vice president and chief financial officer, Donna Walker was named the electric…
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Larry Stephens: Risk Management Specialist
Larry Stephens retired in February from his position as Indiana University’s director of insurance, loss control, and claims after nearly four decades with the…
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Steve Dawson: Engineer & Artist
A pivotal moment in Steve Dawson’s creative journey came in a workshop taught by Indianapolis painter C.W. Mundy. “I had told C.W. I was…
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Dov-Ber Kerler: Yiddish Scholar
Dov-Ber Kerler relishes Yiddish. “It’s a very different language,” says the Indiana University professor of Jewish studies and Germanic studies. “It’s the only other…
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Michael Adams: Lexicographer
Most people think of dictionaries as thick volumes that lay out the definitions of words with resolute authority. But Michael Adams, provost professor of…
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Belinda Johnson-Hurtado: Attorney
The 2018 Women in the Law Recognition Award sits on Belinda Johnson-Hurtado’s desk at the Bloomington law firm Clendening, Johnson & Bohrer (CJB). The…
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Jacky Comforty: Documentarian
Jacky Comforty is a documentary filmmaker and oral historian with two seemingly disparate subjects: Holocaust studies and inclusive education.
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Gene Shipp: Veteran of Three Wars
Gene Shipp, who turned 100 in March, is an Army veteran of three major wars: World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam…